Monday Morning Mentor: 10 Parenting “Don’ts” for Raising Well-Adjusted Kids In this Monday Morning Mentor episode, Jason Wright reflects on parenting his daughters Ryland (26, newly married) and Abby, sharing a list of “not to do” parenting lessons shaped partly by his own experience with conditional love growing up. He advises parents not to make love conditional, not to guilt-trip kids about costs or sacrifices, and not to praise intelligence over effort to avoid a fixed mindset (citing Carol Dweck’s work). He warns against spoiling children and recommends teaching delayed gratification through goals or matching contributions. Other “don’ts” include letting kids get tattoos, accepting important messages by text instead of calls, allowing sloppy dress, and letting a day pass without meaningful conversation or without saying “I love you,” emphasizing agape love as action. 00:00 Welcome and Support 00:41 Why Parenting Matters 02:13 Parenting Donts Setup 02:51 Avoid Conditional Love 04:29 Skip the Guilt Trips 05:28 Praise Effort Not Smarts 07:54 No Spoiling Teach Earning 11:17 Think Twice About Tattoos 15:03 Calls Over Texts 17:02 Dress With Self Respect 20:09 Daily Real Conversations 22:25 Say I Love You Daily 23:33 Wrap Up and Sign Off

A Plea to Get Smarter: Brain Fitness, Reading, and Escaping the Attention Economy Jason Wright asks listeners to intentionally “get smarter” by strengthening their ability to reason, focus, and tolerate boredom, arguing society is regressing in communication and thinking and that this correlates with widening wealth gaps. He warns that “free” digital services (Pluto TV, Gmail, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook) make users the product by monetizing attention, and encourages replacing doom-scrolling with reading and other “brain fitness” habits. Citing books and thinkers like Greg McKeown (Essentialism), Arthur Brooks (The Meaning of Your Life), and Cal Newport (Deep Work, Big Questions), he frames reading as pushups for the brain and suggests puzzles, learning guitar, timers/deleting apps, and reading a few sentences before checking social media. He urges reduced dependence on LLMs by thinking first, researching independently, writing by hand, and using AI mainly to polish, and recommends using history to contextualize current events, ending with a call to be a better thinker over partisan identity. 00:00 Welcome and a Plea 00:57 Why Society Feels Dumber 02:56 Free Apps and You Are Product 04:12 Books and Digital Minimalism 06:13 Brain Fitness Through Reading 07:34 Beat Doomscrolling With Three Sentences 10:04 Use LLMs Less Think More 10:57 Write by Hand to Think Better 13:01 History Repeats Itself 14:21 Final Plea and Closing 15:40 Outro and Calls to Action

After his daughter’s wedding, Jason shares advice from the Bible studies they held leading up to it: to maintain a happy marriage, treat your spouse as though they already are the man or woman of your dreams, because people tend to live up to how they are treated. He extends this idea to all relationships and to personal growth through identity-based habits—acting like the healthier, smarter, or more successful version of yourself makes it more likely you’ll become that person. Jason describes how he cherishes his wife, Jim Lynn, with daily affection and small acts like making her coffee, and warns that nagging, harshness, or treating a spouse like a cheater or lazy person can push them toward those behaviors. He closes with podcast credits and a request for newsletter sign-ups and a five-star iTunes rating.

00:00 Wedding Weekend Reflections

00:27 Treat Them Like the Dream

01:37 Identity Habits for You

02:21 Bragging on My Wife

03:25 Your Monday Challenge

03:49 The Danger of Negativity

04:33 Show Wrap and Call to Action

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Never Complain, Never Explain

Jason reflects on the quote “never complain, never explain,” which he heard from Robert Greene and believes is attributed to a former British Prime Minister, and describes how he researched it and recognized his own habits of complaining and explaining. He argues that complaining is exhausting, people don’t care to hear it, and it can enlarge problems by reinforcing a negative mindset, noting a perceived correlation between frequent complaints and more aches and pains. He also commits to stopping unnecessary explanations about his unconventional, project-based work and podcasting, emphasizing he doesn’t owe anyone justification and should let actions speak for themselves. He shares Greene’s framing that complaining makes you look weak and encourages listeners to stop whining, stop explaining, and focus on doing. He closes the episode with podcast credits and requests for newsletter signups and ratings.

00:00 Never Complain Never Explain

00:30 Why Complaining Backfires

01:06 Stop Explaining Yourself

01:57 Let Actions Speak

02:30 Robert Greene Breakdown

03:41 Weekly Challenge Wrap Up

03:48 Show Outro and Calls

JB Glossinger on Reducing Cognitive Load, Saying No, and Building Systems for Consistent High Performance Jason Wright interviews performance coach and MorningCoach founder JB Glossinger about building systems to reduce cognitive load and decision fatigue for entrepreneurs facing information overload. JB shares how early academic struggles pushed him to create a productivity framework rooted in the “six things” prioritization method, later expanded into a mission-vision-values cascade down to goals, projects, and tasks. He emphasizes simplifying, using data for business decisions, and prioritizing lifestyle choices, including learning to say “no,” even to a potential $100M corporate deal, to protect his desired life. They discuss identity vs. material status, investing in non-traditional education and coaching, morning perspective and rituals, consistency through small habits that become autonomous, selective tool use (system before tools), community support, and shutting work down in the evening to preserve peace and performance. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:08 JB Origin Story 02:51 Entrepreneur Overload 04:47 Sacred Six Framework 07:07 Mission Vision Values 09:08 Power of No 10:12 Data vs Lifestyle 13:32 Lifestyle Filters 17:05 Perspective and Identity 23:01 Consistency and Rituals 25:29 Mission Vision Daily 28:35 Gamification and Tools 30:18 Systems Before Tools 31:25 Steal Less Adapt More 32:53 Waking With Purpose 33:58 Cognitive Load Reset 37:53 Distraction Deep Work 40:31 Day in the Life 47:21 Software Built Around Process 53:51 Community Dopamine Wins 55:35 Success Is Peace 01:01:04 Where To Find JB 01:02:38 Final Wrap And Outro

Monday Morning Mentor: Never Drink at Work Events Jason Wright introduces a new “Monday Morning Mentor” segment on the Jason Wright Show and shares a core lesson: never drink at work events. He recounts being 23 at his first convention, drinking free alcohol, and then driving colleagues—including a vice president—while intoxicated, followed by intense next-day regret and anxiety. He describes repeatedly replaying conversations after professional outings, the peer pressure and judgment non-drinkers can face, and an embarrassing incident getting sick in a vice president’s hotel room. Wright explains that setting personal rules (e.g., no weeknight drinks, no work-event drinking, 90-day fast) earns respect and reduces pressure. He says he has avoided alcohol for over eight years, citing peace of mind, professionalism, and career protection, especially for young workers. 00:00 Monday Morning Mentor Intro 00:41 Free Drinks First Mistake 01:08 Driving With The VP 01:47 The Next Day Anxiety 02:39 Why Saying No Feels Weird 03:20 Guinness Disaster Story 04:00 Use A Personal Rule 04:43 Eight Years Alcohol Free 05:34 Advice For Young Pros 06:27 Wrap Up And Ratings

How to Say No: Setting Boundaries and Building Equity in Your Yes

Jason Wright discusses the difficulty of saying “no,” especially at work, citing Anne Lamott’s line that “No is a complete sentence” and describing fears of losing value or appearing insubordinate. He shares his own progress away from reflexively agreeing and recounts refusing a stressful favor requested by his wife on behalf of a friend, which ultimately helped his wife recognize her own “yes” habit. Jason argues that “no” can earn respect by signaling you value your time and worth, but it’s easier with credibility. He advises building “equity” by executing excellently when you do say yes so others trust your commitments. He uses Clayton Christensen’s boundary-setting with weekend work as an example and concludes that without self-set boundaries, others will impose ones that feel like a prison.

00:00 Why No Feels Hard

01:17 Saying No At Home

01:42 Wedding Favor Boundary

02:50 Workplace Respect For No

03:28 Build Credibility With Yes

03:56 Clayton Christensen Boundaries

04:42 Set Your Own Boundaries

05:04 Final Takeaways