This morning I found myself circling back to Earl Nightingale’s The Strangest Secret. His words have a strange way of feeling like a mirror. Success, he says, is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Not luck. Not sudden brilliance. Just the steady walk toward something that matters. For me, that “worthy ideal” right now is ZAO’s push into Farcaster and decentralized social.

Q4 is often the season when people coast or crash, but I feel a different energy: the clarity that comes when you pick one mountain and decide to climb. Farcaster isn’t just another channel—it’s the battleground where culture, code, and community collide. If we plant deep roots there, ZAO becomes more than an organization; it becomes a living rhythm inside the decentralized social bloodstream. That’s why I’m redirecting focus. That’s why each morning, starting today, I’ll let Nightingale’s voice remind me of what this path requires: discipline, persistence, and an unwavering belief that our goals are not fantasy, but inevitability.

The community piece is simple. If I make this a daily ritual, I want you to join me. A few minutes together at the start of each day, holding the same signal in our minds, can rewire the way we move through the rest of it. You’ll find me streaming live on Twitch, X, or Retake. Come through, say what’s up, and lock in with me. Sometimes it takes just one word, one note, one mantra to reset the trajectory of a day.

Have a wonderful Tuesday. Let’s keep moving the needle forward, one intentional step at a time.

– BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZAO Team