Articles - Darius Foroux

Challenge: Build something with AI before the year ends

October 6, 2025 No Comments

Every week I hear another story about the economy that bothers me. Someone with twenty years at a pharmaceutical company is “restructured.”

A guy at a car parts manufacturer says automation is moving in faster than management admits. A woman in government tells me her team is using AI, and now everyone fears getting replaced.

These aren’t the early adopters of AI. Not designers, not marketers. These are steady jobs that used to feel safe. That’s what changed. AI isn’t a niche topic anymore. It is quietly rewriting how work gets done across the board.

Waiting is a dangerous strategy.

If you use a computer for your job, you are already in danger. That’s also true for me.

I’m an AI doomsday thinker. I’m challenging you to take action and capitalize on the opportunities of the AI age. Too many smart people are waiting to see how things play out. By the time things are clear, it is often too late.

Personal Development, Stoicism

Mental Toughness Part I: Life is hard

September 29, 2025 No Comments

John D. Rockefeller once recalled that “for years on end I never had a solid night’s sleep, worrying about how it was to come out.… I tossed about in bed night after night worrying over the outcome.”

This was coming from one of the most successful entrepreneurs of his time. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil, the man who built the first true oil empire in the United States. At one point he was the richest man in the world and became the country’s first billionaire. His name is still synonymous with wealth and industry.

He believed that all the anxiety wasn’t worth it. “All the fortune that I have made has not served to compensate for the anxiety of that period,” Rockefeller said about his time of excessive worry.

You will never get back the time you spend worrying, beating yourself up, and walking around with a depressed state of mind. When you face hardship in life, it’s easy to get down and think, “Why me? Why can’t life be easy for once?”

Investing, Wealth Building

What’s Going On With the Stock Market?

September 15, 2025 No Comments

Today’s stock market reminds me of 2011. Back then, the S&P 500 was still recovering much of what it lost in the 2008 crash.

By 2009 it had dropped roughly 50% at its worst. Then it slowly started climbing. All the while, many investors were still expecting the worst.

I graduated in 2010 and it truly was one of the worst job markets you can imagine. The global economy was contracting, companies were shedding workers, and no new hiring was happening. Things were so bad that I couldn’t get a job I wanted, so I started a business with my dad.

I was so negative on the economy that I also sold the stocks that I had bought in 2007, right before the collapse.

I was convinced the worst was yet to come. We entered 2011 with that same kind of dread. In April that year, the market slid about 19% through September.

The Wrong vs. Right Way to Use AI

September 1, 2025 No Comments

We’re all figuring out how to use AI in daily life. Some of us are enamored by it. Others are still ignoring it, almost three years after the launch of ChatGPT!

Both are mistakes in my eyes.

AI is a tool. As with any tool, the operator makes the difference. Give a carpenter a hammer and you’ll get a house. But if you give me a hammer, I ain’t building anything.

Since late 2022, I’ve used AI every single day though. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t.

I’ve also seen where people go off the rails, sometimes in ways that can hurt their careers or even their mental health.

That’s why I believe there’s a wrong way to use AI, and there’s a right way. Let’s get into it.

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