David Vega

David Vega is an author, entrepreneur, publisher, and essayist whose work explores responsibility, resilience, meaning, and the stories we tell ourselves about our lives. A former high school dropout who later graduated from college with honors, he has spent more than three decades building businesses, leading organizations, and studying the ideas that shape human behavior.

His essays blend philosophy, psychology, personal experience, and practical wisdom to examine questions of purpose, growth, work, relationships, and self-understanding. He is the author of the Fool Series, Fool for Thought, Fool for Sentiment, and Fool for Love. He writes regularly through Fool for Thought, where the present essay first appeared.