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You Are Responsible for Your Future
I have realized something extremely important, and it has to do with everything. It shapes everything, including my life, and by extension, every single person's life on this earth. And that is that we are in control of our destiny. We are the ones that choose whether we are going to sink or swim, that our choices have consequences, that the actions — or the lack thereof, the lack of action instead of action, inaction — that we take directly affect our lives and the lives of

Kurtis Mercer
May 2413 min read


Entrepreneurship in 2026: From Hustle Culture to Conscious Creation
There’s a strange thing happening online right now. Everyone wants freedom. Everyone wants money. Everyone wants influence. Everyone wants to “escape the matrix.” But very few people are actually asking a deeper question: What does it mean to truly be an entrepreneur? Because if entrepreneurship is only about making as much money as humanly possible, then we have misunderstood the entire thing. A lot of modern entrepreneur culture is built on hustle, image, and endless grindi

Kurtis Mercer
May 234 min read


Artificial Intelligence, Embodiment, and the Future of Creativity
One thing I realized recently after getting feedback on The Inner Game of Awareness is that a lot of people still see artificial intelligence through a very specific lens. I was talking to someone yesterday who read a tiny portion of the beginning of the book and immediately said it “sounded AI generated.” And honestly, I appreciated the honesty. I genuinely did. But it made me realize something important: Most people currently associate AI with regurgitation. They think of s

Kurtis Mercer
May 225 min read


Video Games, Escape, and the Illusion of Progress
There’s something important that needs to be said about video games right now — especially with the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI. Video games are not inherently dangerous. They are tools. Like any tool, they can either enhance your life or slowly become a substitute for it. And that distinction matters. Because a lot of people — especially young men — aren’t just playing games for entertainment anymore. They’re using them as emotional escape routes without even rea

Kurtis Mercer
May 214 min read


Poverty Mindset, Fear, and the War Over Your Identity
There’s a mindset that quietly traps millions of people long before money ever becomes the issue. It’s not just about income. It’s about identity. And most people never realize they inherited that identity in childhood. If you grew up hearing things like: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “You better save every penny.” “Rich people are greedy.” “People like us don’t get opportunities like that.” “Playing it safe is the responsible thing to do.” …then chances are you didn’t just

Kurtis Mercer
May 205 min read


Inflation Is Forcing Humanity to Wake Up
There’s a reality happening right now that many people can feel… but few people are willing to fully admit. Everything is going up. Rent prices. Gas prices. Groceries. Property taxes. Mortgages. Student loan debt. Insurance. Basic necessities. Even everyday shopping. Meanwhile, most people’s income is not going up at the same rate. Most people are living on a fixed paycheck — weekly, bi-weekly, or salary-based income — while the cost of survival keeps climbing higher and high

Kurtis Mercer
May 193 min read


When Survival Mode Becomes Identity
There’s a growing reality happening that many people don’t fully see yet. Millions of people are slipping into what some call hidden homelessness — living out of hotels, motels, temporary rentals, or unstable housing situations because traditional housing has become increasingly expensive, unpredictable, or inaccessible. But what interests me most isn’t only the economic side of this problem. It’s the psychological side. We’re beginning to watch survival mode become normalize

Kurtis Mercer
May 182 min read


ADHD Is Not Just a Disorder — It’s a Nervous System Experience
It’s very easy, especially from the outside looking in, to think ADHD is simply about: distractibility, impulsivity, hyperactivity, overthinking, or difficulty focusing. But honestly, those are just words. I remember early on after being diagnosed with ADHD, I started doing what most people do: I went online trying to understand what ADHD actually was. I searched YouTube for ADHD creators. I read articles. I Googled definitions. I tried to piece everything together. But most

Kurtis Mercer
May 155 min read


Why So Many Christian Men With ADHD Secretly Feel Broken
There’s a hidden emotional reality many Christian men with ADHD carry that almost nobody talks about. Not laziness. Not lack of intelligence. Not lack of faith. Shame. For many men with ADHD, the deeper wound isn’t simply struggling to focus. It’s growing up slowly believing something is fundamentally wrong with them. Not different. Broken. And for Christian men, that shame often becomes even heavier because it gets tangled together with faith, morality, discipline, masculini

Kurtis Mercer
May 154 min read
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