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# The Spirit Behind The Work
- URL: https://personal-mastery-through-exceptional-thinking.ghost.io/the-spirit-behind-the-work/
- Published: 2026-07-06T21:06:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-21T23:35:38.000Z
- Author: The Vicegerent 

It has become clear to me that the emerging advantage in today’s society is someone who sincerely devotes themself to “Authentically curated, spirit filled work”. You see a spider who spins its web in an almost perfected ratio, or the bees who work diligently to fashion an intricate honeycomb. This is the very nature of creation. TOO CREATE! There is a sign for those that would reflect. Observe if you will, an individual who is not creative or they are mentally and physically inactive and you will see that this is a person with no vitality to their personality, and their essence is unappealing and lacks magnetism. This is because they are living contrary to nature. Return to nature only a day after rainfall and you will find the spiders spinning their webs yet again, and the bees harvesting yet again. Nature never ceases action, therefore it is ungrateful to be a person who is mentally or physically inactive. The AI era has caused many to forfeit their mental activity, resulting in a lack of authenticity. The reality is that the more carbon copied, conventional knowledge, AI generated work emerges, means the more true authenticity stands out. As I write this I get a special type of fulfillment from knowing I am distinct in a world of mediocrity. When I maintain mental and physical activity in my everyday life through being an avid reader, engaging in writing, exercising my body etc, I experience a profound pleasure from knowing that I am “The example of Excellence”, “The Epitome Of Impeccable”, “The Image Of Immaculate”. This is the preface to “The Spirit Behind The Work”. 

I recently went to the First Americans Museum In Oklahoma City, Ok, and on one of the displays was the Term - WINIKO: Life of An Object. I learned that Native Americans believed that when you create an object the object carries the spirit, intention, and essence of the person who fashioned it. In my mind's eye, this only makes sense. Now reflect on a profound thinker who wrote compelling literature. When you read the works of these individuals it is as if a portion of the writer’s spirit is now within you. I believe in this concept wholeheartedly, and because I do, it has led me to maintain “Authentically curated, spirit filled work.” I write based on what I’ve learned from years of spiritual and intellectual curiosity which has led to profound insights, ponderings and ways of thinking. This spirit is what I desire to imbue upon everyone who reads these works. This is why I confidently publish these works even though my punctuation may not be the best, and it does not read like a fancy speech. I believe that this would take away from the “Spirit Behind The Work”. I believe this is what makes my work unique. I don’t over correct my writings because I am not crippled by a fear of collective opinion. I think that ideas or ways of thinking are much more transferable when they are broken down in a simple way, meaning that if you can grasp what I am saying then punctuation and fancy grammar is always secondary. If the idea or vision being conveyed is great, then the “literary guidelines” reputed by conventional wisdom quite frankly do not matter. I’ll give you an excellent example of this, which I heard from a dear friend. Someone decided to take Shakespeare's pieces of work and put them into Word (the writing software), and the software flagged them for a plethora of grammatical and punctuation errors. But Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers. The reality is that if all of those so-called “errors” were corrected, it would have ruined “The Spirit Behind The Work”. So I allow my ideas to remain authentic and unique, because authenticity, and uniqueness is more valuable than the opinions of the collective. This reminds me of something Og Mandino said in his book “The greatest salesman in the world” which was, “I am rare, and there is value in all rarity, therefore I am valuable.” Each human being is unique, if you observe children they are vibrant, active, and creative, with their own personality. Then somewhere along their path of life they become influenced by the collective. It is at this moment that their fight to maintain unique thought and authenticity begins. Many humans unfortunately lose this fight. Most humans who lose this fight suffer from allodoxaphobia in one way or another. Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions. This most likely originates from some human instinct which serves as a self preservation mechanism stemming from fear of being excommunicated from the tribe. Now consider all of this and reflect on something. When you scroll on social media do you recall many different people sounding exactly the same with the same cadence and mannerisms, with a robotic manner of speaking, lacking soul and color. This is caused by overvaluing the voices of the collective and this leads you to losing your authenticity. This is “Affectation”. The Webster dictionary reads as “ speech or conduct not natural to oneself **:** an unnatural form of behavior meant especially to impress others”. 

This is the scary reality behind it all. It’s scary because how many people will become slaves to unoriginality simply because they care what others think. This is why I created this newsletter. I believe all personal mastery comes through exceptional thinking. I want to inspire exceptional thinkers just as I am inspired by exceptional thinkers. Thinkers whose minds transcended the thoughts and opinions of commoners. I also believe that unoriginality has an affect on the mind, and by constant exposure to it, one can become affected or influenced by it without noticing. I hope this platform as well as my Podcast can be a place where individuals can constantly add to their reservoir of uncommon information, which allows one to maintain a mental sharpness and creative authenticity that protects from unoriginality. You can expect articles and essays on the topics Of spiritual excellence, impeccable intelligence, immaculate skill, and exceptional eloquence. I cannot stress enough that these works are meaningful to me. I create because I have a wholehearted desire to master the rudiments of the art form. In my next piece of work I will give the backstory behind this keen personal interest. But for now I hope that I have conveyed “The Spirit Behind The Work” in an exceptional manner. 

- The Vicegerent