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Jason Seward: Ten Rules for Life That Apply to Every Age and Every Room
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- Burning The Ships
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- Apr 26, 2026
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- 2503
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Summary
In this episode of Burning the Ships, host Jason Seward flies solo to share something that started as a career day presentation at his kids' school and turned into one of the most universally applicable episodes he has put together. Jason was asked to present on finance and his career to a group of high schoolers — and ended up with fourth graders in the room too after a presenter no-showed. He had to scrap his entire deck on the fly and break everything down to its simplest form. What came out of it were ten life rules that he walked those kids through, rules that turned out to be just as relevant for adults as they were for nine year olds. The best question of the day came from a fourth grader, and it reminded Jason that kids are always paying closer attention than we think. This episode is a reminder of the fundamentals — the things that sound simple but most people are not consistently doing. If you have kids, this one is worth sharing with them. If you are an adult building something, it is worth asking yourself honestly whether you are living all ten of these rules or just preaching them. Key Talking Points of the Episode 00:00 Your reputation is your currency and other people are the ones defining it 00:50 Why Jason is flying solo again — 608B Capital growth and team building demands 02:11 The career day presentation that turned into this episode 03:05 Getting thrown into presenting to fourth graders with no preparation 04:38 Why these ten rules apply to every age and every area of life 08:52 Rule two — Be early, not just on time, and what Jason's grandfather JJ modeled about this 11:05 Why being early signals an extra level of respect for people and situations 12:15 Rule three — Work hard when no one is watching 13:31 Kobe Bryant showing up at 5am before anyone…