Creativity is messy and chaotic.

But it can’t only be messy and chaotic. If it were, nothing would ever come of it.

Some philosophers say there’s no such thing as chaos. It’s all a question of scale, right? If you could see the entire system, you’d see just how ordered it really is.

I’m not so sure.

Either way, I know the structure that underlies creativity. The chaotic surface hides an orderly core.

Done poorly, this structure throttles creativity.

Done well, it nurtures it.

The Psident System has three tines, supported by a fourth underlying principle. They all feed into each other – bolstering one strengthens the other in interesting and predictable ways.

All very interesting, but what does this mean?

It means creativity is a system.

A skill.

Which means you can learn to do it even better.

All our problems come from a lack of creativity. All of them. Because everything we face has a suite of solutions, some of which will be obvious in retrospect.

Greater health, happiness, wealth, success, love and reputation – they all might be just one good idea away from you.

You know this already. I don’t need to sell you on the power of innovation.

So what are you doing to sharpen your creative blade?

Here’s your next best step, right here:

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So-called impure motives can lead to great things.

Alexander the Great invaded Persia out of spite and a thirst for glory. It’s lucky for you he did – that spread Greek culture far enough that democracy, reason and a common language could endure through the following centuries.

Churchill refused to buckle to the Nazis because he was obsessed with his own place in history. His attitude was like what have you done for me lately, only directed towards himself. “Yeah, I defeated Adolf, but I didn’t defeat the Soviets. I could have done more!”

Tesla and Edison duked it out for fun and profit.

I’ll take virtuous acts from impure people over the inverse.

And there’s another cool thing to consider about being selfish:

Done right, it’s a tremendous source of creativity.

It’s funny – you can be trying to solve other people’s problems out of the goodness of your heart. But to get the really good ideas, injecting a little selfishness into the process can help a lot.

How?

Well, that’s something I teach in the Psident System.

Will it lead to more selfish behaviour or a self-centred attitude?

Nah – anymore than shimmying your hips leads you a fashion contract in Milan.

Register for the seminar here and see what I mean:

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Let’s say you have a big dream.

You might want to fight homelessness, buy an island or find an amazing woman to be your wife.

(Scales are relative. For some folks, that last one is the easiest. For others, it’s the hardest.)

There are two classic mistakes you can make here.

The first is too much optimism. “Oh, I can buy an island! Sure, I only have four figures in my bank account but I can just get a lone! Put everything on hold! My ocean paradise awaits!”

As for the second, it’s too much pessimism. “Fighting homelessness…? I’m just one person. There’s no way I could help anyone – even someone who just needs a few bucks or a good meal. Oh well, back to the soulless corporate grind for me…”

I’m exaggerating, obviously – but it’s no laughing matter. These mistakes rob the world of a lot of amazing things.

And it robs you of a more satisfying life.

How different would it be if you could dream more realistically? If you could aim for lofty heights and then choose a practical path leading towards it?

Imagine not being discouraged by the scale of your ambitions.

Imagine not being delusional about what you can achieve.

That’s why creative thinking is so awesome. Done right, it can cultivate visions of a future so brilliant you can barely even imagine it – and then show you the next steps.

One of the three prongs of the Psident System orbits this idea. It trains you to dream bigger than ever before, then filter your ideas through realism and scepticism.

What survives is a brilliant path towards a brilliant future.

Will it be a perfect plan, leading you unfalteringly over the coming years and decades?

No. Of course not.

But you can always repeat this approach when challenges rear their heads…

That is, assuming you attend the Psident System seminar and apply what you learn.

Register here:

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Theism and atheism are both life strategies. If I can sit on the fence on such a polarising issue for a moment, there are advantages to both.

Hmm?

Oh, I can’t sit on the fence? I have to choose a side in this supposed conflict?

I refuse. But here’s a real advantage Christians have over atheists:

The phrase “What Would Jesus Do?” has a ton of wisdom built into it. Like all phrases, it’s easy to parrot it without understanding. But anyone who reflects on it and actually considers the question has an enormous advantage.

On the surface level, Jesus Christ of Nazareth represents the very best of humanity. I know some folks like to question the details of the Bible, but that’s irrelevant – the stories about Him symbolise him as someone worthy of worship, devotion… and emulation. You don’t have to believe the stories to understand them.

Meditating on what He’d do will lead to some interesting answers.

But the benefits go deeper than that.

The question WWJD? trains a useful skill.

One that’s like caffeinated rocket fuel for creativity.

And it’s something I teach as part of the Psident System – and it works no matter who or what you believe in. It’s a secular technique that just so happens to resemble something from Christianity.

Some Christians might find they have an advantage here. Then again, they might not. Either way, this uses your mind in a fun and useful way.

And if the Christian angle bothers you? Well, pretend I said it’s similar to something I saw in Naruto, Spider-Man and Supernatural.

Either way, you’ll get a lot more out of life when you open yourself up to new ideas.

Ready to learn how?

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I started emailing this list about seven weeks ago.

This is the 75^th email. I’ve never missed a day and many days I’ve sent two emails.

All of these emails are certified 100% human and 100% my own. Every idea, every subject line and every word came from my brain – not from some dodgy chatbot and not even from an intern.

I’ve written about anthropology, psychology, movies, history, fiction, video games, politics, philosophy, artificial intelligence and more – all through the lens of building you up and strengthening you.

This is the eighth offer I’ve told you about, if you’ve been here from the start.

And I have dozens more offers in the pipeline.

So I can come up with ideas.

Even better, I can implement them. Fast.

If you don’t know me well yet, consider that my proof of creativity. And if you do know me, you already know how my brain works.

Which is to say: strangely.

I’m not wired like most folks. Don’t mistake me here – I don’t have autism or bipolar disorder. I wouldn’t call myself neurodiverse unless I was using the term literally – but, then, who wouldn’t count then?

There’s a quirk in my brain that’s too useful to be called a dysfunction. Well, most of the time. It used to make me physically cringe when looking at gifs – now, they just make me feel uncomfortable.

That’s not a disability or anything, but it’s not normal.

It’s also why ideas flood my brain in endless torrents. If I need an idea for something, it’s rare for me to need to sit down and think about it. Most of the time, I have a buffet of great ideas to choose from.

“Aww, I’m happy for you, William! That’s just smashing.”

Okay, okay, I hear the sarcasm there. I’ve been talking about myself for too long. Let’s talk about you.

When you take what you learn from the Psident System and practice it, you’ll develop this same ability to a minor degree. That’s the best degree – it’s enough to give you ideas when you need them, but not so much that looping images causes you discomfort.

Ideas are power. They can create wealth, solve problems and liberate you. The right idea can endure for millennia and even be worth dying for.

If you’d like to have more and better ideas, register for the Psident System seminar here:

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Folks have fretted about computers replacing people for a long time.

Way back in the 1960s, it was clear to see what AI might – one day – be capable of. So, naturally, folks started wondering what jobs were safe.

Anything involving simple, repetitive calculations stood no chance. Computers were good at those, even back then.

But sophisticated software could do a lot beyond that.

The thinking was that any job requiring interpersonal skills was safe. You know, like a salesperson. Psychologists were definitely safe until computers were as smart as humans – and maybe not even then.

That changed when Google came along and users treated it as a therapist. It’s easy to see why – fast, free and anonymous, with a near-infinite range of styles, of course computers had an edge there.

Not a knockout blow or anything, but computers offered fierce competition to therapy.

And that was before chatbots. Modern AI tools are even better.

As for salespeople… online shopping. Enough said.

The lesson?

It’s hard to predict the future and folks engage with technology in unexpected ways. After all, few folks predicted that we’d automate poetry and painting before delivery and construction.

So take this prediction with some scepticism. I don’t even pretend to be good at futurism.

But, as things are now, it’s a reasonable guess to say that creativity remains your edge. And it likely will for decades to come.

Now, I’m not saying that AI isn’t creative. I once asked ChatGPT to write a song about Spider-man in the style of Katy Perry (long story) and it did. That’s creativity. But it was nothing special, except for the speed – the typical person could have made something just as good in 20 minutes, easy.

And I’m not saying that AI will never be as creative as humans because souls are special or something, I don’t know. Creativity is a process. Brains are lawful under physics – if you can do something, a theoretical computer can do the same.

But we’re a long way off that.

Even if there’s a breakthrough tomorrow that makes machines human-tier creative, you still need creativity of your own.

If you and your competitors have access to the same tools, the winner will be whoever uses them better. That’s true of hammers and it’s true of emulated human minds.

Luckily, creativity is something you can learn.

It’s not something you’re born with. You sharpen this faculty over the years, refining your style. Some styles are better than others, but all allow you to innovate.

And if you’re happy with your creative efforts so far, then maybe you can feel confident about facing the AI future with roaring success.

If you’re clever enough to want to improve this skill, though…?

Why, you should attend the Psident System seminar. There, you’ll learn a suite of ideas, attitudes and techniques that enhance your creative thinking.

Take powerful styles of creativity, combine them with your unique ideas and perspectives, and you have a system for generating near-endless ideas.

If that sounds useful to you – and why wouldn’t it? – sign up here:

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My recent emails have been going hard and heavy.

So let’s take a breather and refocus on why the Sentience Seminar might matter to you. By the end of the two hours, you’ll have – as an automatic habit – the skills to:

• fix the dating mistake of being what you want in a partner, rather than what they want,
• see when people in your life need you to act and when they need you to listen,
• successfully resolve (or at least lessen) just about any conflict at work or home,
• realise things are less apocalyptic than they seem – this is especially true if you think half the voters are wilfully hateful, ignorant and stupid,
• make better choices – not just for yourself but for those around you too,
• know what it’s like to seem, feel and be wise,
• use sales “techniques” (they’re not really techniques) that amount to seeing customers how they see themselves and selling to that version of them,
• spend your time better than arguing on social media.

With the state of the world, the stakes feel high these days.

These benefits will help you and help everyone in different ways.

But be sure to hurry. The seminar is on soon and this is your last chance to register:

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Suppose there’s a Button.

If you press it, you die. Game over.

But to sweeten the deal, pushing it makes one change of your choosing to the world.

What you do with the Button says a lot about who you are.

If you choose not to push it, then you’re weak. Is there no hypothetical situation you’d be willing to give your life? Really?

But it’s worth putting some thought into this. A bad choice could have unintended consequences – if you wish to eliminate hatred, then no one will stand against injustice. If you solve global warming, then you’ve thought too small – and you’ll see that when the nukes fly. Spread the wealth equally and it will disperse itself again in a few years.

What would I choose?

I’d give my life to eliminate Failures of Sentience. Why? How’s this for a sentiment:

I don’t agree with you, but I can see how you’ve come to believe that. Now let’s find common ground and solve our common problems together.

If that were how we all genuinely approached each other, most of our problems would have a half-life measured in months.

Most utopias are bull manure because they don’t allow for human nature. My vision here – universal sentience – does. Greed, ego, even psychopathy can still exist in a world without Failures of Sentience, but they don’t stop the utopia.

It’s not hard to understand other people when you shut up, listen, get curious and use a little imagination.

Young children are capable of all those skills. When did we all forget them?

Use your birthright as a human – the ability to see things from the eyes of others – and you’ll realise how much you and your so-called enemies have in common.

In the US, Democrats and Republicans are cooking up a sequel to their civil war despite agreeing on the majority of issues. Their disagreements are important and worth debating, but they’re not worth killing or cancelling each other over them.

They’d get a lot done if they figured out how to talk – and how to listen.

I used to be staunchly liberal. Then I started dabbling in early versions of the principles I cover in the Sentience Seminar. Now, my politics are based on solid principles, swinging left, right, up and down based on what’s best, instead of blindly leaning one way.

(“Yeah? Well, my politics are based on solid principles too – common sense and compassion – so I’m always liberal/conservative/whatever.” Oh, please. Common sense is a myth. As for compassion, plenty of compassionate folks disagree with you. You’d know that if you listened without looking for points to score.)

And I cringe when I hear political fanatics screaming at each other like children. Since there’s logic behind both views, it means they’re both wrong to fling muck like this.

Some policies lead to better outcomes than others, sure, so it sure would be nice to engage on that level. You know, in good faith. Like adults.

You know the weird thing?

When you listen and folks feel safe enough to open up, you’ll find their beliefs make a lot of sense. They’re always more complicated than you’re racist!!! or you’re brainwashed!!!

Always.

It took me a while to get used to that.

Maybe you’ll find it smoother when you apply what you learn from the Sentience Seminar. Maybe you’ll find it humbling, just as I did. Either way, it’s your duty as a citizen to understand all common beliefs, ideas and philosophies.

It pays well, too, figuring out what folks really think.

It’s not often you learn a practical skill that can also help heal the wounded psyche of the world, but that’s sentience for you.

Register for the seminar here:

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Sentience – being self-aware enough to put yourself in the shoes of others – is a skill.

Everyone is familiar with it. You can’t have a conversation with someone without seeing things as they see them

But there’s a difference between dabbling in a skill and mastering it.

Most folks are consciously incompetent when it comes to understanding others. You can tell by how they’re constantly confused, misinterpreting other people – usually in a poor light.

When you read Your Story Isn’t About You (my free guide for email subscribers), then you see symptoms of this sloppy thinking everywhere. By consciously reflecting on what it teaches, you can learn to spot these symptoms in your own life.

From there, you can practice greater sentience, slowly honing your charisma, empathy, patience and creativity over time.

Or you can skip over that step, because the Sentience Seminar installs the key principles directly into your mind.

You can go straight to unconscious competence with sentience, where seeing things from new perspectives is an easy habit for you.

Of course, the best approach is to use both resources. Either way, reading, rereading and applying Your Story Isn’t About You is an excellent idea.

But the Sentience Seminar gets you there fast.

If it involves other people, then greater sentience will only help you.

And everything in your life involves other people. Everything that matters, at least.

So you can sign up for the seminar here:

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It’d be strange if it weren’t so universal.

Feeling lonely in a crowd – that might be something we’ve all felt sometimes.

It’s easy to guess how this might be. If people are around but they’re not seeing you – the real you – then that can be worse than being alone.

Now let’s flip that around.

Because maybe what’s really making you feel lonely isn’t that no one is seeing the real you…

… but you aren’t seeing anyone else for who they are.

Getting stuck in your own head is a lonely experience. It leaves you alone in the universe, surrounded by meat puppets who make a lot of noise but don’t say anything worth hearing.

That’s a bleak way to live.

You can do better.

You can learn to experience more of a human connection with anyone you meet.

This isn’t free. Doing this shakes your beliefs – every single one, given enough time. Nothing disrupts an opinion more than seeing how smart, educated and compassionate folks can disagree with you on it.

That’s good, assuming your goal is to have good opinions. But it’s not without its painful moments.

It also means being careful with what you expose yourself to. Some folks live in self-inflicted misery while barfing their manure all over the internet. You’ll learn to feel their pain. You’ll also have to learn how to do that without buying into their narratives.

Just because your heart breaks for them, that doesn’t mean your brain has to too. That’s why the fifth step I teach in the Sentience Seminar is so important. It returns you to who you are and resets you, insulating you from the raw fire of other folks’ neuroses.

Still, you can’t carelessly wade through NervousTikTok anymore – not without feeling a lot of intense but ill-serving feelings.

It might break your heart when you realise how much everyone is suffering.

But at least knowing that, you can do something about it.

Folks like it when you can see their secret pain. It might be the ultimate influence technique – respect their struggles and acknowledge their virtues.

Doing that is easy when you remember how. It’s the quintessential human skill.

But, like all skills, it sits on a bell curve. And most of us could be a lot better with the right training.

Like the training I deliver in the Sentience Seminar.

I don’t guarantee anything, because you might choose to play on your phone instead of listen to me. But if you show up, pay attention and intend to apply what you learn, you’ll likely find it coming easily and naturally to you.

After that, you’ll understand others like never before. From there, everything changes.

See for yourself how here:

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