by Shane | Jul 13, 2025 | Field Notes
We were taught to be strong. To hold it together. To push through. To never let them see you shake. And it worked, for a while. You became the reliable one. The one who shows up. The one who doesn’t flinch when shit hits the fan. Strength without Softness is just...
by Shane | Jun 27, 2025 | Field Notes
There are things on your back that were never meant to be yours. Ideas. Expectations. Patterns. Wounds. We carry them like bricks, stacked in silence across our spine, convincing ourselves it’s strength, when really… it’s inheritance. Some Things were never meant to...
by Shane | Jun 19, 2025 | Field Notes
There’s a point in a man’s life, usually after he’s conquered, won, built, and burned, where the fight doesn’t feel noble anymore. It just feels… heavy. He’s still strong. Still capable. Still sharp. “I don’t want to fight anymore” But somewhere...
by Shane | Jun 7, 2025 | Field Notes
They don’t teach you this in business school. That your relationships, not your revenue, are the clearest reflection of your growth as a man. Not the kind of reflection that flatters. The kind that cuts. That shows you exactly who you are beneath the suits, the...