Seeking Sageship: Beyond Leadership

Seeking Sageship: Beyond Leadership

The Real Value In A Piece Of Paper

From Someone Who Has Written Over 1,000 Articles With Over 40 Certificates And Degrees Combined

Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C.'s avatar
Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C.
Nov 09, 2025
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The Real Value In A Piece Of Paper

From Someone Who Has Written Over 1,000 Articles With Over 40 Certificates And Degrees Combined

What is the Value of a Piece of Paper?

It is an interesting question because you can get different answers depending on how you look at it.

If I were to buy a piece of paper...

At the right quantity, each page could be priced at $0.006 for the Value.

Not very much.

But what if I were to take that some pieces of paper and write a book?

That paper suddenly gains value.

If we take the High End of Average...

$35 for a 400 Page Book...

And each page begins to be worth $0.0875...

Which becomes a 1458.33% increase in value.

Just for putting words on a page.

But what if we take what many might consider the highest honor of all?

The average Doctoral Program is $120,000...

All for “one” piece of paper.

That seems like a valuable piece of paper.

However...

So far, we are failing to really see the true “value” of the paper.

If you take the individual piece of paper, and burn it in a fire...

Does it retain any value?

If you buy a book, and it sits on a bookshelf without ever being read...

Does it have any value?

If you get a Doctorate Degree but never work in that industry...

Does it provide any value?

It could easily be argued that in all of these situations, the paper has become “valueless” in terms of how it is used.

But it could become worse than this.

If you take AI and have it write a book on a topic...

But that book is filled with inherent errors, misinformation, and hallucinations...

This may become a Book that is not only worthless...

But potentially harmful.

Of course, this can happen with a writer who clearly has not done real research into the topics that they discuss, so it is not fair to only target AI.

Or what about this...

What if you spent $300,000 to get a Medical Degree so that you could hopefully solve Cancer...

Only to discover that there is a “Cancer Industry” that “actively” has been blocking real, potential solutions to Cancer...

With a “significantly” higher Success rate than the “only” three “legal” solutions that Western Medical Doctors are “allowed” to prescribe...

And “if” you attempt to “prove” other potential solutions...

You will be targeted, taken to court, have attempts to strip you of your medical license, have “all” of your medical records (including how to contact patients) taken away, have fake research created to “disprove” your work, be slandered, and have Astroturf Campaigns created against you...

Even if there is “clear” evidence that you are correct and they have “nothing” against you...

And that the “Cancer Industry” has been “caught” doing this for “over” 50 Years to multiple individuals.

How much would that $300,000 Medical Degree be worth then?

Especially when you have to account for all the Court Costs, Counter-Marketing Efforts, Costs incurred to “reacquire” Patient Information, and more?

It would be very costly indeed, and you would have to struggle with some tough realities around those costs.

There are reasons why there has been a mass exodus in the Western Medicine Industry.

That industry is not alone, however, as we’ve seen similar trends in Tech as well.

With all of this being said...

There are other ways to make a piece of paper far more valuable.

For instance...

I have over 40 certificates and degrees I have obtained for my work...

Why?

New Insights.

What I have learned over time is this...

There are many smart people in the world...

With things that they have learned within their own industries...

But...

Few people have ever “connected” those different areas of learning.

Many of them are “siloed” and “disconnected” from each other.

I went to learn different areas of study...

Including Functional Medicine, Neurology, Flow Psychology, Neurocardiology, Respiration, Business Systems, Marketing, Kinesiology, Identity Psychology, Sleep, Recovery, Vibroacousting Therapy, Behavioral Analysis, Nutrition, Parasitology, and More...

All to gain insights that no one has ever considered before...

Which is how I have helped organizations completely rethink “how” to do business...

In ways to eliminate Burnout, which is impacting over 80% of the workforce today...

While simultaneously unlocking Innovation down to the lowest levels of Leaders...

And as I continue to add New Knowledge to my repertoire...

I’m discovering how to do it better and faster.

How much “Value” do you believe I see in obtaining those different papers?

Let me take it a step further for you...

I have someone I look up to in business who believes that the value of a book is highly underrated.

How underrated?

The average book, on the high end, is $35 total.

They just released a 200-page book for $100 in marketing...

And without “doing” any marketing...

It has become the #1 New Book in Marketing.

Each of those pages is valued at $2.00...

Which is a 2285.71% increase over a traditional book.

Pretty Valuable.

How about one more step further, though...

I write articles every single day.

Just like this one...

And I have done it for over 1,000 days in a row.

Doing this has led to being nominated and awarded for nearly 150 Awards...

Including being a Hall of Fame Leadership Coach...

Being featured on a Times Square Billboard...

And Receiving an Honorary Doctorate for Advanced Studies in Psychology.

Each Day, I write a few pages, with a Free Section (what you are reading now), and a Paid Section (which dives further into the Psychophysiology of the Topic).

All of it can be read in 15 minutes or less.

Now, as I write this article, you can access the Paid Section of the Newsletter for $40 per month...

This equates to about $0.40 to $0.50 per page written.

But...

There is far more Value here than “any” individual book.

Why?

Every Day that I write, I am also getting “better” at explaining ideas and concepts...

I am “updating” readers with new stories and successes...

Plus, as I am learning “new” aspects of Psychophysiology and connecting ideas that no one is talking about...

In ways that actually work.

Those are also getting input into these Paid Articles.

The result is that I over-deliver on the cost of any individual article...

But I am also creating a relationship with the reader...

Which is far more valuable than “any” individual sale.

For me...

Each Piece of Paper that I have received and written is creating extreme value.

So what is the Value of a Piece of Paper?

It depends on what You “Do” with the Piece of Paper.


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