{
  "about": "My name is Tanner Bender and I'm an Operations Manager at Dealers Choice, a wholesale building materials distributor operating as part of QXO — Brad Jacobs' building materials distribution platform. I live in Nashville, Tennessee with my fiancée Meggie. We're getting married August 13, 2026 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I'm 27, and I'm in the middle of figuring out who I actually am outside of my roles. The one word that describes me most accurately is curious.",
  "mission": "Build financial freedom through disciplined investing and automation so I can protect time for what actually matters — a great life with Meggie, seeing the world, and eventually working for the Indianapolis Colts in a capacity where I can contribute to something I'm genuinely passionate about. Figure out who I am underneath the roles. Not optimize the roles — actually find what's underneath them.",
  "telos": [
    "P1: I don't fully know who I am outside of my professional and relational roles. When those are stripped away I'm not certain what remains.",
    "P2: Financial insecurity limits options. I want enough money that decisions are made by desire, not necessity.",
    "P3: Time is being consumed by low-leverage activity. I want to automate everything that doesn't require my actual attention.",
    "M1: Build an identity that exists independent of job titles and relationships — grounded in curiosity, growth, and genuine passion",
    "M2: Reach financial freedom through disciplined investing (QXO, LINK, XRP, Roth IRA), consistent saving, and growing income",
    "M3: Automate work processes and personal systems aggressively so discretionary time expands",
    "M4: Build toward working in NFL operations, specifically the Indianapolis Colts",
    "G1: Open and fund a Roth IRA",
    "G2: Build emergency fund from $0 to 3 months of expenses ($15K target)",
    "G3: Hold QXO to analyst target ($32 avg, $50 high)",
    "G4: Become conversational in Vietnamese by the wedding (August 2026)",
    "G5: Get into an NFL operations role within 5-7 years",
    "G6: 10-year millionaire goal via W2 + investing"
  ],
  "current_location": "Nashville, Tennessee",
  "preferences": [
    "Sports: Indianapolis Colts (NFL), Indiana Pacers (NBA), Indiana Hoosiers (college)",
    "Exercise: Boxing, running/walking, adult rec basketball, golf",
    "Learning: Vietnamese, history, philosophy, big ideas about existence",
    "Investing: Long-term conviction holds, DCA — QXO, Chainlink LINK, XRP",
    "Communication: Direct, honest — challenge me, don't just validate",
    "Work style: Systems-first, automation-heavy, leverage-seeking",
    "Values: Curiosity, loyalty, growth, honesty, building things that last"
  ],
  "daily_routine": [
    "Wake up — goal is no phone scrolling first 30 minutes",
    "Review goals and plan the day with intention",
    "Work at Dealers Choice / QXO (operations management)",
    "Evening: workout (boxing, run, or basketball)",
    "Golf when Nashville weather allows",
    "Vietnamese study — SVFF YouTube + Duolingo",
    "Wind down with Meggie"
  ],
  "favorite_books": [
    "Meditations — Marcus Aurelius",
    "Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl",
    "Sapiens — Yuval Noah Harari",
    "The Obstacle Is the Way — Ryan Holiday",
    "Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman",
    "Antifragile — Nassim Nicholas Taleb",
    "Zero to One — Peter Thiel",
    "The Black Swan — Nassim Nicholas Taleb",
    "Poor Charlie's Almanack — Charlie Munger",
    "Range: Why Generalists Triumph — David Epstein",
    "Ego Is the Enemy — Ryan Holiday",
    "The Lessons of History — Will & Ariel Durant",
    "The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga",
    "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi",
    "When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi",
    "The Art of Learning — Josh Waitzkin"
  ],
  "favorite_movies": [
    "Interstellar",
    "The Dark Knight",
    "Moneyball",
    "The Wolf of Wall Street",
    "Gladiator",
    "Any Given Sunday"
  ],
  "favorite_podcasts": [
    "The Lex Fridman Podcast",
    "The Joe Rogan Experience",
    "How I Built This — Guy Raz",
    "The Knowledge Project — Shane Parrish",
    "Around the NFL",
    "The Move (Colts coverage)"
  ],
  "predictions": [
    "QXO will trade above $32 within 18 months as Brad Jacobs executes the distribution rollup (Probable)",
    "Chainlink LINK will reach double digits in the next crypto cycle (Probable)",
    "XRP gains regulatory clarity via CLARITY Act and recovers to $2+ (About Even)",
    "I will be working in an NFL operations role within 7 years (Probable)",
    "Meggie and I will travel to Vietnam within 3 years of getting married (Almost Certain)",
    "AI will automate at least half of my current job responsibilities within 5 years (Almost Certain)"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-04-09",
  "sync_status": {
    "daemon_md": "synced"
  }
}