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Jan. 13, 2026 - Real Coffe - Scott Adams
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Episode 3071 CWSA - The Scott Adams School 01/13/26

Transitioning to The Scott Adams School . Owen Gregorian, Shelly Adams, and Erica will start us off this morning then open it up for others who would like to join.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scott Adams, Scott Adams School

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Final Lessons 00:05:50
Unfortunately, this isn't good news.
Of course, he waited till just before the show started, but he's not with us right anymore.
I'm going to try to get through this.
He has a final message that he wanted to say, so I'm going to try to read it.
Trying to be strong.
If you are reading this, things did not go well for me.
I have a few things to say before I go.
My body failed before my brain.
I am of sound mind as I write this January 1st, 2026.
If you wonder about any of my choices for my estate or anything else, please know I'm free of any correction or inappropriate influence of any sort.
I promise.
Next, many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go.
I'm not a believer, but I have to admit the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me.
So here I go.
I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and look forward to spending an eternity with him.
The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven.
I won't need any more convincing than that.
I hope I'm still qualified for entry.
With your permission, I'd like to explain my life.
For the first part of my life, I was focused on making myself a worthy husband and parent as a way to find meaning.
That worked, but marriages don't always last forever, and mine eventually ended in a highly amicable way.
I'm grateful for those years and for the people I came to call my family.
Once the marriage unwound, I needed a new focus, a new meaning.
And so I donated myself to the world, literally speaking the words out loud in my otherwise silent home.
From that point on, I looked for ways I could add the most to people's life, one way or another.
That marked the start of my evolution from Dilbert cartoonist to an author of what I hoped would be useful books.
By then, I believe I had enough life lessons that I could start passing them on.
I continued making Dilbert comics, of course.
As luck would have it, I'm a good writer.
My book in the useful category was how to fail at almost everything and still win big.
The book turned out to be a huge success, often imitated and influenced a wide variety of people.
I still hear every day how much the book changed lives.
My plan to be useful was working.
I followed up with my book, Win Bigly, that trained an army of citizens how to be more persuasive, which that correctly saw as a minor superpower.
I know the book changed lives because I hear it often.
You probably never know the impact the book had on the world, but I know.
And it pleases me while giving me a sense of meaning that is impossible to describe.
My next book, Loser Think, tried to teach people how to think better, especially if they were displaying their thinking on social media.
That one didn't put much of a dent in the universe, but I tried.
Finally, my book, Reframe Your Brain, taught readers how to program their own thoughts to make their personal and professional lives better.
I was surprised and delighted at how much positive impact the book is having.
I also started podcasting a live show called Coffee with Scott Adams, dedicated to helping people think about the world and their lives in a more productive way.
I didn't plan it this way, but it ended up helping lots of lonely people find a community that made them less lonely.
Thank Shelly 00:02:19
Again, that hate had great meaning to me.
I had an amazing life.
I gave it everything I had.
If I got any benefits from my work, I'm asking that you pay it forward as best as you can.
That the legacy I want, that's the legacy I want, be useful.
And please know I loved you all to the very end.
Scott Adams.
I'm going to invite some others on because I just don't know that I could do any more.
Thank you, Shelly.
Thank you so much, Shelly.
Thank you, Shelly.
Thank you, Shelly.
I think we should do the sip.
I'm going to go get my coffee, okay?
But I think we should give me a minute.
Yep.
Today we're going to sip to our best friend, our internet dad, our uncle, our mentor, our sage.
I just think it's a life well lived that he touched so many of us.
And Jack, I don't know why I feel like you're going to be more composed.
Do you want to do our sip today?
No sound, Jack.
No sound.
He's on mute.
Oh, Jack, are you on mute?
Uh-uh.
Yeah, no, I said it.
I'd be honored.
I didn't think I'd be doing two shows like this, so close to each other, but here we are.
So, folks, as everyone knows, all you need is a cup, a mug, or a glass, a tankard chalice or stein, a canteen jug or flask, a vessel of any kind.
Thanks For Being There 00:15:27
Fill it with your favorite liquid.
We like coffee.
And join us all now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better, even saying goodbye to old friends, the simultaneous sip, and it happens now.
Go to Scott to Scott.
Thank you, Scott.
Thanks, Jack.
Of course.
Oh, yeah.
Who just wants to talk about?
I can tell you that he predicted it yesterday.
Yesterday.
He had to make me take a video of him too, because he wanted to make sure everybody knew that he was.
He knew he knew last day.
And I video it.
I don't know if I could show it, but I did video.
We believe you.
That sounds just like Scott, too.
He loved that when he was right with the prediction.
It was just so dad-like.
He was going to be right.
And he wanted to make sure I had it on the deal.
He said he knew it was a different feeling than how he'd been feeling before.
He definitely knew it was a different feeling.
And Shelly, he was peaceful and surrounded by everybody he loves, right?
Yes.
Yes.
he was definitely peaceful a few years ago Oh, sorry, go ahead.
Oh, I was going to say, a few years ago, Scott had said that he had sort of, he's having a daydream.
This is maybe 2021 or so.
He said he was having a daydream.
And yeah.
And in his mind's eye, he said that he saw the day, the hour, and the minute that he would pass away.
And he shared some of that with some of you watching.
We remember that.
And it was in that moment five years ago I thought, wow, there will come a day when that happens for us in third person.
And we're the witness to life and the beginning of his legacy.
And I thought about that five years ago.
And I only had one child at the time.
And now I have three.
And all three of them know Scott Adams, the name, and the books.
And his, it sounds like there might have been a little bit of authorial desire for Loser Think to have a sort of a second life.
And I feel like it's a bit like my responsibility now to make Loser Think the book that he wished had done better, you know, to make it to make it be all that Scott had wanted it to be.
But the preciousness of his work will live on.
And I was reading to some of my followers last night excerpts from the 1997 book of his, 29 years, Dilbert Future, and how prescient his predictions were.
It's time to find in his works and enjoy the sip daily in his honor.
Shelly, thank you for reading his statement.
That was sweet and wonderful and honored him well.
Thank you very much.
Can I give a quick shout out to the locals family?
I'm watching the chat to my right.
And oh man, you guys, I know, I know.
I know how you're feeling.
I know how a lot of people are feeling, but his beloved locals and we have become such a tight family.
And I'm looking at your chat right now, you guys.
And I know you guys just want to like cry and scream and make the clock turn back.
But you know, Scott like really taught us well and we can reframe this.
And we will.
And the upcoming days, like let's all like really band together and do some reframing and talk about, you know, what Scott would say about all of this.
It's always like, you know, what would Scott say?
And we can't just ask Scott right now, but Scott has told us how to think and we can do this.
But I just wanted to say I love you guys and I see you and we're going to stay together.
Don't worry.
Love you.
Thanks.
He definitely wants that.
I mean, I wouldn't be here right now if this is not what he wanted.
This was so important to him.
You guys have been so important to him.
So I'm trying really hard, you know, to carry out his wishes and keep this community together.
Whatever you guys need from me, I'm just going to keep it going as much as I can for Scott and you guys.
Owen, are you there?
I am.
I don't know what to say.
I'm really hit by this, like I know all of you are.
So even though it's been coming for a long time, it's very sudden.
I guess I'll just say a little bit of what I posted to Scott recently, which is I'm honored to have been of service to him.
I will do everything I can to carry his lessons forward and to continue to be useful myself.
And thank you, Scott, for everything.
I think he's been one of my best friends, even though I only met him in person once.
And I want this community to stay together.
I think we will.
And I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you better and to just talk about everything that we learned from Scott.
So please do that.
Help us organize this.
Help us make it a good thing.
And I just, I think Scott's one of the most significant people that I've ever met.
And I'm honored to have met him.
That's all.
Amen.
Marcella, I see you, girly.
You want to say something if you, if you can.
Maybe, Sergio, do you want to jump in first and let Marcella collect herself?
It's hard.
You got it.
Maybe she's on mute.
I think she's on mute, Marcella.
She is, but that may be intentional.
Got it.
Okay.
And also, American Debunk is on the stream.
So I don't know if he has something he wants to say.
Yeah, I would love to just take a minute.
Shelly, I speak for thousands right now.
We're very appreciative for you and what you've contributed over the past few days or weeks.
And we want you all to know that we're praying for you and your family.
Thousands are for you and your family.
We're thankful for Scott.
Thankful for this community.
One of the best parts of Being part of the Scott Adams community and tuning into the live streams and reading his literature is that not only did we able to connect with Scott and better our own lives, but we were also able to join a community of thousands of people who are striving to make the world better.
It's so special and it's so unique.
And I'm super thankful, as we all are, for this community and for Scott and for you, Shelly.
So that's all I wanted to say.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So you are at the bunk.
Yes.
Okay, great.
Finally, put a face to your awesome page.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah, Erica, can I say something, Shelly?
Yesterday when I talked to you and the two of you, I couldn't express myself because I also lost a son four years ago.
And that was something that really identified me with getting me together with Scott and learning how to go through it.
So I know what you can never say how I can tell exactly how you're going through, but I can feel you.
And Scott was, I don't understand what happened here.
You know, this is some kind of a strange simulation with his prediction of doing this on the same day, just nine days after my son died four years ago.
And it's all, I think that we are like somebody said, Scott's debris.
We're all like getting together slowly and surely.
And I don't mean just like overhearing locals or whatever.
I think like worldwide.
I think that this is a seed that can sprout peace, like true peace, like you want it.
His character, the avatar for me, is my favorite character wall because it gave me hope that things can be good in this planet.
And with people like him and his influence, I think that it can be done one person at a time, one idea at a time.
Like he said, the person with the best idea is the one in charge.
And Scott always said the best ideas, and he was in charge of this simulation.
And thank you for being there with him today.
I really appreciate it so much.
That means so much to me.
Thank you very much, Ellie.
And thank you all.
I love you all in the chat.
And let somebody else speak.
Thank you, Erica.
Thank you, everybody.
Jack, Josh, Marcela, SJV with the beard, God mode.
Thank you.
And the guy with the hat, who are you?
Oh, it's me, Sergio.
Come on.
Oh, Meibert.
Okay.
Okay.
I've got something I can say if it's okay.
Just introduce yourself.
Yeah, introduce yourself.
Yeah, please.
Go ahead.
Okay.
Well, sorry.
I know I'm a little slow here.
Shelly, if you need anything.
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
We can hear you.
Can you introduce yourself?
Oh, I'm SJV for those of y'all that don't know.
Shelly, if you need anything, let me know.
I'll do anything I can that doesn't involve me traveling anywhere.
All of y'all know that Scott had an affirmation, right?
He said, one day I'm going to be famous, right?
And eventually that came true.
Well, I had an affirmation.
I don't know when I made it up a few years ago.
And some of y'all may have heard me mention it before.
I've had prepared how I would greet Scott Adams if I ever met him.
And my affirmation was, I was going to say this, Charles, I'm your biggest fan.
And why said Charles is very intentional because there's only two comic book artists I've ever learned the name of, and that's Charles Schultz and Scott Adams.
And I was like, well, crap, I may actually get a chance to use that.
But yesterday, I was glad I didn't get on.
I got 404.
I even got 404 once this morning.
But I thought Scott would think it's funny.
And maybe not.
I could be wrong.
But I just wanted to share that.
I've got other things I could share, but probably I'll let my brain cool down right now.
But a lot of people are going to have ideas of what should go on moving forward.
But Shelly, at least for me, you're the one that gets to decide.
So if there's anything I can do, fine.
I'm not a host or nothing like that, but I'm willing to do anything I can.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks, SJV.
Mike Bird or Marcella, do you want to say something?
It's up to you.
I'll go.
We all knew this was coming.
And the only thing I wanted to post on this day was that I've already posted it in the group.
When you read it, if you know, you know.
And I think it'd be the only perfect monument that I can provide the group today.
So yeah, Shelly, thanks for the last couple weeks with you.
Burge in the background.
Months before that, fluttering around and helping Scott out.
And I was always wondering, who is that?
Who is that?
And maybe one of Scott's hot nurses.
I don't know.
But thank you for allowing us to meet you now.
And thank you for that talk you gave us this morning.
It was wonderful.
So yeah, I'm done.
Loss and Legacy 00:07:59
Anybody else?
Mike Bird is our locals named by Scott, our adjuster.
And he, you'll, you might know Shelly, but he will in the future be making lots of inappropriate memes on our locals chats.
And Scott has given him special permission to take it almost too far.
So, but he's the only one.
He's the only one.
And Mike Bird, you better keep doing that because, you know, we need you.
Marcella, do you want to chime in?
It's Marcella.
As most of you know already, but I just, because I have to introduce myself, my deepest condolences to you, Shelly, and to the family.
and I just, I'm broken.
I'm sorry, I'm breaking down, but it's okay.
It's okay.
I really loved everybody, um, talking, but...
Sky's the limit, no matter what.
You can achieve anything you want.
You know, you have to believe it first and say it and just make it happen.
And I just want to thank him for he's watching us.
And I'm hoping that I join him in heaven.
And then we all have coffee with him there and we chat with him.
Hopefully I get in.
And I don't have much else to say, but he changed my life as much of as many as just like many of you, he changed your lives as well.
And I don't think he's irreplaceable.
And but anything you need, Shelly, leaving it all there for you.
Okay.
Thank you.
I just asked for you guys just to be patient with me with just the whole process of all this, but I do want to keep his wishes to keep this going.
It just might take a little time, a little working it out, but I definitely want to keep his legacy going.
And there's lots of ways we'll end up doing that.
It just might take some time.
Shelly, please know.
I mean, you know, Scott's, Scott was crazy.
He worked 365.
I mean, it didn't matter if it was Christmas or he had COVID or, you know, whatever.
Like you were just like, oh my God, are you actually on today?
Pneumonia, everything.
And that's just not normal, which is Scott.
He was trying to be on for today, let me tell you.
I just knew it.
And so please know.
We understand.
You know, like, take a beat, please.
You know, we, we can also get on a chat together.
And we have, you guys, if you don't know, there's a community page.
It's the Coffee with Scott Adams page.
It's at the top of my ex-profile in the communities.
Please join us there and like post stories there and videos and like talk and chat.
And we also have our locals group.
And, you know, and Shelly, even if you want to just like turn on the live stream on the locals page one day in the morning at the same time, we're happy to even just chat with each other for a little while.
But like take the time you need.
Like we get it.
This is this is, you know, loss of someone that you love is huge.
And I can only imagine the loss of someone like Scott.
And the, you know, every time he said, oh, and the person handling my estate.
And I kept thinking, like, oh my God, poor Shelly, like, she's got so much, you know, on her shoulders, but we're your shoulders also.
And, you know, we want to help you in any way we can.
So please don't feel like we have to be full force like the next however many days.
Like we're all here for you and for each other, no matter what.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
I think it's time to go.
I definitely want to do one more sip for Scott to Scott.
To Scott.
To Scott.
All right.
I'm going to sign off.
All right, you guys.
I'll keep you updated as much as I can, like I have been.
So if I hear something or I know what Shelly's plans are, I'll do the best I can.
Okay.
So stay tuned.
I love all you guys.
Be useful today and touch some grass and get out there.
Anyone want to say anything?
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is Jack.
Can I throw something out?
Just, you know, this is the second, you know, friend that I've lost in a couple of months here.
And I'm not going to say that there's any play, there's no playbook for any of this.
So, Shelly, don't feel like you're making any wrong decisions or wrong moves at all because we're all with you and we're all holding you up and we're all praying for you.
And there is no playbook.
There's no handbook.
There's no manual for how to do something like this.
We all just kind of muddle through and we try to figure it out.
The best thing that I've been able to learn, at least with losing Charlie, is that you just, number one, you just try to respect your legacy.
You try to respect the legacy and you carry forward the wishes and keep the community together.
That's that's the main thing completely.
So I certainly hope that people are still getting together, that people are still sipping, that people are still sharing.
Dilbert, you know, I've got my got my calendar right here and sharing the common cartoons and everything and just and the lessons and the clips.
And so as things come up, I think that I think that Scott's wisdom will be with us for a long time.
And I just, I think his example too of staring this in the faith face and never quitting, and it just gave us so much to learn from, even in his final example.
So if I could just share anything from what I've been through over the past couple months with that situation, it would just be that just and focus on doing it too, because it because it gives you something to do.
And honestly, if you don't have the community, it's going to be a lot harder.
It's going to be a lot harder to go through without others.
And that's, you know, I'll just say it.
That's why I think God puts others in our life the way that he does and why he has people meet when he does.
And I think that Scott's finding out who the author of the simulation is right now.
I hope he tells us all of it.
I will tell everybody, though, I will let you know what his plans are, what he's planned.
I'm not going to announce it yet.
I do want to talk to his family first and everything, but I will share as soon as I can with you guys on what his wishes are.
So hold on for that, but I will let you know.
Okay.
I'm going to sign off.
Amazing.
Love you, Shelly.
Bye, you guys.
We'll talk soon.
Thank you.
Bye, everyone.
So much.
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