Real David Asarnow

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Most people never see the real power of AI because they hand it tasks instead of thinking with it. They ask once, take the first answer, and hope for a breakthrough. Leadership doesn’t work like that. Leadership challenges. Leadership iterates. Leadership demands clarity.

AI mirrors the quality of your thinking. Vague questions create vague results. But when you push it, when you ask deeper questions, when you challenge its assumptions, something shifts. Not in the tool, in you. Curiosity builds leverage. Safety destroys it.

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Gratitude isn’t always big moments. It’s the small ones you almost overlook. The cold air. The stillness. The laughter halfway up the mountain.

This trek reminded me how full life feels when you stop trying to fill it. 🙏🏼

I’ve always said I have a fear of heights.
And yet… in Nepal I walked across suspension bridges hundreds of feet above the ground.
I’ve gone skydiving (twice). And after our 14-day Manaslu Circuit trek, my son decided to sign us up for paragliding in Nepal, because apparently, I needed one more test.

Somewhere between the takeoff and the moment we caught the wind, I realized something… Maybe it’s not heights I’ve been afraid of.
Maybe it’s the idea of letting go, the part of me that still believed the story that “I’m afraid.”

Sometimes the limits we think we have are just familiar lies we’ve told ourselves to feel safe.
When you stop repeating them, you finally give yourself permission to fly (literally in my case). 🪂

Soaring Beyond the Summit: Finding Peace in Letting Go

After the trek, Josh and I arrived in Pokhara, ready for a little rest and one last adventure. We spent the day exploring the city and shared a final lunch with our guide and Sherpa, Keke. Over lunch, Josh mentioned paragliding, and smiled and said, “I know just the place.”

It all sounded simple enough until the next morning.

When we reached the launch site and I saw people literally running off the side of a mountain, I felt knots in my stomach. My first thought was, “What did I just agree to?”

But then I caught myself. I have learned that fear is often an invitation to grow. So I decided I was not going to back away. I was going to trust the process and enjoy the experience.

Moments later, we were in the air.

There was no control. The pilot guided everything. And somehow, that was exactly what I needed. In my business life, when stress rises, my instinct is to try to control everything.

For the next forty-five minutes, I was not climbing or descending. I was floating, letting go, trusting, and taking in the beauty of Nepal with the Himalayas in the distance.

Watching Josh spiral and soar with his pilot, I saw something simple but powerful illustrated perfectly. When you stop trying to control everything, you create space for life to lift you higher.

This entire journey has been about stretching my comfort zone, saying yes to the unknown, stepping away from the business for three weeks, learning to release what I cannot control, and trusting the next step, or in this case, the next gust of wind.

Growth does not end at the summit. Sometimes, it begins the moment you let go and soar.

What are you ready to let go of?

By the way, the final video is Josh spinning freely in the sky, the perfect picture of trust and freedom.