What Did I Build This Week?

Building four ventures at the same time is fun for me because I always have something to work on, to fix, to improve, and that makes me happy. For me, it’s not about adrenaline or money (which isn’t in abundance yet), but about progress, a relentless focus on progress.

There are two ideas that quietly guide my weeks. One comes from Tony Robbins, who said that happiness is not found in achievement, but in progress, the sense that you are moving forward, growing, evolving. The second comes from Elon Musk, who famously asks his teams a deceptively simple question: “What did you get done this week?” Between those two ideas, progress as fulfillment and progress as accountability, I’ve built not just my schedule, but my mindset. Because if I’m not making progress each week, I don’t feel satisfied.

The Balance Is in the Movement

My days start early, before the house wakes up, and end late, often well past the point most people have closed their laptops and shut off their minds. And yet, I wouldn’t describe myself as tired or overworked. Because when you are genuinely making progress on something that matters to you, the energy comes from the doing. It feeds you.

I structure my weeks around tangible movement. Not vague plans or ideas, but real progress across all four ventures. That could mean presenting to investors, closing a critical supplier conversation, launching a new landing page, solving an issue between partners, or clearing a bottleneck that’s been slowing us down. The progress isn’t always dramatic, but it’s always real.

I don’t let a single week go by without moving the needle on each project, because if I didn’t, the inertia would build. And worse, my sense of drive, clarity, and confidence would start to erode. So I’ve built the habit: every venture, every week, moves forward. No exceptions.

It Only Works Because It’s Designed

What allows this to be sustainable isn’t willpower, it’s structure. I work from home. That means even though I work more hours than most, I have the flexibility to pause and have dinner with my family, to take my kids to school in the morning, to recharge between meetings by walking around the block or stepping into a conversation that actually matters. I’m present, not all day, but every day, and that makes a huge difference.

I’ve also made training non-negotiable. I run, lift, or play padel nearly every day, not just for fitness but because it clears my mind. Movement resets my energy, it turns stress into motion and gives me the focus I need to push through the long hours with clarity instead of clutter.

The Weekly Column as a Mirror

A few months ago, I made a personal decision: I would publish a weekly column, no matter what. Not because I needed the audience, but because I needed the discipline. I knew that if I had nothing meaningful to say, it probably meant I wasn’t moving. If I stopped writing, it would be a sign, a red flag that the week had passed without building something worth sharing. The column isn’t only content, it’s evidence that the week had shape, that the days had meaning. Evidence that the work wasn’t just busywork, but progress, measurable and real.

Progress Is the Goal

People often assume that working seven days a week must be some kind of punishment, or that I’m addicted to stress or trying to prove something. But the truth is, I work this way because this system of weekly progress is rewarding. I can see the arc of my week and know, without a doubt, that I’m better positioned today than I was seven days ago.

The pressure isn’t external, it’s internal, and it’s healthy. It’s the pressure to be better, to move forward, to honor the incredible opportunity I’ve been given: to build four ventures that matter to me, and that might matter to others too. And if I ever get the chance to start new ventures or substitute a failed one with something better, I’ll continue to work this way. Because the habit isn’t tied to the number, it’s tied to the rhythm of building.

So yes, I’m building four ventures. Yes, I work long hours. But the reason I keep showing up is simple: every week, I get to make progress. Every week, I get to answer the only question that really matters: What did I build this week?