Welcome

to the newsletter where we help you reach your FULL potential in mindset, leadership, and communication. Whether you are a friend, customer, or on a mission to grow - I am glad you are here.

Today’s agenda is to do 1 thing:

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WEIRDO

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The only way to learn, grow, and succeed in your business and life is by looking at things from a

_{DIFFERENT ANGLE}

Let’s go down the creative

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Let me set this up.

Do any of these songs ring a bell?

• ‘40th Street Black / We Will Fight’ – Wu-Tang Clan

• ‘All My Shades of Blue’ – Ruen Brothers

• ‘Baby Got Back’ – Sir Mix-a-Lot

• ‘Bembele’ – Santana ft Buika

• ‘Beverly Hills’ – Weezer

• ‘Blue Jeans’ – Lana Del Rey

• ‘Can You Feel It?’ – Original Concept

• ‘Carjack’ – Barkmarket

• ‘Coma Girl’ – Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

• ‘Def Jam / Cold Chillin’ in the Spot’ – Jazzy Jay

• ‘Delirious Love’ – Neil Diamond

• ‘Drunken Angel’ – Lucinda Williams

• ‘Duality’ – Slipknot

• ‘Father Stretch My Hand Pt. 1’ – Kanye West

• ‘Fearless’ – Saul Williams

• ‘Flyin’ High’ – ZZ Top

• ‘Free Life’ – Dan Wilson

• ‘God is Dead?’ – Black Sabbath

• ‘Great Hosannah’ – Kula Shaker

• ‘Grizzly Bear’ – Angus & Julia Stone

• ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ – Shakira ft Wyclef Jean

• ‘Hold Your Own’ – Kae Tempest

• ‘Hurt’ – Johnny Cash

• ‘I And Love and You’ – The Avett Brothers

• ‘I Don’t Want to Change You’ – Damien Rice

• ‘I Need a Beat’ – LL Cool J

• ‘Inertiatic Esp’ – The Mars Volta

• ‘It’s Tricky’ – Run-DMC

• ‘Knights of Malta’ – The Smashing Pumpkins

• ‘Like a Stone’ – Audioslave

• ‘Love Bomb’ – AC/DC

• ‘Love Game’ – Eminem ft Kendrick Lamar

• ‘Messed Up Kids’ – Jake Bugg

• ‘Mother’ – Danzig

• ‘Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo’ – Mr Hankey Poo

• ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn’ – The Beastie Boys

• ‘Raining Blood’ – Slayer

• ‘Real Wild Child’ – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

• ‘Rebel Without a Pause’ – Public Enemy

• ‘Relating to a Psychopath’ – Macy Gray

• ‘Renegades of Funk’ – Rage Against the Machine

• ‘Save It For a Rainy Day’ – The Jayhawks

• ‘Some Things Must Go This Way’ – Paloalto

• ‘Someone Like You’ – Adele

• ‘Something Good This Way Comes’ – Jakob Dylan

• ‘Spit It Out’ – Wolfsbane

• ‘Tell ‘Em I’m Gone’ – Yusuf / Cat Stevens

• ‘The Adults Are Talking’ – The Strokes

• ‘The Colour in Anything’ – James Blake

• ‘The Day That Never Comes’ – Metallica

• ‘The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)’ – Nine Inch Nails

• ‘The Eyes of Texas’ – Masters of Reality

• ‘Touching the Ground’ – Brandi Carlisle

• ‘Toxicity’ – System of a Down

• ‘Under the Bridge’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers

• ‘What Goes Around / Comes Around’ – Justin Timberlake

• ‘What I’ve Done’ – Linkin Park

• ‘Wild Flower’ – The Cult

• ‘Wildflowers’ – Tom Petty

• ’99 Problems’ – Jay-Z

Would you be surprised if I told you THIS is the guy behind the music?

Yes. Rick Rubin. The mastermind behind some of the biggest bangers to ever hit our ears is a CREATIVE GENIUS

Ready for your brain to explode…..

He doesn’t play instruments, understand music theory, or even know how to operate recording studio equipment.

But what he knows how to

see
things
differently

MIND BLOWN

(did you actually watch it or did you get distracted)

no take away on this one as I want you to see things differently and put your creativity into action.

When you lean into your quirkiness and creativity - you come ALIVE, your business grows, and you live a happier life.

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I guess ill drop a

teeny

^tiny

takeaway

^{Teeny Tiny Takeaway: If you want to unlock your creative genius - lean into and own your inner weirdo} 🙂 

#stayweird

Reading
What I am reading 🙂 

Do you ever feel like a spectator in God’s kingdom? Perhaps you know there’s something you should be doing, but you just can’t pinpoint it. Most of us want to make a big impact with our lives but struggle with questions.....

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Thanks for letting me speak into your life, leadership, and growth.

Have a GREAT week!

Derek Matthews
Character Quest Co-Founder
Patriot Pay CEO