Essays & observations by David Molina
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Ideas on systems, entrepreneurship, leadership, ownership, lifestyle medicine, and building organizations that endure.
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The Principles of MESLO: Shipped and Signed CTA
Signing and shipping The Principles of MESLO paperback copy directly to your doorstep just got easier.
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Recent perspectivesFrom Bid Analysis to Bid Submission: Teaching Contractors to Compete
A rising tide that lifts all boats: practical education, workforce development, and government contracting.
No Farms, No Food: Why Family Farms Matter to Economic Independence
Growing up in Hood River, Oregon, and later spending time in the Skagit Valley, I came to appreciate farming as a way of life. Which...
Choosing to Take the Elevator: On Ownership, Opportunity, and the Environments We Choose
Not everyone follows your very same path. It’s understandable. It’s okay if they don’t. Live yours with the best information you have...
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Adding audiobook CTAs to The Principles of MESLO landing page.
The Principles of MESLO: Audible Enabled
Submitting The Principles of MESLO audiobook to Audible through ACX.
The Principles of MESLO: Spotify Enabled
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The Tide That Lifts All Boats
How a Washington contracting conference reminded me why I wrote the Principles of MESLO.
From the Page to the Microphone: Narrating My First Audiobook
From two days in the recording studio to weeks of listening, reviewing, and remastering, a behind-the-scenes look at producing The...
The Principles of MESLO Is Now Available in Paperback, and eBook
My first book, The Principles of MESLO: The Art & Science of an Estimate, is now available. A look back...
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Systems
- Automating Customer Support 25 Sep 2026
- Patterns and Common Toolkits 15 May 2026
- Huddles To Build Momentum 14 Dec 2023
Entrepreneurship
- The Principles of MESLO: Shipped and Signed CTA 11 Nov 2026
- From Bid Analysis to Bid Submission: Teaching Contractors to Compete 10 Nov 2026
- The Principles of MESLO: Audiobook CTAs Added 16 Oct 2026
- The Principles of MESLO: Audible Enabled 13 Oct 2026
- The Principles of MESLO: Spotify Enabled 12 Oct 2026
- The Tide That Lifts All Boats 07 Oct 2026
Leadership
- From the Page to the Microphone: Narrating My First Audiobook 06 Oct 2026
- Twenty-Five Years Later 11 Sep 2026
- The Moral Imperative of Forest Management 16 Aug 2026
- It's You Vs. You Four Years Ago 15 Aug 2026
- Huddles To Build Momentum 14 Dec 2023
Ownership
Lifestyle medicine
- Diet, Lifestyle Medicine, and Business Health 16 May 2026
- Leveraging Nature 27 Nov 2025
- The Power of a Lymphatic Drainage Massage 25 Oct 2023
- Using Airplane Mode To Sleep Better 06 Aug 2023
- Podcast of the Week: Labrada & Saadia 26 Nov 2022