Human Potential Unlocked

Practice Mode | 001

Been awhile since I’ve written anything on this platform. I’m happy to be back with a refreshed perspective, new publication name and a whole lot to say, share, and unpack. My days are filled with thoughts of existentialism, introspection (and retrospection), while using pedagogy to better understand life and my purpose in it. With that said, it’s a big privilege to be able to have the time and space to workshop, tinker, and daydream - when many people around the world are struggling to survive.

This new found way of being, Practice Mode™, has become less of a discovery but more of a realization of an already implemented lifestyle concept. Practice Mode™ is the process of play with intention, when excellence becomes effortless. This framework has allowed me to find success as an athlete, multidisciplinary artist and creative, and an informal ethnographer. The future of identity cultivation is in the hybridity, multi-hyphenate, holistic minded and generalist. The wild wild west has uncovered a level of vulnerability and tension that’s pushing people to put themselves and their inner most passions at the forefront. There is a shift happening where formalities of our fundamental systems in all industry are being reworked, humanity is being re-hardwired so to speak. Something’s gotta give because life right now ain’t it. The real question is, how are we preparing for this next phase?

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Intellectual Athlete has evolved into an ecosystem: Practice Mode™ (coming soon), IA Studio, and ATOM (Artistic Truth Opens Minds™). Limitless expression, as an extension of the playground inside of my mind. Empowerment, guidance, mentorship, community, and gate-opening for the marginalized. I’m stepping into the duality of Neo/Morpheus. I’m accepting my life as art and my practice as it’s expression, we cannot be what we aren’t and now I’m dedicating my life to making the most of everyday. More on this turning point later, frameworks, and Andre 3000’s new album New Blue Sun.

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