Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business 1359: Gamified Therapy: Hacking Your Brain for Entrepreneurial Success w/ Jules Wordcraft
In this mind-bending episode, we dive into the world of game design with Jules Wordcraft, a self-proclaimed “polymath autodidact” who is revolutionizing tabletop role-playing games. Jules shares how unique life experiences—from growing up with a bipolar mother to being the “white sheep” in a family of criminals—fueled a lifelong obsession with physics, psychology, and storytelling. This isn't just a conversation about games; it's a masterclass in critical thinking, system design, and the raw, unfiltered drive that separates wantrepreneurs from entrepreneurs. Tune in to learn how the logic of game design can give you a powerful new framework for solving business problems, training your team, and building a reality of your own making.
💡 What You'll Take Away For YOUR Business
- How to apply "gamified therapy" principles to train your team, test leadership skills, and build resilience in a safe, simulated environment.
- The entrepreneurial superpower of being a "polymath autodidact" and how connecting unrelated fields can lead to breakthrough business innovations.
- Why questioning the fundamental rules of your industry is the first step toward building a truly unique and scalable business.
- A powerful framework for turning your most challenging life experiences into the fuel for your entrepreneurial mission.
- How to leverage AI as a creative soundboard to validate logic and build better systems, not as a replacement for critical thinking.
- The mindset shift required to stop waiting for permission and start building the world and business you want to see.
📝 About Jules Wordcraft
Jules Wordcraft is a game designer, forever game master, and the innovative mind behind World of Wordcraft. Driven by a lifelong obsession with physics, psychology, and story, Jules set out to build a modular gaming framework from scratch after finding existing systems lacked logical consistency. As a self-taught polymath, Jules brings a rare perspective to entrepreneurship, connecting seemingly disparate fields to innovate in gaming, corporate training, and even therapy. Jules' journey is a powerful testament to transforming personal challenges and a non-traditional background into an unstoppable entrepreneurial force.
🎯 Jules’s BEST Piece of Advice for Wantrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs
"Never give up, never surrender."
This simple but powerful quote from the movie Galaxy Quest encapsulates Jules’s core philosophy. True entrepreneurs don’t wait for permission or give up when things get hard; they see a problem and take ownership of the solution.
📢 Memorable Quotes
- “If I can do something, I should do something... if you want something done bad enough, just go take care of it yourself.” – Jules Wordcraft
- “We're the only species on the planet that can change reality. Like if we think we want to build a building... we put a building on a plot that wasn't there before.” – Jules Wordcraft
- “Every interaction that I have has been broken down to a statistical probability of how do I get the most joy out of this interaction for everyone involved?” – Jules Wordcraft
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