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The Get PAID System
Built on over 30 years of lived experience, teaching, and refinement across generations, Get PAID introduces a clear, repeatable framework that trains students to become aware of their inputs, identify choices and consequences, and make daily decisions with accountability. This is not a motivational book. It is a decision-training system designed to help young people stop drifting and start governing their own lives.
This is not about inspiration it is about direction.
The system provides a shared language for teachers, parents, and mentors, allowing adults to guide young people without controlling them. Through the student book, workbook, journal, and teacher/parent manual, learners are taught how to design their lives intentionally one decision at a time.
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The Get PAID System
The Get PAID™ Book
To introduce the Get PAID™ mindset and language, teaching young people how to think, choose, and act with intention.
The Get PAID™ Workbook
To turn ideas into action by guiding students through structured exercises that build character, discipline, and career clarity.
The Get PAID™ Journal
To slow thinking, reduce digital distraction, and build clarity and intentionality through handwritten reflection.
The Get PAID™ Manual
To train teachers, parents, and mentors to deliver the Get PAID™ System with consistency, confidence, and creativity.
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Get PAID (Pay Attention • Identify Daily) is a structured life-design and decision training system created to address a growing problem: young people are overwhelmed with information, distracted by constant input, and unclear about how to make decisions that align with who they want to become.
ABOUT creator
Louwendy Jenkins
Founder of Get PAID™ | Youth Development Strategist | Curriculum Architect
Louwendy Jenkins is the creator of Get PAID™ (Pay Attention – Identify Daily), an identity-based life-skills system designed to help young people stop drifting and start designing their lives. With over 30 years of experience working directly with youth, parents, and educators, Louwendy has built frameworks that teach self-governance, accountability, and intentional decision-making.
Beginning in 1989, Louwendy founded Nothing To Do (NTD), a nonprofit after-school organization that evolved into a multi-program youth development model serving elementary through high school students. NTD became known for combining structure, creativity, performance, and leadership, empowering students to take ownership of their choices and express their identities with confidence.
Through decades of work across Generation X, Y, and Z, Louwendy refined a practical methodology that replaces motivation with direction. Get PAID equips educators and parents with a shared language and teachable system focused on time, energy, identity, and daily action skills rarely taught, yet essential for life readiness.
Louwendy positions life as a design process, not a default path, teaching young people to hold the brush, move with intention, and build futures they can stand behind.
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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 16–25) 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 Delivers
• Student Workbook: Building Character & Building 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 – NOW (Nothing Overwhelming)
The principles are timeless.
Can parents teach this system at home?
Absolutely. Parents are encouraged to:
• Learn the system themselves
• Use the shared language at home
• Teach their own teens and their friends
The system strengthens communication between adults and youth.
How is accountability handled?
Accountability is built into the system through:
• Daily reflection
• Written exercises
• Choice-consequence awareness
• Self-governing practices, not external punishment
Students learn to hold themselves accountable.
Is this a one-time experience or ongoing?
The Painters’ Lab is the entry point.
The Get PAIDTM System is designed for:
• Ongoing classroom use
• Repeated cycles
• Long-term integration into schools, homes, and mentoring programs
What problem does Get PAIDTM solve?
Get PAIDTM addresses:
• Drifting without direction
• Poor decision-making
• Lack of identity clarity
• External dependency
• Overwhelm and disengagement
It replaces confusion with clarity, language, and structure.
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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