Jason Wayne
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You're Probably Far More Creative Than You Realize
Have We Been Lied to About Creativity? Sometimes it feels like our institutions are designed to beat us down, smash us into little boxes, and keep us from seeing everything that's there. But you can see the world with fresh eyes, like a child - with open-mindedness and freedom, and no one can stop you. Let me introduce you to Abraham Maslow, if you’re not already familiar - Maslow studied how people grow and reach their full potential. He viewed creativity as Self-Actualization - the process...
What exactly IS Unshakeable Courage?
What is Unshakeable Courage? Everyone knows what courage is—but Unshakeable Courage goes deeper. Unshakeable Courage has 3 core principles Critical Thinking: Not just following the crowd but questioning and refining your beliefs. Self-Determination: Pursuing your path with logic and conviction, even in isolation. Non-Conformity: Choosing truth over comfort, even if it means standing alone. Unshakeable vs. Regular Courage: Regular Courage is situational, like standing up in a crisis....
The Art of Boredom
Boredom is where the magic happens. I can still picture the boatyard where I explored broken vessels and discarded treasures while my dad lovingly restored an old 1930s bunk boat. Going back to childhood, birthday parties and late-night gaming sessions blur together, but moments of quiet reflection stand out vividly. I would spend hours perched on branches inside the massive tree in our front lawn, munching on snacks and utterly spacing out as the wind gently shifted and glided through the...
Focus Is the New Oil
Attention has become a valuable currency, and almost everything out there is designed to garner our attention. From billboards to short-form video, from the guy revving his engine to the devices we're basically attached to. If you go out into the world and just observe human activity, you'll notice nearly every single person is, in some form or another, distracted. Of course, there are outliers, and that's exactly why I'm writing this newsletter. I want to become one of those outliers, and I...
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