I’ve spent most of my life figuring it out as I went.

I grew up in Haiti while my mother worked to create a path for our family in America. I experienced very different ways of living growing up. I also saw how people showed up for each other.

Those years taught me that circumstances can change quickly, and that having people around you matters.

People can have very little and still have more than enough when they have each other.

I arrived around 10 or 11 years old. The people, school, language, and expectations were all new to me.

It took time, but America became home. I remember what it felt like to be new and to need a place to belong.

If you’ve been given a place to grow, help create that feeling for someone else.

I started by cleaning. Then curiosity took over. I set up technology, helped organize inventory, worked the register, and fixed whatever needed fixing.

I didn’t call it entrepreneurship. I thought I was doing my part. Years later I realized that kid never disappeared.

I started organized football years after many of the players around me. I wasn’t immediately good. I had to listen, practice, and accept that I had a lot to learn. I got better.

Football showed me I could improve at something even when I started behind. An injury and financial reality eventually changed the plan. I remember thinking: this isn’t the end.

I spent nearly a decade growing through sales and leadership. I learned how to run a business, serve customers, and help people grow. Watching someone I coached gain the confidence to go after a bigger opportunity meant a lot to me.

A title gives you authority. Respect gives you permission to lead.

The day after my wedding, I was turned away from a beach horse ride because of my weight. It was embarrassing. It also became a turning point.

In 2020, I committed to running every day. Through running, journaling, and learning to keep going after setbacks, I kept coming back to a phrase: Do It Anyways.

As I kept running, I started to believe I could change other parts of my life too.

In 2023, I completed my first marathon. Three weeks later, I walked across the stage and earned my bachelor’s degree.

One challenged my body and mind. The other closed a chapter I’d been trying to finish for years.

I became someone who finishes.

Becoming a father changed the meaning of ambition for me. Success stopped being something I wanted only for myself.

I started thinking more about the example I was setting, the stability I could build, and whether I was present for my family. I want my son to see me doing the work, and I want him to know I’m there for him.

Years before my career in technology-related sales, I was buying broken phones and teaching myself how they worked. Today I’m doing the same thing with AI and software.

I try something, get stuck, learn what I’m missing, and try again. It’s how I’ve learned most of what I know.

The first time I completed a real run with software I had built working on my iPhone, something clicked: I’m a builder.

Today, my work brings together leadership, running, and technology. Kouri and Limye are part of that next chapter.

I’m sharing the work as it develops, including the decisions and setbacks that shape it.

Maybe you’re in that place too, trying to make something happen without knowing exactly how it will turn out.

This isn’t the end. Do It Anyways.