Life doesn't fit in a tidy box. Neither should your thinking.

Welcome to The Shaggy Report.

By all accounts, I should love tidy boxes. I was trained as an Industrial Engineer and got an MBA. I learned how to optimize systems and build rigid frameworks. But after 15 years as an entrepreneur and a lifetime of curiosity, I realized the most interesting parts of life—family, faith, craft, freedom—don't follow a spreadsheet.

Life is shaggy. It’s a glorious, chaotic, and often messy mix of all our passions and responsibilities. This report is my space to explore that reality.

A Publication for Creative Problem-Solvers

This is a place for people who believe the quality of your life depends on the quality of your thinking. It’s for you if you are:

• A faith-driven dad or husband navigating the complexities of modern family life.
• A thoughtful professional shaping a meaningful career or business.
• A curious maker at heart, who believes in the value of tangible skills.
• A proponent of freedom, exploring how to maintain sovereignty in a chaotic world.

Our Guiding Philosophy: Practical Wisdom over Perfect Plans

This publication is built on a simple idea: a small toolkit of powerful mental models is more effective than a library of rigid frameworks. We don't offer 5-step plans. Instead, we explore timeless principles—like Leverage, Compounding, and Feedback—that you can adapt to your own unique situation. The goal isn't to give you a map, but to help you become a better navigator.

What You Can Expect

This is a record of reflections, not a list of answers. Every email is designed to provide:

• Deep Dives: A weekly case study on solving a real-world problem.
• Mental Models: Tools for thinking more clearly about your work, family, and life.
• Provocative Questions: Ideas that challenge your assumptions and spark new insights.

My name is Javier Feliu, and I’m in the trenches with you. My goal is to share my observations honestly, in the hope they might offer a new perspective on your own journey.

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart – and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." Psalm 19