You’re here because you think differently, and you know that something has changed.
It’s not because you lack capacity or ambition.
It’s because the playbook you inherited — the one handed to you by school, by institutions, and decades of conventional career advice — was written for the system, not you.
That playbook has three commandments:
Look for problems first.
Make something of yourself.
Transform gradually.
It works fine for institutions designed for stability and equilibrium.
But for high-agency individuals, it’s kryptonite.
I know because I was there.
For over 20 years I worked with Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and other comics industry giants during some of the most disruptive years any industry has seen. I watched some innovate themselves again and again. Others sat frozen, wishing for the good old days to return.
I set out to discover why some could not only win, but win again and again, regardless of circumstances.
I realized that the answer is innovation. Whether they knew it or not, these high-agency individuals were applying innovation principles to their own situations.
I knew that these winning principles weren’t just for the lucky few. Each individual has winning capacity. They need to learn what they already have, and be organized enough to execute.
I built the simple framework to do just that.
I became Client Zero and tried everything out myself first.
The MVP Framework is built around three pillars:
Mindset. See opportunity where others see problems.
Volition. Operate through your natural strengths — not against them.
Process. Transform rapidly — not gradually.
That’s what this newsletter is about.
Every week I publish one essay that goes deeper into what it means to operate as a high-agency individual with your own playbook.
No hacks. No hustle. No borrowed plan that wasn’t built for you.
Just a new playbook.
It’s your playbook, because you run it your own way.
Welcome to Innovating Yourself.
Start with the first post below, and don’t forget to message and tell me about yourself.