Human Sunshine by Austen Smart

Over the last nine years, building WHATCLASS, I’ve worked with hundreds of artists, founders, investors, and leaders across music, culture, and technology. Brilliant people. Deep thinkers. Creative forces.

And I kept noticing the same thing.

Some people shine. Yet for most people something around them holds them back. An industry. A belief system. A family pattern. A story they’ve inherited.

What fascinated me was not talent, but breakthrough.

How did some people find ways to step out of the box, and others did not?

Human Sunshine is the result of that inquiry. A living project explored through art, music, books, and storytelling. It brings together the ideas, tools, and patterns I’ve seen again, and again, in people who unlock momentum and move with purpose.

This book is the first physical expression of that work.