Welcome to the Wide I Experience

Hello Friends,

I formally welcome you into the “Wide I” experience. I have been tremendously eager to conceive this platform for quite some time, but naturally, I continued to convince myself to wait for the proper moment. The irony, is that I came to realize the proper moment, is any moment. With that being said, each posting will be dedicated towards spotlighting pivotal observations, discoveries, and epiphanies in my personal journey of this wild ride we call life. Furthermore, while these postings will not be intended as direct life coaching or advice, I hope that many of you will feel inspired to cultivate these factors, and consider these topics in your own personal journey. Together, we will experience both the pleasures and pain that this glorious life offers us daily, while calibrating our effort and attitude to establish the aims of our purpose. I do not know where this train will ride to, but I hope that you will hop on board and ride with me to wherever that destination may be.

WIDE I, is an acronym created by Cagen Cantrell in early 2018, while listening to Virgil Abloh’s infamous lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the lecture, Abloh elaborated on the “zig-zag” approach for manifesting new, creative space (originated by American psychologist Keith Sawyer’s book, Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity). The fundamentals of the zig-zag approach, guide individuals to not fall susceptible to trends or linear thinking, but rather move in a direction where creativity can independently blossom. Inspired by this, Cantrell designed his own cardinal virtues in order to consistently apply the zig-zag approach towards a more fruitful life.

W-orkmanship
I-ntegrity
D-iscipline
E-ndurance

In conjunction, these virtues are the foundation of establishing the I.
I-T

When one discovers their “IT” factor, the only person who can stop them, is themselves.