From Teenager to Leader in 120 Days
How the Alpha Monkey Jairson Ascencao Became a Leader in 4 Months
Two days short of a month right after he left his teenage years behind, Jairson Ascencao was discovered by Ri4CTV while flirting with a girl in a tree at Burnside Park in Downcity, the historic center of the capital city of Providence, Rhode Island. The discovery was captured by the video First Encounter. | Watch the video
[2] While in the tree on that day, he was still, as he labelled himself later, an alpha monkey. Unbeknown to everyone, that was Day One on his journey to become a leader in 120 days.
[3] Several years before he developed his climbing and social skills, he buried his youth in books, mostly fiction at first. Without a father, and moving a lot, Jairson didn’t have a stable circle of friends.
[4] His mother spent this time period working 3 jobs constantly, so he was alone during most of his childhood. He had to figure out how best to spend his time, and that led him to books. All that time reading however, prevented him from developing social skills.
[5] As Jairson reached high school, he noticed that no one wanted to be near him. He was desperate for a role model. He was even more desperate for a friend.
[6] The school day had just ended during Jairson’s freshman year, and he and schoolmate Scott were walking down the street towards Scott’s house. Scott was excited to be home, but he wasn’t supposed to have friends over his house without his parents permission. Jairson however, just really wanted to spend time with Scott. So, when they reached Scott’s house, Scott opened his door and said Jairson couldn’t go in.
[7] Jairson laughed, took off his jacket, threw it inside and said, “but look, my jacket is already inside.”
[8] Then he took off his shoes and threw them in and said “And now my shoes are already inside.” And finally, moved Scott slightly to the side and went in before saying, “And now I’m inside.”
[9] Scott continued being stern while Jairson was running around making jokes. Then, Jairson figured out which room was Scott’s room, and went inside quickly, hiding under Scott’s covers. Scott came over to the room and said “Jairson, what are you doing, you need to leave.” To which Jairson put on a high voice and a confused tone and said, “Who is this Jairson you speak of? I am a bed!” This made them laugh so much Scott stopped trying so hard to kick Jairson out, and they began talking about other things.
[10] This was the first time Jairson ever made a friend. After this great success, he began to adopt this brute force style as his approach to social life. He brought this approach with him to Colorado State University.
[11] His high school years had made Jairson realize that he didn’t have to know how to achieve a goal in order to make the attempt. In fact, it was far better to throw himself into situations with an identified goal and just learn from his mistakes than to do nothing. He did that often and thus refined his brute-force skill throughout the next two years. However, this is a means, not the end.
[12] What Jairson wants in the end is a world where people don’t squash each others dreams, thanks to his parents’ attitude towards him throughout his life. As he continued to see many others with the same issues, his desire to help build such a world grew stronger. As the result, he attempted to build and join various communities where the members could develop themselves. One of these communities was a meditation club that he started alongside a college friend. The club quickly grew to house 25 members, and the members often stated how necessary the event was for their state of mind. From these experiences, Jairson saw how necessary social skills were if he was going to widen his impact and inspire a big following. He approached this problem the the way he loved, by brute force.
[13] Even though brute force didn’t get him too far beyond the here and now, his only other apparent choice was to follow his mother’s wishes and become some type of worker. That is, until Jairson was discovered by Ri4CTV and met Nickanthony Quach on September 5th, 2019.
[14] “When I met you, and I heard you had made a nomenclature for social life, I didn’t care at all what the terms were,” said Jairson to Nick. “What I saw was the genius of bringing the social world into definition, because I had spent the last 7 years studying it by brute force.”
[15] What happened in the first 120 days of their brand new friendship turned out to be the greatest journey of Jairson’s life. Within a few months after he left his teenage year behind, he became a true leader. The journey was punctuated by the video Birth of a Leader, which is Episode 12 in Season 10 of the YouTube series NDBaker93. | Watch the video
[16] The verbatim Google-search of the token jairson0 should show you that Jairson0 is his Instagram name, his Twitter name, and his Snapchat name. This article opens the first chapter in the online book Jairson Zero on Coalmont Magazine. Its cover page is located at Medium.com/coalmont/jairson0. This is where you can truly reach the breadth and the depth of Jairson’s life.
