The Jason Stapleton Program

A few months ago Tim Ferriss was being interviewed by David Perell on his podcast “How I Write”. The podcast is over an hour long but at the 21-minute mark Tim said something important that m...

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Had you wandered into my bedroom last night around 1 a.m. you’d have found me propped up in bed watching the Anthony Bourdain documentary on HBO. Does that ever happen to you? Nights when fatig...

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I’ve spent a lot of time in jail. Not as an inmate, as a sheriff’s deputy working in the pods. (that’s why you call the room with all the cells in it.) I worked the maximum security/discipl...

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If you ask your average “expert” how often you should email your list you’ll hear responses like… “It depends on your business.” “1-2 times a week is pretty standard” “No more t...

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There are three constants in life. You can think of them like north stars. You can count on them to always be there, no matter how good or bad life gets. The first is that nothing ever stays the ...

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It’s difficult to wrap your head around the idea that we’re living through the death of one era and the birth of another. But that’s exactly what’s happening. For the past 50 years, we’...

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Nothing beats a great story. It’s also the most effective way to influence someone. So today I want to walk you through the elements of a great story. First, you have to know what your reader/l...

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I’m obsessed with the TV show ‘Alone’. If you’re not familiar, it’s a show that takes 10 highly trained survivalists and drops them into the Canadian outback with only one objective –...

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Discipline is a word that gets thrown around a lot in my world. Freedom to use your days however you like is great, but it comes with limitations. Like having to work. If you’re not independent...

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Today’s letter is going to be a condensed version of a new primer I’m creating titled “How to Write For Profit”. My goal is to break down some of the concepts and misconceptions about ho...

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