Tales from a Failed Beekeeper

Life’s messy. People are difficult. Calm is rare.

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I’m Broden Johnson — entrepreneur, husband, dad, and serial failure. I’ve built companies, lost companies, made money, lost money, and written a book about the only lesson that ever stuck: Don’t Be a Dick. I write Tales from a Failed Beekeeper — short weekly stories about philosophy, family, work, and the strange art of not losing your mind. They’re part humour, part Stoicism, and part therapy I don’t have time for. If you like your life advice unpolished, funny, and slightly uncomfortable, you’ll probably like this.

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Tales from a Failed Beekeeper

Life’s messy. People are difficult. Calm is rare.

I Have 2,000 Unread Messages and I'm Fine

Adult friendships are bizarre.

Marcus Aurelius Never Had to Do the School Easter Hat Parade

Money Is a Terrible Scoreboard

Two Days. One Bed. Big Win.

The Promised Land Doesn’t Exist

Silence Is Wisdom

Get Over Yourself

Somewhere along the way, we stop dancing.

If Not You, Then Who?