Hi, I’m Jules Mbu.
I was born in Cameroon and came to the United States at age five.
My upbringing shaped how I see the world: outcomes are earned, not promised—and progress rarely looks linear while you’re living it.
Through discipline and persistence, I earned admission to Harvard College and later attended Columbia for my MBA. Since then, I’ve worked across investment banking, healthcare, sales, operations, education, and technology.
This Substack exists to distill what I’ve learned (and am still learning) through both setbacks and progress, with honesty and little restraint.
My goal isn’t to motivate or prescribe. It’s to be useful.
If something here helps you think more clearly, operate more effectively, or navigate complexity with greater confidence, then I’ll take that as a win.
I don’t have it all figured out. No one does. But I do believe in living deliberately—and unapologetically—across work, health, relationships, and the quieter decisions that shape a life worth living.
And if this work—or I—aren’t for you, I’m comfortable with that. As Jimi Hendrix once put it:
“I’m the one who has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
