Advice on Weathering Today’s Uncertain, Hostile Times

Adam Savage boils it down to a simple mantra: empathy, kindness and respect—both for yourself and others—as your go-to toolkit for navigating these rough waters. When asked if he’d change anything about his past, he’s refreshingly blunt: nah, the stumbles and missteps are all part of becoming who you are today.

He also unpacks the “scarcity model,” a zero-sum mindset that falsely convinces us there’s only so much to go around, and urges a shift toward abundance thinking. And on the fine line between gatekeeping and asking folks to pay their dues? Gatekeeping is toxic exclusion, whereas paying dues is more about respecting craft and safety—knowing when to slow someone down versus just shutting the door on them.

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