I'm home after two weeks that felt like two months... and a few of the lessons surprised me. I met with 3 billionaires, launched Own or Be Owned, walked 170,000 people through the 12 profit levers, met with YouTube execs, recorded podcasts with a guy who's done $2 billion in sales and a woman who's screened 2 million executives, and launched our new business tech product. Here are 12 lessons from two weeks of too many meetings: 1. Stop improving broken systems. Question why they exist. Joe Liemandt's Alpha School has kids finishing core academics in 2 hours a day while reportedly learning twice as much. Most people would use AI to make the 6 hour school day 10% better. Joe asked why school needs 6 hours at all. 2. Take smarter risks. Jenny Just turned $1.5M into a multibillion-dollar company, PEAK6. Her edge is nearly 30 years of decisions where the feedback is immediate and the stakes are real. Confidence is the receipt you get after surviving risk over and over. 3. Build an ecos