Find me near the Water

If you’re ever looking for me, start near the water.

That’s where I swim. Where I surf. Create. Where I think.

For a long time I assumed I simply enjoyed the ocean.

I don’t.

I’m fascinated by what water represents.

It changes its form without changing its nature.

It refuses to stay the same while remaining consistent.

It becomes ice when stability is needed. Steam when expansion is possible. Rain when ecosystems need renewal. Waves when energy meets resistance.

A mirror when the wind disappears.

Nothing about water is fixed.

Yet it never stops being water.

Leadership feels remarkably similar.

Some situations require structure. Others curiosity. Some require calm.

Others demand decisive action.

And sometimes, it’s perfectly okay to simply float.

Water reminds me of that every day.

My morning-swims resets me. Carried by the water the noise becomes quieter. Decisions? Simpler. Surfing taught me the opposite lesson. The ocean doesn’t negotiate. You don’t control the wave. You learn to read it. Timing matters more than force. Balance beats strength. Fighting the water only exhausts you.

Bruce Lee famously said,

“Be water, my friend.”

For years I thought that meant flexibility.

Now I think it means something deeper.

Water doesn’t abandon its identity when it changes form.

Neither should we.

So if you’re ever looking for me—

find me near the water.