I sat down with Caleb Foster, a career winemaker who’s spent decades in the craft, and what I thought would be a conversation about wine turned into something much deeper. 

We got into what it actually means to create something over time, how you don’t control the outcome but you do control how you respond to it, and why great work always lives at the intersection of science and creativity. One of the things that really stuck with me is this idea that wine is like surfing, you don’t make the wave, you choose how you ride it. And the same is true in life, in business, in anything worth doing. This was one of those conversations that reminds you to slow down, pay attention, and respect the process, because the best things aren’t rushed, they’re built.

Where in your life are you trying to force the outcome instead of learning how to ride what’s in front of you?