Have you ever been homeless in the winter, and still run your business?

For me, that ability to be happy during a hell-year was my personal proof, that I "got it".

That time of my life, is a sign of success. Life is a series of moments, and if you can get 99% of your moments to be happy ones, I’d say you’re living a successful life.

When someone can stay happy and wake up everyday to help clients, keep contributing, and get back on their feet – without friends, family, or clients needing to be notified, it’s a good sign. Well, that for me, was when I realized I’d done it, lol.

I was homeless during an icy winter, then I lived in the richest part of town, then I was wrongfully arrested, and then I was homeless again in summer the same year — and I came through all that with a lover I believed in deeply.

Then, I got to experience her walking out on me after things had calmed down.

Yeah. Quite the year.

(I’m not saying I recommend the experience for you, though.)

The whole time I was going through this, I maintained my success mindset. At the same time, I was pouring so much energy and every moment into helping others succeed, but I was misdirected, directing my resources where they others a TON and me only a little. I settled for people’s bare minimum but over-gave because I thought I was spreading success.

I was always able to provide for myself, but I was hanging almost 100% around people who wanted to succeed at a very slow pace or on a very small scale.

All of them were creative artists, and I dreamed of succeeding with them.

Since I was little, I’ve always adored creativity, beauty, and success – it’s in my blood.

So there I was, bold, big-dreaming, success-focused Jason, spreading knowledge of Napoleon Hill, Abraham-Hicks, and Osho, in a sea of ‘my people’ – the creative entrepreneurs who talked big and wanted to change the world.

I knew I could easily be on my own, but I really wanted to do it *with* my friends. I was the closest thing to successful they knew running multiple web projects, a newsletter, multiple businesses, products and services, tremendous connections, friends, etc. — Though from my cash-flow, I’d hardly felt as successful as I wanted. I wanted more, and I wanted my friends to come for the ride.

There was something missing, something key.

We ‘starving artists’ had no structure, no plan, no clear goals, no indicators if we were moving toward or away from those goals. We had no sense of own worth in the world. I was missing all this, and so were they. I really, really, really wanted it though. And I knew it was in my reach.

I listened to my heart…and made a change. Oooh, scary word eh?

Well, I’ve always loved change, and it is life.

So I meditated, wrote, and questioned, and after years of trying everything to help these artists and misusing all my strengths in the worst ways. I did the most helpful thing ever, I rose up.

"Hey! My artist friends! Spending time with you right now is not helping anyone. I believed I could elevate you, but I can only raise myself. We’re all ‘starving artists’ and one of us needs to step up and out and show everyone a new way: I will be taking a break from spending time with you."

Some people loved it and cheered me on. Many were bitter and negative about it, and completely uninterested in my growth and the new me.

What did I end up with? A new lease on life. Wide highways of paved success unfolded before me.

I re-branded myself with a focus on what I do best, and what I’ve always done best, and what I’ve continually offered everyone in my life with a passion and generosity that seems record-setting: Success-Consciousness For Creative People.

The week I did that, I got 3 new clients, a beautiful condo to live in, and a mentor who is a CEO at a massively successful company. I also took a break from a relationship, gained some distance from resistant-to-change friends, and drew some new one`s closer to me. All this plus a ton of tools and resources.

 

Right Now…

I work with creative entrepreneurs who know they`re talented but feel not-yet-successful, helping them to live wealthier lives across the board. We can measure success everywhere, in health, wealth, and relationships or by whatever standards we want; and I love helping others reach their own glory.

Want even more about me? Okay, well prepare yourself for some weird stuff I want you to know the real me. I like being me. Below is a bunch of interesting ideas I hold or moments in my life.

Still hungry for more? Good, because here we get to some of the really good stuff. The controversy, the drama, and some of the unique things about myself that I’ve embraced, and I hope you will too.

Sometimes, I Offend People

Here’s a bunch of things I love about myself that may "disqualify" me in some people’s eyes:

There are probably more offensive things about me, and I’m at peace with them. I know why I’m here. I know who I’m serving. I don’t know everything there is to know about success, I’m learning all the time, and I accept me.

I accept you, period. It’s a team effort, and that means we both play a part.

The only way to elevate others, is to elevate yourself and then call them towards success. You can`t do it from poverty. You can`t do it from Starving Artist Syndrome. You can`t do it by listening to your parents, friends, and everyone around you. You do it by choosing success, committing to success, be willing to do anything for success..

The only thing you get from holding anything back is poverty, trust me, I’ve been there.

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