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The James Floyd Update · September 15, 2026

The James Floyd Update #12

One year of updates...

by James Floyd

Dear Reader,

This is my monthly update email. The twelfth of its kind.


It was an idea created in a time of question marks with the purpose of changing them to exclamation marks. It has become a way that I show my gratitude and life with those that have invested in me.

I’m writing this from my desk in my little New York apartment room. There is a bit of a mess, things stacked on my desk, sports equipment on the floor, clean laundry to be put away, but that is because it has started to feel like a home.

Rather than write about things I’ve done this month (It’s been a good one.) It feels most true to write a poem reflecting on this last year.

I will still put my notes of work done at the bottom for accountability.
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From The James Floyd Update #12
One Year.

One year ago I was sitting alone in my Nashville apartment living on a dash of will.

Now I am living in New York City with late nights and magical delights.

My life is better and my life is  d i f f e r e n t  again.


That in it of itself is a win, but lets look at the scoreboard.


One year ago my feet were slipping and sliding, I knew not where to go.

Now my feet have found a floor poured of solid rock.


That is a game won, but I know the 'job's not done'. In fact the work has just begun, and I relish it. 


One year ago I was a man just coming out of loneliness.

Now I am surrounded by wise, well adjusted, wonderful women and men who walk alongside me in this city of many lives. I am coming into my own I guess.


One year ago I was a wanderer, moving from place to place.

I live now in one space.


One year ago I was a more willing man.

Now I am a knowing man.


One year ago I had just began my poetry. This practice of taking my heart and molding it into creation.

Today I am creating my heart. Elation.


One year ago I was learning to ask the question of 'Do I like this?' and 'Why?'

That process continues until I die.


One year ago I felt shy.

Now I will fight till the end is nigh.


One year ago I wrote you that I was narrowing my focus towards my next chapter. 

Now I look at my hopes of a quick discovery with laughter.


One year ago, One year from now. With no raised brow, I'll say it was the people that mattered most. One day soon we will drink a toast.


As for business, because I'm going to win at this.

The word cadere means cutting and is the father of decision.

In the last year I have done that with precision. Now the work continues.
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Work Done:
- Added 6 new papers to rabbit holes
- Pivoted public pitch from Alpha.School to Founders.School { LINK }

  • Filmed Video

  • Built a main sales teaching project

  • Built two follow up projects (A cheat sheet for guides on motivation techniques and a project around the future of assessments)

- Built my soccer league list to 75 people with a consistent game every Sunday

- Hosted two other social events where I brought together 10+ people

- Published my 100th personal poem to my website

- Raised my CCAT score from 85th percentile to 98th using a learning app I made + re-memorized my multiplication tables to 13.

Past Updates:

The James Update #1
The James Update #2
The James Update #3
The James Update #4
The James Update #5
The James Update #6
The James Update #7
The James Update #8
The James Update #9
The James Update #10
The James Update #11