Generational Curses: What Took Me 49 Years to See | Matt Kelly
I’m almost fifty years old, and I just figured this out. How two families, two grandfathers, and forty-nine years of patterns finally came into focus.
I’m almost fifty years old, and I just figured this out. How two families, two grandfathers, and forty-nine years of patterns finally came into focus.
I’m writing this from 2026. I’m 49. And I need you to hear some things that nobody is going to tell you.
It’s been nearly six years since I’ve posted anything here. Six years. That’s a long time to stay quiet. When I started this blog back in 2019, I had all sorts of reasons: to document my personal growth, to share what I was learning, to maybe even help someone else along the way. I wrote … Read more
🚧📈 Is Your Construction Company Keeping Pace? Construction is rapidly evolving beyond traditional methods like paper plans and Excel sheets. Today’s leaders proactively manage project risks, improve visibility across their portfolios, and enhance margins by embracing construction technology. But every company is unique — and each one stands at a different point along the journey … Read more
Construction technology only works when the people do. Why adoption fails on the jobsite — and what actually makes it stick.
Four hard-won lessons from helping specialty contractors adopt digital tools — what works, what backfires, and why people matter more than the platform.
🌊 Four days. No emails. No screens. Just rapids, campfire conversations, and my oldest son. Last July, thanks to Procore’s Wellness Week, I took Brock on a coming-of-age river trip through the canyons. We rode rapids, slept under stars, got soaked in sudden rainstorms, and baked in desert heat. But here’s the thing — the … Read more
After spending nearly 35 years hovering between Gnostic and Agnostic Atheism, I finally decided to believe in a higher power that was best defined to me by Jesus Christ. In the process, I found some things that made my life infinitely better: inner peace, unconditional love, community and friendships.
Uncommon brotherhood unpacks a different kind of friendship. They help you win when you might have lost, and bring the very best out in you before you even knew it was possible.
What purpose does my personal blog serve? In short, to help others learn from my past mistakes, and have others hold me accountable to live up to my own standards.