Wilk Wilkinson

But then I also started to realize personally that this was the ugliest thing that I could possibly be getting involved in. And it started to affect my life and my mindset personally. So getting beyond that became a personal goal of mine. I still wanted to kind of show people how wrong they were, you know, people that I disagreed with. And I did it in a lot of very poor ways.

But then I also started to realize personally that this was the ugliest thing that I could possibly be getting involved in. And it started to affect my life and my mindset personally. So getting beyond that became a personal goal of mine. I still wanted to kind of show people how wrong they were, you know, people that I disagreed with. And I did it in a lot of very poor ways.

And I realized, I kind of had this epiphany one day, because I was going to start this haters happy hour and start pointing out all... Start pointing out... It would be popular. Well, I thought so. And I was going to start pointing out in a podcast format how, you know, all the different ugly things that people were saying to me. I know you've heard them before or heard things like this before.

And I realized, I kind of had this epiphany one day, because I was going to start this haters happy hour and start pointing out all... Start pointing out... It would be popular. Well, I thought so. And I was going to start pointing out in a podcast format how, you know, all the different ugly things that people were saying to me. I know you've heard them before or heard things like this before.

But people telling me, you know, they hope my house burns down or they hope these terrible things happen to my family. And just all of this just ugly, ugly stuff. And I'm like... The direction that I'm going is not the right direction. So I started to do this thing and started feel-good stuff and mindset stuff and started talking about the things that...

But people telling me, you know, they hope my house burns down or they hope these terrible things happen to my family. And just all of this just ugly, ugly stuff. And I'm like... The direction that I'm going is not the right direction. So I started to do this thing and started feel-good stuff and mindset stuff and started talking about the things that...

I was using personally to level out my own anger and to do that. And then being somebody who just believes in the tenets of freedom, I found that the ultimate freedom kind of like, you know, Viktor Frankl talks about is there's only one thing that I really have and that's the ability to control my own mind and how I react to things.

I was using personally to level out my own anger and to do that. And then being somebody who just believes in the tenets of freedom, I found that the ultimate freedom kind of like, you know, Viktor Frankl talks about is there's only one thing that I really have and that's the ability to control my own mind and how I react to things.

And that's kind of how I ended up in this depolarization space, Drew. It was one of these things where I was not going to allow all of these things outside of my control to control me and control my emotions.

And that's kind of how I ended up in this depolarization space, Drew. It was one of these things where I was not going to allow all of these things outside of my control to control me and control my emotions.

That made that my journey.

That made that my journey.

There was a brief meeting, and Jay's talked about it, and I know I've talked to Francis about that as well. So I will say that there was a very brief meeting of which I can't discuss the details, but it's one of these things that the world didn't expect to happen.

There was a brief meeting, and Jay's talked about it, and I know I've talked to Francis about that as well. So I will say that there was a very brief meeting of which I can't discuss the details, but it's one of these things that the world didn't expect to happen.

Sure, I mean, there's a number of things. And I start with a baseline of gratitude and personal accountability, like I said. But when I start talking about gratitude, I talk about gratitude for a very specific reason, because I think gratitude is the genesis of happiness. And when... people start to seek out things that they're grateful for, that becomes ingrained in their mindset every day.

Sure, I mean, there's a number of things. And I start with a baseline of gratitude and personal accountability, like I said. But when I start talking about gratitude, I talk about gratitude for a very specific reason, because I think gratitude is the genesis of happiness. And when... people start to seek out things that they're grateful for, that becomes ingrained in their mindset every day.

The reticular activating system will then start to seek out points of affirmation constantly throughout the day, and you'll begin to see many more things that you're grateful for. The other thing is... and this all ties into the personal accountability thing, but trying to stay away from that perpetual victim mentality.

The reticular activating system will then start to seek out points of affirmation constantly throughout the day, and you'll begin to see many more things that you're grateful for. The other thing is... and this all ties into the personal accountability thing, but trying to stay away from that perpetual victim mentality.

There are so many forces out there, Drew, that feed on that fog model, the fear, outrage, and grievance. We never saw anything more evident than that fear, outrage, and grievance model, than the time over the last four years, four and a half years, during the COVID pandemic, right? It was constant fear porn. It was constant. We've got to scare everybody. We've got to scare the moms.

There are so many forces out there, Drew, that feed on that fog model, the fear, outrage, and grievance. We never saw anything more evident than that fear, outrage, and grievance model, than the time over the last four years, four and a half years, during the COVID pandemic, right? It was constant fear porn. It was constant. We've got to scare everybody. We've got to scare the moms.