Bennett J. Lee

I just had my second child. The Model Y is great—but it’s just a little too small. If we had a third, we're out of luck on Teslas. That got me thinking not just that I've been wanting the Cybertruck with bigger seats, but

A common theme in my journey has been my confrontation with hyperobjects. These concepts exist in multiple different facets making them some of the trickiest things to deal with. The term was brought into popularity by Timothy Morton through his book, "Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of

People tend to use the same template to tell their origin story and it has the same effect: crickets. * Reading Off Your Resume * Showing How Smart You Are and How Accomplished You Are * Telling a Hero's Quest Story or other trope These ways of articulating who you are

After developing "The Pitch System", one odd phenomena stood on its own: The Pattern Interrupt. Confused with various mental hacks or other techniques, the pattern interrupt is unique in that it is relatively unknown for how powerful it actually is. Most amateurs understand the power of stories, but

Social Media is currently obsessed with "sand batteries." On paper, they sound like a miracle: we stop digging for lithium and cobalt and start using the stuff you find at the beach. Of course, how could we all have been so foolish. The pitch is seductive: * Dirt cheap

If you’re a student today, the situation is rough.  If finding out college doesn’t guarantee a job wasn't enough, AI has pretty much replaced most of your chance to break into a firm. If you are still trying to push into the professional realm and haven’

When people listen to someone’s pitches as guided meditation to HODL, there’s probably something there... Michael Saylor, despite not even inventing Bitcoin, has elevated himself to cult status as the definitive voice of the Bitcoin movement. His one-liners have gone viral and he’s so convincing that in

Pipelines make perfect sense in sales. They make absolutely no sense in pitching. In sales, you can afford to be a volume-player. You can bombard 1,000 leads, play the percentages, and let the growth-hacking math do the heavy lifting for a customer that is studied and a company that

I’m going to get a lot of flack for this one. I hate TRL (Technology Readiness Level) scales when evaluating technologies for success. Not mildly dislike. Hate. And here’s why. The Shelf of Forgotten Technology We already have immense technology developed by the federal government that just… sits

The cat is out of the bag, stories are persuasive.  You want to tell your story, you search on google how to tell your story, you think back to your college essay, but you decide to step up your game and incorporate: THE HERO'S QUEST Of course, Joseph

It sounds like counter-intuitive advice, but hear me out: Stop memorizing your pitch. I see it constantly with founders. They spend weeks rehearsing every syllable, timing every hand gesture, and polishing every transition until it’s "TED-Talk perfect." While this looks like hard work, it’s actually a

It has been a year since I first taught the "Pitch Like a Pro" course at St. Mary’s. Between a heavy workload, a new baby daughter, and the holiday season, I never quite found the space to sit down and articulate the deep reflections from that experience—

The Backstory When I was a kid, my mom played Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail for me. In the last scene, there was a Knight that was guarding the Holy Grail and had one final test for whoever was worthy. The One had to find it

“I do the best when the odds are impossible.” That’s something I’ve come to realize. The more pressure, the more clarity. The harder the problem, the more I lock in. When the odds collapse—something opens up in me. After doing this long enough, I’ve stopped pretending

I. The Misconception of the Devil: A Cultural Construct, Not a Biblical Reality The mainstream image of Satan as a horned figure ruling Hell is not from the Bible but rather a cultural creation shaped by Dante’s Inferno, Milton’s Paradise Lost, and medieval theology. When we examine the

I'm still publishing my series on my journey with Lyme and Long-Covid, but to spare everyone the trouble, I have my main principles and epiphanies outlined here for convenience. Summary: * Chronic Fatigue Syndromes misdiagnosed * The Lyme Hypothesis * Treatments: Methylene Blue and Hydrogen Peroxide IV * Herxing and Detox Principle

I was out for the last 3 months recovering from Lyme treatment. Friends and family have been asking me a whole barrage of questions and I've had a lot to brief them on to say the least. I've had a long journey from trying to understand

There’s a reason people misunderstand Jesus' words in Matthew 5:39. For centuries, turn the other cheek has been used to justify passivity, blind forgiveness, and even submission to abuse. But what if that’s not what Jesus meant at all? Because when Jesus said, “If anyone slaps

There’s a reason the word church stirs up so many mixed emotions. For some, it’s a place of hope, community, and faith. For others, it’s a symbol of hypocrisy, corruption, and exclusion. But here’s the thing—when people say they hate church, they’re often not

A common theme in my life has been sacrifice.   When I was younger, I took it to mean sacrificing money, effort, and time.   As I matured, this grew to become sacrificing something even harder to let go of: delusional beliefs that I held dear.  When I faced numerous setbacks, in

What does it mean to call yourself a martial artist when you have no belt, no certification, and no claim to a singular system? Is it enough to train, to question, to adapt—or do you need proof? These questions have lingered at the edges of my journey, pushing me

Christianity, anchored in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, presents a profound critique of ideological constructs. The crucifixion transcends its traditional framing as a narrative of forgiveness; it is a radical confrontation with humanity's deepest vulnerabilities—our propensity toward self-righteousness and the establishment of power structures that