You have to love your students - or you won't make it as a teacher.

Business owners and hiring managers: I'm giving a talk next week to high school and college students. Informal survey: would you hire 15-22 year old with the right certificate/credential over a degree? Why or why not?

Small commitments, done consistently with the right people, create life-changing momentum. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

The deepest stability in a chaotic world is not circumstances going well. It is knowing God reigns.

Entrepreneurship might be the greatest equalizer for young people. You don’t need a certain age, background, or permission to start creating value. A simple business can teach students money, responsibility, problem-solving, and real-world skills long before their first job. Schools should teach more of this. #entrepreneurship #financialliteracy #studententrepreneurs #youthentrepreneurship #businesseducation #futureofwork #educationinnovation #freducation

Most schools focus on content. But the future belongs to people with skills. As a dad and former teacher, here are some of the skills I’m intentionally teaching my son: 👉🏼 people skills 👉🏼 reading habits 👉🏼 touch typing 👉🏼 language learning 👉🏼 AI prompting 👉🏼 entrepreneurship 👉🏼 learning how to learn If we want kids to thrive in the future, we have to teach more than just information. Watch the video 👇🏼 youtu.be/ECHQK7i2tUk?si=wuqZ… #education #parenting #aieducation #lifeskills

Feeling grateful! My small YouTube channel is growing, and I’m really grateful for the support. Just dropped a new video where a former student and I build a business plan from scratch using AI—starting with nothing but an idea. If you’ve been thinking about starting something, this might be your sign. youtu.be/MW3HqWyJQww?si=YO0I…

We love to say students have “short attention spans.” But that’s not actually true. 🎮 They can play video games for hours. They can lock into puzzles, Legos, sports, music, and anything they care about. ⏳ What they don’t have patience for is boring, outdated learning experiences. 🎯 That’s not a student problem — that’s a design problem. 🔄 If we want engagement, we have to rethink how we teach, not blame who we teach. #education #teachers #studentengagement #learningdesign #edtech #classroominnovation #modernlearning

When my classes got so big (40-45), I got rid of my desk and wore it! How do you handle large class sizes?

📝 As a teacher, one of the biggest time-sucks was documentation. I didn’t have time to write incidents on paper, keep them organized, and then try to remember details weeks later. 🧠 So I built a simple student incident form. Most of the time, just showing it to a student was enough to stop the behavior and open up a quick, respectful one-on-one conversation. 📊 And when documentation was needed, everything was already clean, time-stamped, dated, and organized in a spreadsheet. 💪🏼 Small systems can make a huge difference in the classroom. #teachers #classroommanagement #edtech #teachertools #education #teacherlife #productivity #educators

"If you ask disempowering questions, you cannot get empowering answers." - Myron Golden

Teaching doesn’t get easier by repeating the same year 20 times. Students, culture, and technology change—and great teachers evolve with them. If you’re not learning new tools and new ways to teach, you’re falling behind.

Day 3 at Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, and one theme keeps rising to the top: industry-recognized credentials. I remember leaving high school saying “I’m good at computers”… but what does that actually mean? Today, students can leave with proof - credentials they can show employers and colleges that clearly say this is what I know, this is what I can do. That clarity provides hope, dignity, and opportunity! #FETC

I'm at @fetc - I'll be at the Certiport table. Let's shake hands! 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

Most budgets fail before the month even starts. Not because people don’t care—but because they budget money they don’t have yet. For years, I made the same mistake: planning a “monthly budget” instead of budgeting every time I got paid. That one shift changed everything. In this video, I walk through the paycheck-based budgeting spreadsheet I’ve been refining for years—how to plan around pay dates, assign every dollar on purpose, avoid surprise expenses, and actually stay in control of your money (instead of reacting to it). If upgrading your finances is a goal for 2026 , this might be the most practical 8 minutes you spend. 👇🏼 Watch the video and grab the spreadsheet. youtu.be/ie0Mf-jx_lU

The “teacher shortage” isn’t what you think. One school had 900 applicants for 60 positions — while colleges are closing education departments and educators are leaving for higher-pay, work-from-home jobs. So what’s really broken… and what would it take to fix it? 🎓📉 💸

Perfection is the enemy of execution and is an elaborate high-achiever form of procrastination. - Richmond Dinh

The week before holidays = low attendance low engagement. One of my favorite classroom wins? Pausing curriculum for ONE day to have students create holiday cards for students with severe disabilities—by name. Joy. Purpose. Community. Worth it every time. ❤️🎄📚 youtu.be/poj6QSKD-YM?si=6qU0…

Right before Thanksgiving break, I was invited to present during Teach-In for Business students at Innovation High School in Orlando. I shared about entrepreneurship, finance, and automation/AI — and let me tell you, these students showed up ready. 🤯 I love that business classes are becoming the norm in schools. 🙌🏼 We walked through budgeting and real-world numbers — including how expensive it can be to move out after high school. One student said: “We’re fried!” But I wanted them to see the full picture: Yes, life is more expensive than ever. But there is also more opportunity than ever — especially to earn on your own terms. We talked about breaking out of the hourly-pay mindset. I asked how much they’d charge to cut a lawn. Then I asked: “Does it matter if it takes 30 minutes or 3 hours?” Lightbulb moment. 💡 If the value is there — time doesn’t matter. We even discussed that automation isn’t new — if you’ve ever seen a sprinkler system, you’ve seen automation. It’s simply getting something done… without having to think about it anymore. Then we jumped into AI prompts to help them take real action and begin starting businesses — today. Because here’s the most important message I can give students. While the world tells you that maybe if you work hard enough, go to school long enough, maybe in 10-20 years you have something to offer... ⏳ You don’t have to wait 10–20 years to contribute value to the world. ⭐ You are valuable right now. 💵 You can build, create, and earn right now. I was also secretly stoked I could keep the attention of high schoolers for 45 minutes in 2025 🤣 Grateful for the opportunity to pour into your amazing students! 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 #entrepreneurship #education #aiineducation #businesseducation #futureceos #opportunity #studentvoice #innovation #careerreadiness #teachin #orlando