I think the most important ability anyone can develop is to see a problem differently — not just solve it, but question why it’s being solved that way in the first place. That’s what separates good from great. And I genuinely believe that’s my edge.

Curiosity isn’t something I practice. It’s how I’m wired. When I encounter a problem, my instinct isn’t to find the accepted answer — it’s to go underneath it. Strip it to its base. Ask what’s actually happening, why everyone’s approaching it the same way, and whether there’s a more honest solution hiding one level deeper. That’s first principles, but it’s also just how I think.

That instinct is what moved me from electronics to AI/ML, from AI/ML to building tools that didn’t exist yet, from building to freelancing, to podcasting, to running a brand studio. Every time I found a gap between how something was and how it could be, I couldn’t leave it alone. I still can’t.

I don’t know everything. But I know how to find what I don’t — and I enjoy the process more than most people enjoy the answer.