What if the future belongs not to those who follow directions, but to those who can think for themselves?

That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Don Wettrick — an educator, speaker, and founder of the Innovate Within movement. Long before "future-ready skills" became an educational buzzword, Don was building classrooms where students were given something rare: autonomy, purpose, and the freedom to pursue problems that actually mattered to them.

In this episode, Gary and Don explore why so many entrepreneurs dislike school but love to learn, why traditional education often suppresses the very capacities students need to thrive, and why agency, adaptability, and self-directed value creation may be the most important human skills in an AI-driven world.

This is a conversation about motivation, discovery, and what becomes possible when we help young people solve problems they genuinely care about.