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In this chapter we follow the artist back to his hometown of Florence where he spent his young years as an apprentice. He meets up with his sponsor who has commissioned him to paint a portrait of his new bride. I hope you are enjoying The Stone Chiseler. I will continue releasing a new chapter every week until the story reaches its conclusion. I hope you will recommend and consider purchasing a co...

“So live as if  you were living already for the second time  and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!”-Viktor Frankl Wait Vik. What the hell are you talking about? It’s very simple. Take the time to give yourself a draft folder. Think through your toughest decisions. Play out the scenario in your mind about what you are about to do. Think through the ram...

The Jason Wright Show Monday Mission “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”-Richard P. Feynman Why do we lie to ourselves? Why to we act as though the things we tell ourselves are not impactful on how we act and live? In this Monday Morning Mission I ask you to do something that has been life changing for me-tell yourself the tr...

The Stone Chiseler Chapter 5 In this chapter we learn more about the artist who would become a mentor to the young stone chiseler. Learn about the old man as he makes his way back to Florence where he himself will begin and finish his greatest work. Thanks for listening to Stone Chiseler Sunday. To purchase a copy of The Stone Chiseler CLICK HERE

Mastering, Dealing With NOT Eliminating Fear Fear can be crippling. I have dealt with fears my whole life. As a result I’ve been less than a good friend and mate. I’ve been less than a good co-worker. I’ve jumped ship from jobs as a result of fears. Mark Twain once said, “Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” Fear will always exist....

Dr. Andrew Huberman The Jason Wright Show In this episode of the Monday Mission I give you one small task. It’s to get 2-10 minutes of direct sunlight in your eyes early in the day. However, I don’t want you to just take my word for it. I incorporated the help of Dr. Andrew Huberman to help me make my case. Andrew Huberman, Ph. D., is a neuroscientist and tenured Professor in the Depar...

The Stone Chiseler by Jason Wright Thoughts are powerful things. Often they can determine our fate. Peak performance coach and renowned Sports Psychologist Michael Gervais has said as many as 90% of championships are decided by the athletes self talk and mindset. In this chapter GIovanni is faced with a paramount decision. Will he accept his identity as a lowly stone chiseler? Or will he begin to...

THREE POWERFUL QUESTIONS, THE UNDENIABLE POWER OF SLEEP AND MORE Voltaire once said, “Judge a man not by his answers but the quality of his questions.” As I’ve grown older the more sense this quote makes to me. Often the best answers only come from the best questions. In this episode I challenge you as well as myself to answer three questions. What are you doing that you know you...

President Joe Biden “No outside foe can ever denude this country, however much they may wish to storm our shores with shells or sink our battleships,” he wrote. “Nations do not die from invasion, they die from internal rottenness.”-Abraham Lincoln Galatians 5:22-23 –  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentlene...

Vagabonding on The Jason Wright Show with Mitchell Cohen Have you ever thought of selling your belongings, storing the little bit you keep then hopping a plane to some exotic destination with not plan to return? I know I have. Years ago I read the book ‘Vagabonding’ by Rolf Potts and thought, “Man, if only..” How fun would it be globe trotting and working remotely? Well, my...

Monday’s Mission on The Jason Wright Show-Marcus Aurelius The definition of what is evil seems to be a moving target these days. It seems we are predisposed to meet people who have decided what once was a mistake, off handed remark or joke is now a trafficking evil. Former Roman Emperor and Stoic Marcus Aurelius had something to say about his we can learn from today. He wrote in Meditations:...

In this chapter Giovanni’s world falls apart. It is where we learn of the beginning of his journey from farmer, to chiseler to sculptor. Stone Chiseler Sunday Chapter 3 of The Stone Chiseler

The Wrights and Quandahls It has been a weird but I choose to say great week. In this episode I discuss Pod Movement’s cowardly and pathetic apology for allowing one of the single most successful and important figures in digital media to attend their conference. Mrs. Wright and I had a lovely dinner with James and Emily Quandahl reiterating the fact choosing good friends wisely is truly a tr...

ERICA TIMMONS Founder & Lead Guide Growing up in the midwest as a child of educators, Erica has always had a deep love for learning and creating. She followed in her parents footsteps to become an educator with a degree in elementary education from Tennessee Temple University. She began her career as a traditional teacher, during which time she earned another bachelor’s degree in Psychology an...

‘Stone Chiseler Sunday’ Chapter 2 of My New Book ‘The Stone Chiseler’ Happy Sunday folks. Welcome to Stone Chiseler Sunday for Chapter 2 of my new book The Stone Chiseler. Are you a chiseler or a sculptor? The choice is yours. Enjoy! Follow me on Insta @jasonwrightnow http://www.jasonwrightnow.com Purchase The Stone Chiseler

The Jason Wright Show I like Sam Harris. I find him interesting, and my boy has wicked smarts. However, even the brightest amongst us can have very very bad ideas. Sam is in the news today for an interview he did on the Triggernametry Podcast. Essentially he said, it was ok to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story lest it usher in a second term for Donald Trump. As is often the case on such issues...

Kenneth Depew on The Jason Wright Show I’m very fortunate to have very smart and accomplished friends. Kenneth Depew is certainly no exception. Kenneth served in both Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Recently he became involved with Afghanistan once again not as a soldier but as a congressional aide trying to bring Americans home. He has also spent time on the ground in Ukraine where he gives a...

‘The Stone Chiseler’ was inspired by Viktor Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for Meaning.’ It is a story about a young boy, Giovanni Chistianni, who loses everything dear to him in life. He is even cast into the dreaded outdoor prison known as The Stone Yards. However, it is there he discovers who he really is. Will he accept his fate as just another listeless Stone Chise...

August 12, 2022 I Why I Haven’t Had a Drink In 4 Years and What I’ve Learned So about 4 years ago I decided to abrogate drinking from my life altogether. It was a huge step. I come from a family of drinkers. We Wrights love to throw back cold beers and have a good time. However, in an effort to reach peak health and performance I decided alcohol wasn’t part of that mix. So I quit...

So an interesting question came through this week in the Vitruvian Letter. So I did my best to answer. It was a big enough question I thought I’d share it as well as my answer here on the JWS. If you are not a subscriber of The Vitruvian Letter, you can become one HERE . I hope you will check it out. Thanks for listening. Also, please give me a follow on Insta @jasonwrightnow Keep endeavorin...

August 5, 2022 Improve Your Focus Always in ALL Ways With a Word From Dr. Andrew Humberman For complete Huberman episode referenced in this episode click below Winter, 1914. The Belgium landscape looked like the haunted forest from a child’s nightmare. Once-verdant vegetation and trees were stripped and scorched, desolated by artillery fire. Relentless rain called for makeshift bridges, built so s...

In 2004, I set out to conduct a five-year “Rich Habits” study to explore how the world’s wealthiest people think about their money. Each of the 233 millionaires I interviewed fell into one of four categories: Saver-Investors: No matter what their day job is, they make  saving and investing  part of their daily routine. They are constantly thinking about smart ways to gr...

The Happiness Index Bhutan (The Happy Kingdom) Pickleball After playing golf one Saturday during the summer, Joel Pritchard, congressman from Washington State and Bill Bell, successful businessman, returned to Pritchard’s home on Bainbridge Island, WA (near Seattle) to find their families sitting around with nothing to do. The property had an old badminton court so Pritchard and Bell looked for so...

This conversation could have gone on for hours. Brandon Guyer speaks the language of excellence with perfect articulation. A guy who exudes what Dr. Carol Dweck calls a growth mindset, Brandon has shown having a champion mindset will allow you to leverage to the highest degree your physical talents. There is so much wisdom packed into this conversation you may want to listen more than once. Enjoy...

*Battling demons and recovering. Dr. Dan Crawford finds his way back *”Comfort Crisis” by Michael Easter is a must read * Peter Attia and the power of exercise (Credit Joe Rogan Experience) This is just a little way to button up the week. I hope you have a great week and continue to improve always in ALL ways #PeterAttia #MichaelEaster #Improvealwaysinallways #longevity