Oh, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking these last few years.
That thinking became more focused when I finally accepted that I’d burned myself out – and started trying to understand why.
I wasn’t partying or drifting. I was burning the candle at both ends – and in the middle too – chasing ideas, jumping on trends, trying this and that in a breathless, scattergun way. Always working. Always reacting.
As you’ll discover, The Certain Way is rooted in a book that’s helped me again and again: Wallace Wattles’ The Science of Getting Rich, first published in 1910.
That book has pulled me back on course more times than I care to admit. I’d get fired up, start doing the work, feel things improving… and then I’d slip back, thinking I’d outgrown it. But every time, it returned – and every time, it set me straight.
Eventually, I stopped treating it like a first-aid kit and started seeing it for what it really is – a philosophy.
That’s when things deepened. I began to look into the science behind Wattles’ thinking and realised how prescient he was. In his day, physics was on the cusp of reimagining reality. And in some ways, Wattles was already there.
Today, quantum physics is turning to philosophy for its next breakthroughs – not for answers, but for better questions. As the equations get stranger, it’s no longer just about data. It’s about meaning, interpretation, and how we define reality itself.
That’s when I knew I had to rewrite Wattles’ book for our time – and start talking about it.
At first, I thought the project would grow out of a period of creative rest. I created Fallow Ground – a website and a concept – to explore burnout and recovery. The idea was to offer The Certain Way as something quietly emerging from that space.
But at some point, I realised I was already moving. The fallow period had done its job. The ground wasn’t resting anymore – it was growing.
Fallow Ground was a great idea. But I didn’t want to get stuck in it. I’d already moved on.
So here we are with the The Certain Way website, to compliment The Certain Way book and the Certain Way Today YouTube channel.
You’ll find some of the earliest blog posts here came from Fallow Ground. They still matter – and if you want to dig deeper, they’re here. I may return to the fallow metaphor again in the future.
But for now, I want everything focused.
I have a vision for where this is going. It’s big. It’s daunting. But there’s only one direction that makes sense now.
Forward.