Ep. 80 Epsilons in Narratives w/ Jonathan Heaslet

Jonathan Heaslet has been many things over the years. An economics & mathematics major, military, minister, healthcare executive, and more. Jonathan never planned on taking the long way around, but life has a funny way of handing you detours. He spent years chasing certainty, believing that success was a straight line—only to find that some of his best moments came from the unexpected twists.

As a kid, he thought confidence was something you either had or didn’t. He learned the hard way that confidence is built, brick by brick, in the moments when you push forward despite the doubt. "The hardest thing isn’t knowing what you want," he says. "It’s believing you deserve it."

There were times he wanted to quit, times when the silence after trying felt unbearable. But he kept showing up, kept putting in the work, even when no one was watching. He realized that failure isn’t the opposite of success—it’s just another stop along the way.

Now, looking back, Jonathan doesn’t claim to have all the answers. But he knows this: the world doesn’t owe you an audience. You earn it by being real. By being honest. And most importantly, by showing up.