**1. “I need a big audience first.”** No you don’t. You need a few right people, not thousands of random followers. A small, focused group is easier to grow and monetize. **2. “I need to be an expert.”** You don’t need to be the world’s best. You just need to be one or two steps ahead of the people you’re helping. **3. “Everything needs to be perfect before I launch.”** Perfection is just procrastination in disguise. Your community gets better *because* you start, not before. **4. “No one will pay for a small community.”** One person paying $10 per month already proves the model works. Everything after that is scale. **5. “There’s too much competition.”** That’s actually a good sign. It means people are already spending money in that space. **6. “I need loads of content ready.”** You don’t need a library. You need a starting point. You can build content alongside your members. **7. “I don’t know what niche to pick.”** Most people already know more than they think. And if not, tools (like the one I built) can help you find one in minutes. **8. “It’s too late to start.”** We’re still early. Most people haven’t even *considered* starting a paid community yet. **9. “It’s risky.”** Starting at $9 per month is one of the lowest-risk business models you can try. One member can cover your cost. **10. “I’ll start later.”** This is the big one. Later turns into never. Meanwhile, someone else starts messy… and wins. --- If your next thought is something like “Okay… but what would I even build?” Message me for help or comment below 👇

I've tested many AI tools in the past year. Most of them are garbage. Here are 8 Ai's I actually use every day in my business: Claude → anything that needs to sound like a human wrote it. Copy, emails, scripts, proposals. If someone's going to read it - Claude writes it. Manus → automation without the complexity. I used to need Zapier flows and a dev to connect everything. Now I just describe what I want done and it handles it. NotebookLM→ learning without reading 500 pages. Upload your docs, ask it anything. Like having a research assistant who actually read the whole thing. Gemini → when the input is long, messy, or multi-source. It can digest complexity, return structured insights, and even watch full YouTube videos for you. Apex.host → my AI business partner. It lives in Slack, consumes everything across my companies, and runs with it. Research, updates, follow-ups, feedback - it handles the work I used to need 3 people for. Wisprflow → Went from 80 WPM to 200+. Simplest productivity upgrade I've ever made. Grok → replaced Google for anything happening right now. Real-time answers pulled straight from where the actual conversations are happening. ChatGPT → still the best brainstorming partner. Especially voice mode. When I need to think out loud and bounce ideas fast, this is where I go. There are other tools I use depending on the job. But if you're building a stack from scratch - start here. Save this so you can come back to it. Comment below which Ai you use? Even if not mentioned here. 👇

I was probably ten years old. My dad had asked me to wash the family car before I could go play with my friends. I went out, gave it a scrub, figured it was good enough, and came back inside to let him know I was finished. He walked out with me to take a look… He didn't point out a single thing I'd missed. He didn't go over it with a checklist. He just looked at it for a moment, then looked at me and asked: "Are you proud of it?" And I knew immediately. Not really. I'd done enough to be done. I hadn't done enough to be proud. There was a difference, and I felt it the second he asked. He didn't tell me what was wrong with it. He just sent me back out with one instruction: Come back when you can honestly say yes. So I went back out and kept working. When I finally came back inside and told him I was proud of it, he didn't go inspect it. He didn't run a checklist. He just said, "Then you're done," and he let me go. That was it. No external validation. No approval process. Just one question and one standard. I've been asking myself that same question ever since. Every book I've written. Every presentation I've put on stage. Every product I've launched. Every goal I've set for myself. Before I call something finished, I ask: Am I proud of this? If the answer is yes, I'm done. If it's no, I'm not. It sounds almost too simple. But I've found that most people don't actually have a personal standard like this. They have deadlines. They have external feedback loops. They have managers or metrics or peer pressure telling them when something is good enough. What they don't have is that internal voice asking the one question that actually matters. Here's what I want to ask you today: When you look at the work you're putting out right now, the goals you're chasing, the daily habits you're keeping or not keeping, can you honestly say you're proud of it? Not proud in a boastful way. Proud in a quiet, settled, "I gave that everything I had" way. If the answer is yes, keep going. If it's not, you already know what to do.

Most people only scratch the surface of what Claude can do. Understanding its full capability structure will put you ahead of most users. Claude operates on 7 distinct capability levels. - The first level is straightforward conversation, where you ask questions and receive answers. - The second level involves persistent memory, where Claude retains information about you, your work, and your preferences across all interactions, becoming more personalized over time and referencing previous conversations when relevant - The third level introduces Projects, which let you upload documents and set standing instructions so Claude maintains ongoing context about specific work or business areas, organizing everything within dedicated folders - The fourth level is Skills, reusable expertise modules you build once and invoke whenever needed, functioning like specialized consultants on demand - The fifth level is Artifacts, where Claude generates actual deliverables instead of just text: interactive applications, dashboards, and complete documents that render directly in the interface and can be published to a mini app store. - The sixth level connects Claude to your actual tools through MCP Server integrations with platforms like Figma, Gmail, Drive, and Slack, allowing it to work with your real data to complete tasks. - The seventh level is Agents comprehensive setups combining skills, connectors, and instructions into ready-to-deploy specialists. Install one agent plugin and Claude functions as a fully equipped team member, like a data analyst who can access your files and execute work autonomously, even while you're offline. For developers, this includes terminal access and the ability to build complete systems. Most users never move past basic chat, but these levels exist for anyone ready to use them Comment below how you use your favorite 😍 Ai?

When you’re putting time into something, you naturally want to see the needle move quickly. But I want to share a perspective shift that has helped me a lot. Over the last couple of months, I’ve had 12 new connections from Skool come and share their story. Not because I was pitching them anything… but simply because we started conversations. What I’ve learned from those conversations is this: Skool isn’t just a platform. It’s a relationship builder. The real opportunity here isn’t just posting content or hoping for quick wins. It’s: Conversations Connections Learning people’s stories Finding ways to support each other Those things don’t always translate into instant results. But they compound over time. Every meaningful connection you build today could become: a collaboration tomorrow a referral next month a business partner next year The people who win on platforms like this usually aren’t thinking in weeks. They’re thinking in years. So if you feel like nothing is happening yet, maybe the question isn’t: “Is this working?” Maybe the better question is: “Am I building real relationships here?” Because relationships have a way of opening doors you can’t predict. Curious to hear from others… What’s one meaningful connection you’ve made on Skool so far?