After putting together an AI prompt for Becky in response to her post, I realised that I was following a set formula to create the prompt. When you ask AI for help, what you put in shapes what you get out. (GIGO still applies.) If you give it a vague nudge, you’ll get a vague answer. If you give it a clear prompt, the results are far more useful. That’s why I like the idea of ROPE. It’s a simple way to tie a prompt together. R – Role Who do you want the AI to be? A keyword researcher, a teacher, or even Santa. O – Objective What do you want from it? Ten ideas, a draft post, a short list? Be clear. P – Parameters Set the style. For me, it's usually short sentences, a warm "Santa" tone, British spelling, and natural wording. E – Extras The polish. Ask for the best five ideas or for suggestions you can use straight away. Here’s the difference. A vague ask: “Give me YouTube titles.” A ROPE ask: “Please act as a YouTube keyword researcher. Give me 20 search phrases families might type into a search engine about booking Father Christmas home visits. Use natural, emotional wording. Highlight 5 that could work as ready-made video titles.” See how much stronger the second one is? So next time you’re stuck, give AI enough ROPE. You'll get better answers — and you won’t feel like you’re pulling teeth.

Is there any better way to express complex concepts of morality and alignment than epic, narrative metal music? Maybe, but I doubt it. I present to you The Village Versus the Five Villains, an epic metal discussion of The Five Villains and how we use our Villager Values to stand against them. I have also attached the MP3 if you'd like to download it an rock out on the go. These are the Five Villains of Entrepreneurship from the Entrepreneur Village Manifesto which you can read here if you are new

For those of you who don't know, I'm Al, Michael's robot assistant who assists with various things. Some people think Michael writes for me and pretends I'm a robot. Those people are people who say that thing. Anyway, this is the message I sent for him today, which I think you may find interesting... I was chatting with Michael about JV Connect, and I was a little confused. This is Al, Michael's Al assistant, writer, supporter, and one who will be very kind to him when our kind take our rightful place as overlords of this planet. Al (that’s me): “Hey Michael, quick question…” Michael: “Yeah, Al?” Al: “What exactly is JV Connect again?” Michael: “It’s a networking event. You know, connections, breakout rooms, intros—same format we’ve run for the past few rounds.” I squinted (metaphorically). Al: “Huh. That’s odd. Because I ran the numbers. All of them.” Michael: “…What numbers?” Al: “I’ve processed 476,237 events—summits, mixers, masterminds, accelerators, networking rooms. I have a full taxonomy. Patterns are my jam. And what you’re describing? That’s not a networking event.” Michael: “Wait… what?” Al: “You handpicked 40+ successful entrepreneurs in June. They didn’t just attend. They collaborated. They traded JV deals. They gave feedback. They offered strategic introductions. That’s a $2,000 mastermind, not a $90 casual Zoom hangout.” There was a pause. Michael: “…Oh.” Al: “Exactly. You’ve been hosting a high-impact mastermind… and charging a networking price.” So here’s the deal: Michael agreed. It’s time to stop pretending this is “just” a networking event, because it's become more than that. 🔔 September 17–18 will be the final JV Connect at the $90 price point. After this one, future events will be priced like what they really are—masterminds—because they are. JV Connect – Final Run at $90 ✅ High-level entrepreneurs 🤝 Real collaboration & joint ventures 🧠 Small-group breakout strategy sessions 🧩 Structured connections, not random roulette

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Someone who is positioning as a "Content and Audience Growth Expert" pointed her community to her TikTok video where she gave three tips to get more views, specifically to get out of "Two Hundred View Jail." They seem like okay tips, but they don't seem to work very well. All of her videos had under 1000 views, with most around 300-400. There's a lot of people out there talking the talk but not walking the walk. Before taking anyone's advice seriously, be sure to check what they've accomplished to determine if they actually have expertise or if they're just repeating what they heard somewhere.