I was given a challenge: write a manifesto—a call to arms for a new kind of renaissance.

A world where wit, depth, and resilience aren’t just tolerated but exalted.

A world where being Smart, Funny, and Tortured pays the toll and gets you across the bridge.

And that challenge? It forced me to face something bigger than words.

Backstory:

My business coach didn’t just ask if I believed in my own framework. He called my bluff. “Is this a movement? Is this a hill worth dying on? Then write a manifesto.”Not difficult because I couldn’t write it—I could. It flowed like water.

Difficult because it forced me to see the jobs I took, the tasks I completed, the time I wasted on things I never would have stood behind like this.

We all need to pay bills. We all have responsibilities. But shouldn’t there be at least one moment in our lives where we create something worthy of a manifesto?

This is mine.

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