Introduction

Jake maynard is a former fisherman turned journalist who writes for a magazine called the new republic. He wrote an article about me best described as o le call it non flattering. In his piece, jake refers to this sweat pledge as, and i'm quoting, bonkers. The sweat pledge is a document that i require every scholarship applicant to sign if they want to be considered for work ethic scholarship from the micro works foundation. It's a real simple, 12 point pledge that i wrote ten years agothat attempts to articulate the relevance of work ethic and delayed gratification.