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The Difference Between a Business Owner and an Entrepreneur
I woke up at 3 a.m. this morning because my mind was moving a mile a minute. Not in an anxious way. In a good way. It felt like pieces of my life that had existed separately for years were suddenly connecting together. Things I already knew about myself were becoming clearer. The picture was becoming more complete. It's difficult to explain, but it felt like different parts of my story were finally finding their place within a larger story. Part of what I was thinking about w

Kurtis Mercer
1 hour ago9 min read


I Was Ready to Quit, Then God Showed Up
I just want to say to everyone who believes in the Most High God: He loves you dearly. Truly believe that. There are seasons in life where everything feels uncertain, where you're questioning yourself, your decisions, your abilities, and even whether you're moving in the right direction at all. In those moments, it's easy to feel like God is distant, silent, or somewhere in the background while you're carrying the weight of everything on your own. But I want to encourage you

Kurtis Mercer
1 day ago4 min read


Why Knocking on a Stranger's Door Feels Different
One of the most interesting things about entrepreneurship is that the hardest battles often happen before you ever take action. Recently, I started going door to door for my detailing business. Before I left the house, I had all kinds of thoughts running through my mind. What if people get annoyed? What if they think I'm bothering them? What if they tell me to get lost? What if they slam the door in my face? What if they think I'm some random stranger trying to sell them some

Kurtis Mercer
2 days ago4 min read


I'm Sorry for the World I Left You
My dear children, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for the world I left you. I'm sorry that you're stepping into adulthood carrying burdens that my generation helped create, whether we intended to or not. I'm sorry that housing became harder to afford, that debt became normal, that financial stress became a constant companion for so many people, and that stability became something that felt increasingly out of reach. I wish I could tell you that I saw it all coming and fought harder to c

Kurtis Mercer
2 days ago5 min read


The Cost of Staying Comfortable
It's difficult to transform. It's difficult to be different. It's difficult to see yourself differently from who you've been for years, if not decades. We tend to assume that once we're settled into a familiar place in life, we've arrived somewhere safe. Maybe you have a stable job, a predictable routine, and a comfortable way of life. You drive the same route to work every day. You know where you're getting your groceries. Maybe you live close to the store, so errands are ea

Kurtis Mercer
3 days ago6 min read


Your Mind Will Try to Talk You Out of Growth
I just got back from my second inspection today. Interestingly enough, my very first inspection ever was this morning. I made sure I had everything ready. I had my briefcase with all of my paperwork, forms to walk customers through the process of getting their vehicle cleaned in a professional manner, and my business shirt with my logo on it. This was completely new territory for me. I've never done this before. I've never stepped out and run my own business. I've never shown

Kurtis Mercer
4 days ago3 min read


The Loneliness of Entrepreneurship
I wanted to capture a moment where I'm dysregulated in this entrepreneurial journey that I'm going on because, honestly, the majority of videos that you see from myself, and even from people giving advice, are all about positivity, transformation, strength, confidence, and success. These people seem like they always have it together. They're always locked in. They're always ready to go. But they don't record the moments, and they don't publish the moments, where they're dysre

Kurtis Mercer
4 days ago3 min read


The Gift of Noticing
I realized something today. I've always thought of myself as someone who enjoys walking in nature. And I do. When I went to Mount Nemo and walked the trails, looked at the trees, the cliffs, and the scenery, it was nice. It was peaceful. But if I'm being honest, I'm starting to notice a pattern. What I really love is cities. I love walking through cities and observing people. I love the busyness, the movement, the sounds, the smells, the conversations, the storefronts, the al

Kurtis Mercer
5 days ago2 min read


The Greatest Investment You'll Ever Make
So now that we've talked about how beliefs shape our lives, the next question becomes: How do we actually change? And that's why it's so imperative. It is one of the most, if not the most, crucial choices that you'll ever make in your entire life. And it's always difficult. It's never easy. You're never going to have time for it. You're always going to make excuses. You're going to come up with all these justifications why you either don't have the money, or why it's not act

Kurtis Mercer
5 days ago4 min read


Transformation Is a Grueling Process
Transformation is a grueling process to change from who you are currently into somebody that you are not. That, in that moment, in that current state of being, you are not that other person. But you're trying to change yourself, your whole identity, what you believe to be true, how you see yourself, and how you view other people. Like, if you believe that the world is a place that is filled with people that are surviving and people that are just struggling day to day, well,

Kurtis Mercer
6 days ago3 min read


Why I Love Detailing: The Connection Between Cleaning a Car and Healing a Life
Starting my detailing business has revealed something I never expected. The deeper I get into detailing, the more I realize it mirrors the work I've spent years doing in emotional health. My coaching brand is called Autopilot to Alive. At its core, it's about helping people move from numbness to presence, from darkness to purpose, and from merely surviving to truly living. When I think about the word autopilot, I picture something neglected. I picture disorder, depression, nu

Kurtis Mercer
Jun 32 min read


You're Poor, and It's Time to Admit It
I think one of the most difficult things a man can face in life is admitting that his life isn't actually together and that it's actually falling apart. The only way that we can really track this is by looking at the numbers. You can't track it just because you've got a job. You can't track it just because you've got a car in the garage, a wife, or children. That is not how you measure success. That is not how you determine whether you've got your shit together. The one thing

Kurtis Mercer
Jun 26 min read


Churchianity vs Christianity
I have a lot of opinions about the church. Not because I hate the church, not because I hate Christians, and certainly not because I hate Jesus. Actually, it's the opposite. The more I've studied Scripture, the more I've noticed a growing gap between what I read in the Bible and what I often see practiced in modern Christianity. I'm not talking about every church, every pastor, or every believer. I'm talking about a pattern. A tendency. A culture. Something I like to call Chu

Kurtis Mercer
Jun 13 min read


What Real Christians Look Like
If you saw me at a music festival, you probably wouldn't think I was a Christian. I'm covered in tattoos. I wear black almost every day. I listen to rap, rock, electronic dance music, and screamo. I headbang. I dance. I sing. I pump my fists in the air. Sometimes I swear. I play video games. I love psychological thrillers. I can walk into a room full of business owners, construction workers, recovering addicts, musicians, or people sitting at a bar, and feel completely at hom

Kurtis Mercer
May 313 min read


How Our Parents Shape the Adults We Become
Growing up, I lived in a world that revolved around work. Not dreams, not purpose, not emotional health, but work. The message seemed simple: get a job, support your family, pay your bills, and if you're lucky, maybe have enough left over to enjoy a vacation once a year. My father embodied that mindset more than anyone I knew. He owned a welding business in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, and worked relentlessly. Looking back now, I know he loved me deeply. I never truly doubted t

Kurtis Mercer
May 304 min read


What Does It Really Mean to Follow Jesus? The Cost of Discipleship According to Scripture
The Forgotten Part of the Gospel Most Christians know the story of the cross. We know that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, willingly gave His life for the sins of the world. We know the nails. We know the crown of thorns. We know the suffering. We know the resurrection. But before the cross, there was a garden. And in that garden, we see something many modern believers rarely talk about. We see struggle. We see anguish. We see obedience in the face of overwhelming emotional pai

Kurtis Mercer
May 296 min read


The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Not for Everybody
Not every person is an entrepreneur. And I had to wrestle with that. I honestly thought that everybody was like me, you know, everybody thought the same way that I did. And this isn't like a superiority thing or like thinking I'm better than anybody else. This is the realization that we are all made for different reasons. Like, we were created by God for different purposes. And we have skills that others don't, and vice versa. And that's actually a beautiful thing, you know,

Kurtis Mercer
May 288 min read


AI is Replacing Human Labor & That is a Good Thing
Okay, for most people, when they hear that AI replacing human labor, that it’s a bad thing. That: “Oh yeah, I’m gonna lose my factory job,” or farming, or trades, or office work, or transportation, or construction, or manufacturing." And yes, to some people — honestly, well, to most people — that would be a terrible thing.| That would be terrifying. To have to think about everything that you have built your life around: the person that you are, the routine that you’ve kept, t

Kurtis Mercer
May 273 min read


God Has Given You the Power to Do Everything — Get After It!
So I am a confident person. I am very confident. I feel like I have a lot of power, a lot of ability, a lot of motivation, and honestly, an endless amount of energy to go out and take action, make moves, and get stuff moving. Like, I’m talking actually build something. Build empires. Build movements. Go out there and realize that God has given me all the tools necessary in order to get everything out of life that I want. I know that I’m going to be a millionaire, if not a bil

Kurtis Mercer
May 266 min read


Career, Survival, and the Collapse of Family
So, I think this is where I’m going to get a little controversial, but I believe that being controversial is really the only way to move ideas forward. So, career identity. When we talk about career identity, when we talk about where people are when it comes to their idea of working for a corporation and making money around that corporation — and in particular, we’re talking about women here. Because in the traditional sense of being a woman, back in the early days, and even

Kurtis Mercer
May 253 min read
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