The Get PAID™ Decision-Training System
The Get PAID System introduces a clear, repeatable framework that trains young people to:
Pay attention to the inputs shaping their thoughts and behavior
Identify choices, consequences, and patterns
Make daily decisions with accountability and intention
Stop drifting and start governing their own lives
This is not about inspiration. This is about direction.
The Book
To introduce the Get PAID™ mindset and language, teaching young people how to think, choose, and act with intention.
Objectives:
- Build identity awareness and self-responsibility
- Develop critical thinking and decision-making skills
- Teach students how daily choices shape their future
Benefits:
- Gives students direction not motivation
- Creates a shared language between students, parents, and educators
- Helps young people stop drifting and start designing their lives
If this resonates with you, join the Get PAID™ studio.
The Workbook
To turn ideas into actions by guiding students through structured exercises that build character, discipline, and career clarity.
Objectives:
- Apply lessons from the book through real-life scenarios
- Strengthen accountability and problem-solving skills
- Connect identity to education, employment, or entrepreneurship
Benefits:
- Transforms learning into measurable growth
- Helps students see patterns in their thinking and behavior
- Builds confidence through execution, not theory
If this resonates with you, join the Get PAID™ studio.
The Journal
To provide a private space for reflection, self-discovery, and emotional clarity through writing.
Objectives:
- Encourage self-awareness and personal responsibility
- Help students process thoughts, emotions, and experiences
- Reinforce the habit of daily reflection
Benefits:
- Improves focus, mental clarity, and emotional regulation
- Strengthens decision-making through self-honesty
- Teaches students how to slow down and think before reacting
If this resonates with you, join the Get PAID™ studio.
The Manual
To train teachers, parents, and mentors to deliver the Get PAID™ System with consistency, confidence, and creativity.
Objectives:
- Equip adults with step-by-step guidance to teach the system
- Create facilitators, not lecturers
- Ensure the program can be duplicated with integrity
Benefits:
- Makes implementation simple and effective
- Empowers educators and parents as co-creators
- Provides a long-term solution not a one-time program
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Preparing Students for Their Future
The goal of the Get PAID System is not compliance. It is self-governance.
Students learn how to design their lives intentionally, one decision at a time, so they are prepared not just for school, but for adulthood, leadership, and a future they must navigate and build themselves.
I want better outcomes. Help me ‘Control ME’.
Controlling ME
The voice in my head is loud and sometimes I believe it. Teach me how to talk to myself.
Stop Beating the True YOU
I scroll. I compare and my confidence disappears. Teach me how to filter information.
Don’t Believe Everything They Say
I get pulled into drama and it costs me energy and time. Teach me what’s worth my attention.
Mind Your Own Business
I'm busy but I'm busy doing nothing and I don't feel alive. Help me paint my colorful masterpiece.
The Living Dead
I don’t need motivation. I don’t need inspiration. I need a system to help me code better habits.
Mindful Coding
Teach me skills not shortcuts. Help me understand I am ‘The Brand’. I am ‘The Business’.
Marketing and Making Money
One Framework. One Language. Shared Accountability.
The Get PAID™ System provides a shared language for teachers, parents, and mentors so adults can guide young people without controlling them but allowing them to think through the process. Through the student book, workbook, journal, and educator/parent manual, everyone involved is working from the same framework, reinforcing the same principles, and pointing students in the same direction. This alignment turns guidance into empowerment and confusion into clarity.
Teaching the Teachers
Parents Experience
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Get PAIDTM System?
Get PAIDTM (Pay Attention – Identify Daily) is a structured decision-training system designed to help young people (ages 15–25) stop drifting and start designing their lives. It teaches identity awareness, critical thinking, discipline, and daily accountability not motivation or inspiration, but direction.
Who is the Get PAIDTM System for?
The system is designed for:
• Teachers (high school & college)
• Parents
• Mentors, coaches, and youth leaders
• Organizations working with young adults
Students who benefit most are those navigating identity, direction, career paths, and personal responsibility.
What makes Get PAIDTM different from other life-skills or mindset programs?
Get PAIDTM is not motivational speaking or character talks.
It is a decision-training framework that:
• Introduces a shared language adults and youth can use together
• Trains students to notice inputs, evaluate choices, and decide daily
• Builds self-governing humans, not dependent learners
What does “Teaching the Teachers” mean?
“Teaching the Teachers” means educators, parents, and mentors are trained first, so they can confidently teach the system to students.
Instead of being passive attendees, participants:
• Experience the system themselves
• Teach each other during the training
• Leave prepared to duplicate the framework in their own environments
What is the Get PAID Painters’ Lab?
The Get PAID Painters’ Lab is an immersive weekend boot-camp experience where participants:
• Learn the full Get PAIDTM System
• Break into collaborative groups of five
• Teach, reflect, and co-create together
• Leave with clarity, confidence, and tools to implement immediately
It is limited to 35 participants to maintain depth, dialogue, and hands-on learning.
Why is it called a “Painters’ Lab”?
The system uses art and creation as a metaphor for life:
• Students are artists
• Their lives are the canvas
• Decisions are brushstrokes
• Identity sets the palette
Participants are not lectured to, they create, reflect, and build together.
What materials are included in the Get PAIDTM System?
The complete system includes:
• Student Book: 7 Chapters, 7 Lessons, 7 Deliverables
• Student Workbook: Developing Character & Developing Careers
• Personal Journal: Clarifying thoughts through written words
• Teacher/Parent/Mentor Manual: Full instructions for teaching and implementation
Everything is designed to work together as a single system.
Where did Get PAIDTM System originate?
The Get PAIDTM System evolved over 30+ years and was redesigned for each generation:
• Generation X: My Life – My Choice
• Generation Y: There Is an Art to Living
• Generation Z: YOU (Your Own Universe)
• 2024 and Beyond: Get PAIDTM (Pay Attention - Identify Daily )
The principles are timeless.
Can parents teach this system at home, and is it ongoing?
Absolutely. Parents are encouraged to learn the system themselves, use the shared language at home, and teach it to their own teens, and even their teens’ friends. The Painters’ Lab serves as the entry point, while the Get PAID™ System is designed for ongoing use through repeated cycles and long-term integration in classrooms, homes, and mentoring programs. Together, it strengthens communication between adults and youth over time.
Will this help my teen with responsibility and discipline?
Yes, by teaching ownership, not obedience.
Teens learn:
• How their choices affect outcomes
• How to pause before reacting
• How to take responsibility without shame
Do I need to be a teacher or expert to lead this?
No.
Parents are provided with:
• Clear guidance
• Language prompts
• Structured materials
You are not teaching content, you are facilitating decision practice.
How do I get started?
To begin:
1. Register for the Get PAID Painters’ Lab
2. Experience the system personally
3. Learn to teach it confidently
4. Bring it back to your students or community
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