To everyone in the recovery program,
Before anything else, I want to say a sincere and personal thank you.
I know that this process has asked for patience, trust and continued effort. Many of you have contributed financially, stayed active, encouraged the work and continued showing up even when progress was not immediately visible.
I do not take that support lightly. A substantial part of every working day continues to go into the recovery process, and your involvement has made it possible to keep the work moving, visible and organised.
I want to give you a direct update on where matters stand, and then explain something separate that several people have asked me about.
Cameron has communicated again
We have received another communication from Cameron. The tone was different from the earlier message.
The earlier communication was essentially a demand that the recovery work and public visibility should stop. This latest communication carried more surprise and discomfort about the fact that the matter remains visible online.
My own reading is that he may initially have believed the matter would eventually lose momentum and disappear. The continued work, participation and public record appear to be challenging that assumption.
The transition I have seen between the first and second communication is exactly the kind of movement I hoped the recovery process would begin to create. The first response was resistance. The second showed that the continuing visibility is being felt.
We are not at the end of the process. But the change in tone is meaningful, and it is movement in the direction I expected us to work toward from the start.
Who has carried the practical work
I also want to acknowledge something honestly and without criticism.
In practical terms, most of the work has been carried by the people who contributed financially and continued participating consistently. A smaller number of people who joined without making a financial contribution have also remained active, and I appreciate their involvement.
This is not being raised to divide the group. It is simply important to recognise the people whose contribution and continued activity have carried the largest part of the burden.
What I have been building behind the scenes
A number of people have asked what else I am working on, and what I intend to focus on once the Cameron matter is resolved.
Alongside the recovery work, I have continued developing a project called Careful Optimist. It has been taking shape quietly for quite some time.
It brings together almost 35 years of practical business experience, the lessons that come from decisions that worked and decisions that did not, and the structured thinking developed through Premise Decision Engine.
Ironically, many of the final pieces came from this experience: the failed project, the broken promises, the recovery process, and the conversations that followed. The positive comments helped. The difficult comments helped. The questions, doubts and different reactions helped clarify what people actually need.
It helps people examine before they commit.
Careful Optimist helps people examine opportunities, promises and important decisions before they commit money, time or trust.
It includes a practical book, a paid membership and 11 structured decision tools that help people separate what is known, what is claimed, what remains uncertain and what should be checked next.
Those tools were built through Premise Decision Engine and grew partly from the work originally created for Cameron. They are not simple prompt templates or generic chat tools. They are governed decision systems designed to bring disciplined analysis, clear questions and practical next steps within reach of ordinary business owners and individuals, not only people with the resources to commission private work at that level.
The experience became part of the answer
The project is not built on the idea that every opportunity is a scam. It is also not built on the idea that optimism should disappear.
It exists because people need a better way to tell the difference between:
- a real opportunity and an attractive promise;
- evidence and confidence;
- a manageable risk and a hidden structural weakness;
- healthy caution and fear that closes every door.
The recovery process gave me a much clearer view of what people ask, what they miss, what they fear and what they wish they had checked before committing.
For anyone who would like to know more
A limited commercial participation opportunity has also been created around the growth of Careful Optimist.
This invitation is open to everyone in the recovery program. It is not limited to those who contributed financially.
No one is being asked to make a decision from this message. The purpose is simply to let you know that the information is available privately for anyone who genuinely wants to understand:
Ask for the information privately
If you would like to know more, simply reply with:
I will then send you the full information so that you can examine it in your own time.