From the Founder, Brian Mazza 11/24
Eventually, Everyone Is Forgotten
There is a truth that changes the entire way you look at life. A truth most people avoid because it strips away ego, fear, pressure, and the illusion that any of this is permanent.
Eventually, everyone is forgotten.
In a few generations, your name will blur. Your job title won’t matter. The arguments you replayed in your head will disappear. The opinions people used to throw at you will evaporate. Even the mistakes you once thought were the end of the world will fade into absolute nothing.
And if that is the reality, then the question becomes very simple.
Why are you carrying so much weight in a world that will not remember the weight you carried?
A Father’s Perspective
This realization hits hardest when you’re raising kids.
When I watch my boys play sports, I am reminded how uncomplicated life used to be. They make a mistake and within seconds they reset. They laugh. They run again. They move on without attaching meaning to the moment. They don’t drag yesterday into today. They don’t build identity around a bad pass or a missed shot.
They just keep living.
Youth sports are a powerful mirror. They reflect the truth we forget as adults. The game is supposed to be played with heart. Pressure is not supposed to crush you. You are supposed to feel joy while chasing something hard.
What your child really needs is not a perfect father/mother. They need a father/mother who is alive, present, playful, grounded, and relaxed enough to enjoy the moment with them.
They need a dad/mom who is not held hostage by stress. A dad/mom who shows them what resilience looks like without bitterness.
One day, your kids won’t remember every drill, every score, or every correction. But they will remember how you made those moments feel. They will remember your smile on the sideline, not the stress on your face.
The Entrepreneur Reality Check
Entrepreneurship makes life feel heavy. It magnifies every decision, every risk, every failure. When you are building something, it is so easy to believe that every moment is life or death.
But even here, the truth remains.
One day no one will remember the deal that collapsed.
No one will remember the month you lost sleep.
No one will remember the investor who said no, the client who ghosted you, or the launch that didn’t go as planned.
But your kids will remember the version of you who came home.
Were you carrying the weight of the world?
Or were you capable of putting it down long enough to be human again?
Entrepreneurship is not about building forever.
It is about building a life you are proud to live right now.
It is about creating freedom, not fear.
It is about modeling courage, not tension.
Your business may not last forever.
But the example you set for your children absolutely will.
Being a Man, Being a Leader, Being a Dad
When you zoom out far enough, something shifts. The noise fades. The urgency dissolves. What used to feel like a crisis now feels like a moment. What used to feel like embarrassment becomes insignificant. What used to feel like failure becomes simply part of your story.
You start to understand that you are living a short, temporary life on a tiny planet in a massive universe. Every moment you spend obsessing over opinions, tiny problems, imagined judgments, or fears that will not matter a year from now is a moment stolen from the only people who truly need you present.
Life becomes lighter when you let it.
Life becomes meaningful when you stop chasing perfection and start chasing memories.
Laugh more with your kids.
Try new things with your family.
Be willing to look silly, to be playful, to say yes to moments that create connection.
Say yes to jumping in the ocean.
Say yes to the spontaneous trip.
Say yes to trying something new with your business, even if you may fail.
Your life is not meant to be a stress report.
It is meant to be a story.
One worth remembering.
One worth living fully while you still have the chance.
Because no one will remember the stress you carried.
But your family will feel the joy you created.
5 Rules for Remembering What Actually Matters
Rule One: Play More Than You Pressure Yourself
When life feels tight, loosen your grip. Your kids follow your emotional lead.
Rule Two: Slow Down and See Your Life
Most people move so fast they never actually experience anything. Presence is your superpower.
Rule Three: Treat Problems as Passing Weather
Storms come. Storms go. Do not build your identity inside temporary conditions.
Rule Four: Choose Joy on Purpose
Joy is not accidental. It is intentional. It is a discipline.
Rule Five: Create Memories, Not Myths of Perfection
Your family will not remember how perfect you were. They will remember the moments you created.
5 Tools to Practice Every Day
Tool One: The One Minute Release
When stress spikes, pause for sixty seconds. Breathe. Let your body reset. Enter the next moment clean.
Tool Two: The Daily Memory Maker
Do something small each day that your kid would remember if they were eighty years old.
Tool Three: The Five Year Filter
When something feels overwhelming, ask: Will this matter in five days, five months, or five years?
Tool Four: The Joy Rep
Inject one intentional moment of fun into your day. It rewires your nervous system and your leadership.
Tool Five: The Evening Presence Audit
Ask yourself: Did I live today in a way I hope my child lives one day?
Life is too short to spend it carrying weight that was never meant to stay with you.
Let go of the opinions.
Drop the embarrassment.
Release the pressure.
Laugh more.
Lead with lightness.
Love harder.
Be fully alive in the moments your children will remember forever.
No one will remember your stress.
But your family will remember your presence.
They will remember your energy.
They will remember your joy.
And that is the only legacy that truly matters.
