I want to be an Alternative Billionaire... and you may too.
...lofty impact targets of TowardWellth...
In 2015 Jason Silva posted a video to Facebook that redefined the view of a “billionaire”.
If you don’t use Facebook or want the TL;DR version, essentially the new vision of a billionaire is to be a person who positively touches a billion people.
Let that marinate in your mind for a moment…with a slight edit to the following definition
Alternative Billionaire - a person who spreads an idea that positively touches a billion people.
It would take about 100 years for you to verbally count to the number 1,000,000,000. With this reality in mind, impacting 1,000,000,000 people is not an endeavor that can be tackled a person at a time.
Borrowing another physics reference, I think about how a process is amplified in nuclear power plants and how they work is by amplifying the effect that starts with one split atom - that sparks 2-3 atoms to split because of the energy of a free neutron - which each spark 2-3 atoms to split, and this process continues — like this diagram:
Toward Wellth Model: Train it Forward!
Using this same intended amplifying effect to create larger impact, TowardWellth will provide programming that leads the patron to their own better agency — with a goal to also empower patrons to be change agents to “Train it Forward” to their networks.
The same Train it Forward goes for content on this Substack. Most topics covered on this space have an intended focus that they can be freely shared to wider networks - all posts on this space are free to all subscribers (although paid subscriptions are always appreciated, no posts are ‘paywall gated’).
Imagine a patron of TowardWellth or of this Substack learning a new skill that positively impacts their ability to heal from trauma, handle stressors, or otherwise have a positive impact on their wellbeing or agency… and having the capacity to share that learning with at least one other person… who shares it with another person…soon the sharing can look like nuclear fission…
While lofty to think that a billion positive touches can happen, it’s a good starting point to aim for in the long run!
A couple of unrelated housekeeping notes
Later today I’ll be restacking a post that I’m excited to share with all of you from a different Substack…
After this week, I am going to taper posting down to two days a week as it’s summertime and I’ve noticed a tapering down of people’s extra time to consume media (analytics, ftw!).