The Jason Wright Show

Leadership, AI & Chasing Greatness with Rajeev Kapur | The Jason Wright Show What does it mean to lead well when your whole team has access to the same AI? In this episode, Jason sits down with Rajeev Kapur, CEO of 1105 Media, former Dell executive, MIT-certified AI advisor, and bestselling author, to talk about leadership, entrepreneurship, and how leaders should set the playbook for using AI...

Episode description Wade Myers grew up in the Badlands of western North Dakota in a Mennonite home with no electricity, no indoor plumbing, and no telephone. He was selling door to door at age nine. He went on to become an Army Ranger, served in the Gulf War, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, and built a career as one of the most successful entrepreneurs and investors around. In this epi...

The Jason Wright Show — Jacob Baadsgaard: How to Become (and Hire) the Indispensable Marketer On the day his new book The Indispensable Marketer launches, Jacob Baadsgaard joins Jason for something closer to a coaching session than an interview. Jacob is the founder and sole owner of Disruptive Advertising. Over 14 years the agency has served 2,000+ companies, managed more than $3 billion in ad sp...

The Key to Happiness: Trade Expectation for Appreciation What if one of the biggest obstacles to happiness isn’t what you’re missing—but what you’re expecting? In this episode of The Jason Wright Show, Jason shares a simple mindset shift that has had a profound impact on his life: trading expectation for appreciation. For years, Jason’s high expectations pushed him to achieve more—but they also ma...

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Paul Rand What happens when you become so good at your craft that the most demanding people in the world come looking for you ? In this episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason launches a new series inspired by Steve Martin’s famous career advice: “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” The first profile is legendary graphic designer Paul Rand —a man whose name you may n...

When Self-Reliance Becomes Self-Sabotage Being self-reliant is usually considered a strength. But what happens when independence becomes so deeply ingrained that you stop asking for help, stop expressing what you want, and convince yourself that you don't need anyone? In this episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason reacts to performance coach Joe Hudson's discussion of self-reliance and gets unus...

Stop Wasting the Life You Already Have What if most of the things causing you stress, anxiety, and unhappiness aren't actually problems yet? In this episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason explores a powerful idea from Naval Ravikant: much of human suffering doesn't come from what is actually happening to us—it comes from the stories, expectations, fears, and desires we create around what is happ...

Stop Doom Scrolling: Replace the Habit, Don’t Just Remove It In this episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason continues his digital detox series with a practical strategy for breaking the doom-scrolling habit. Simply deleting Instagram, putting down your phone, or promising yourself you’ll scroll less usually isn’t enough. When you remove a habit, you create a vacuum—and something will eventually...

Your Brain Is Wired to Underperform: Why Excellence Requires an Override What if the biggest thing standing between you and your potential isn’t a lack of talent, discipline, or motivation—but your own brain? In this episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason explores the idea that the human brain is designed to conserve energy, manage risk, and keep us from pushing too far. That protective mechanis...

The Greatest Productivity Hack I’ve Ever Learned: How to Get Into Flow What if you could get more meaningful work done in 45 minutes than you normally accomplish in several hours? In this Monday Morning Mentor episode of The Jason Wright Show , Jason explores one of the most powerful productivity tools he’s learned: the flow state . After a conversation with one of his mentees reminded him of his...

After the incredible response to the first Dad Boss episode, Jason Wright and Abby Neilson are back — this time answering questions submitted by listeners. And nothing is off limits. From dating in the age of social media to marriage, singleness, faith, relationships, communication, and figuring out what actually matters in a partner, Jason and Abby bring two very different generational perspectiv...

Don't Optimize Yourself to Death Jason digs into why our obsession with biohacking and longevity can quietly steal the life we're trying to extend — and how to find the balance between pursuing excellence and just plain living. Episode Summary Jason opens with the inspiration for this episode: an interview with a couple who run a precision medicine clinic in Basel, Switzerland, and authored a new...

The Jason Wright Show — Dr. Noah St. John: Tame the Caveman in Your Brain Dr. Noah St. John returns to The Jason Wright Show to break down his newest framework: taming the "caveman in your brain" — the 200,000-year-old survival wiring that's quietly sabotaging how founders, sales teams, and employees respond to AI. Noah explains why the internet revolution took seven years to reach its zenith, whi...

The Competitive Advantage of Saying "I Don't Know" What if the greatest competitive advantage in your career isn't intelligence—but intellectual humility? In this Monday Morning Mentor, Jason Wright explores one of the most overlooked leadership traits: the willingness to admit you might be wrong. While most people waste energy defending their opinions, history's greatest leaders built their succe...

What if the best career advice you ever received came from someone who cared about more than your résumé? Welcome to the first episode of Boss Dad , a new series on The Jason Wright Show where I sit down with young professionals for honest conversations about careers, relationships, ambition, integrity, faith, failure, and figuring out adulthood. My first guest is my former employee and current me...

Go Lay Your Bricks: Staying Busy and Creating to Fight Anxiety and Depression Jason Wright, host of The Jason Wright Show and The Healthy CEO, shares that staying busy and creating something can help fight anxiety and depression. He references Winston Churchill’s lifelong struggle with depression, which Churchill called the “black dog,” and explains how Churchill coped by keeping occupied through...

Pax Prentiss spent ten years addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol before discovering that addiction was not the root problem—but a symptom of deeper emotional pain. Today he is the co-founder of Passages Malibu, where thousands have recovered through individualized, holistic treatment rather than traditional addiction models. Jason and Pax discuss: Why people relapse Childhood trauma Depressio...

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Digital Minimalism Update: Add Friction to Break Doom-Scrolling Jason Wright shares an update on his digital minimalism effort to reduce dependence on social media and improve focus and cognitive ability, inspired by Cal Newport’s work. He deleted Instagram and YouTube from his phone (leaving them on his iPad), finding the main downside is losing easy interaction with friends via Instagram DMs, no...

Self-Control and Divine Masculinity Jason discusses self-control as a vital personal asset, focusing especially on masculinity, drawing on ideas from Robert Greene and Jordan Peterson. He frames self-control as an ancient and biblical principle, citing Galatians 5:22–23 and Jesus’ examples in the wilderness and the teaching to “turn the other cheek,” which he interprets as choosing restraint despi...

Weekend Review: ‘80s/’90s Nostalgia, Simpler Times, and the Luxuries We Took for Granted Jason Wright reflects on nostalgia for the ’80s and ’90s, noting that older music is popular again and arguing that life felt simpler before today’s intense political division. He cites a Vanilla Ice interview about performers dropping out of a White House 250-year celebration over Trump and praises Ice’s wish...

00:00 Welcome to Monday Morning Mentor 00:20 The Future Self Concept 00:55 Living Proof of Past Discipline 01:44 Understanding Delayed Gratification 02:16 Financial Discipline and Dave Ramsey 02:56 Finding Your Art 03:54 Making Better Daily Decisions 04:45 Balancing Present and Future 05:11 Looking Back with Gratitude 05:29 Reflections on Getting Older 06:29 Write Yourself Notes 07:32 Finding the...

Write Your Ideal Self: Lessons from “Rooster” and Monday Morning Mentorship Jason Wright hosts Monday Morning Mentor and shares an idea inspired by the HBO show “Rooster,” in which Steve Carell’s character says he writes for a hero who does what he wishes he could do. Jason encourages listeners to visualize and write down their own “ideal self” (health, relationships, parenting, partnership, prese...

Week in Review: Comprehensive Health Testing, Dopamine in an Age of Abundance, and Marijuana Reclassification Concerns Jason Wright opens with reflections on how fast the year is going and a personal tradition of watching The Holiday on June 25, then shares a clip from his conversation with John Goldman, founder of Rebel Health, about how comprehensive functional-medicine testing (DEXA, VO2 max, A...

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