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The Cotton Wire

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Is Kinda Dead

I know it’s not. But it feels like this blog is kinda dead. It’s not. It’s just a reflection – a manifestation – of my life right now. And it totally blows.

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The Best Cotton Marketing Strategy (Video)

I’m just gonna drop this best cotton marketing strategy (video) right here. AI is just nuts now. I don’t wanna start hosting videos, but here it is below. Don’t miss the article. The Best Cotton Marketing Strategy (Video) pic.twitter.com/HEHzgNixHF— Sterling Terrell (@SterlingTerrell) March 5, 2026

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Passages Hit Different

Reading with my daughter last night. Some of these passages hit different when you begin to see the world differently. When you begin to understand the world in a different way. The world is a wonderful place when you’re young. -E.B. White, Charlotte‘s Web

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Free Vending Machine

Sales sucks. How in the world is it hard to sell a free vending machine? It’s literally free. I come and fill it up for free. You literally just have to say, “Yes, that would be cool to have at my business.” Ugh.

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Still On

I posted every day on this thing for years, a la Seth Godin style. And then life got messy. Blah. Is this thing even still on?

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John von Neumann

If you don’t know John von Neumann, he worked on game theory before the now-famous mathematician John Nash did. John Von Neumann made advances in zero-sum games, and Nash in non-zero-sum games. Essentially, Von Neumann proved that the uncertainty that comes with bluffing in poker, a fraction of the time, will give your odds of winning an edge. It’s hard for a scientist to become a household…

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You Are Already In It

Not a lot else to say after turning 45. You are already in it. Act accordingly. you’re already in itpic.twitter.com/pnrAHik89e— Sterling Terrell (@SterlingTerrell) February 7, 2026

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I Just Turned 45: Here Are 20 Things I Learned In The Last Year

[If you are interested, here is 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, And 35.] 1. Entrepreneurship is awesome. And lonely. And empowering. And kinda sucks. 2. It sucks mindlessly filling up vending machines every day. 3. The only women who love you unconditionally are your mom and your daughter. 4. I love traveling and talking about cotton, 5. Sales sucks if under pressure to produce. 6.…

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Making Hundreds Of Decisions

Poker (and chess?) might be some of the best ways to practice making lots of decisions in a short amount of time. You have to assess, decide, and then execute on your conviction – with significant potential losses – and under a time constraint. Like everything else, it’s like a muscle that gets stronger the more it is used… Some crazy hands come out: Every poker hand requires making at least…

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How To Predict The Next DMLP Dividend

I asked Grok about it, and this is what happened. (Honestly, I can’t wait to see how close he got.) Prompt: take this pic into account carefully study the history of oil prices carefully study the history of dmlp dividends now please build a model for what the next dmlp dividend will be please explain how you got to this and turn your findings into a blog post titled: How To Predict The Next…

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Nothing Better Under The Sun

I’m trying not to write depressing things right now. But the weight and pace and enormity of this life is often suffocating. So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun. -Ecclesiastes 8: 15 “The only thing an old man can tell a…

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Parents Give Their Kids

I had no idea so many parents give their kids major financial help. It makes sense, though – and what I hope to do one day in a big way. A good father refuses to let his children to start from 0. Proverbs 13:22: “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.” I loved this picture for some reason. A good father refuses…

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Random Thoughts – 434

1. I get so sick of fighting the leaves in the yard every fall. 2. Just started reading a book on the Psalms. 3. At what age does Christmas start coming with a touch of sadness? I don’t know. But it starts somewhere. 4. Cabin fever, stuck at home with three kids who have the flu, is not for the faint of heart. 5. Wholesome. Wholesome. pic.twitter.com/bh37DoVe7n— Tyler (@TylerDurden) December…

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Ellie Holcomb's Christmas Medley

Chill for a minute and enjoy the season with Ellie Holcomb’s Christmas Medley.

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Assuming Causation

I’m trying to untangle how I think of decisions vs. outcomes here too. You can do it all perfectly and fail. And you can be an idiot and find incredible success. Hard to remember that, though. Understand: Much is in your immediate control – and much is not. When we work backward from results to figure out why those things happened, we are susceptible to a variety of cognitive traps, like…

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Imagine Your Best Decision

We think about decisions in the wrong way, don’t we? That is: Without realizing it, we equate the quality of a decision with its outcome. This is wrong, though. The two should be separated. Want a terrible example to exaggerate the point? You could put your life savings in lottery tickets. And guess what? Nobody is going to call that a smart/good/strategic decision. Even if you…