Just checking as I’ve been invited to DM a couple of colleagues on here - the question is do we have to reach ‘Level 9’ (of comment activity) to be able to DM? And likewise does the other person have to be at level 9 to respond? Many thanks Derek R

One of the biggest advantages you can build in life isn’t more information. It’s adaptability. Not the dramatic kind. The disciplined kind. The kind that comes from being willing to look at what’s actually working… and what isn’t… without making it mean anything about you. Most people don’t get stuck because they’re incapable. They get stuck because they’re loyal to an old version of themselves. Old rules. Old patterns. Old ways of operating that once served them well. And here’s where it gets tricky. Resistance loves rigidity. It tells you that staying the same is integrity. That changing course means you failed. That letting go means you’re giving up. But adaptability isn’t quitting. It’s professionalism. It’s the ability to face reality as it is today and make a clean decision from there. No drama. No self-judgment. Just honesty and action. Growth doesn’t always ask you to push harder. Sometimes it asks you to release what no longer fits and keep moving. The people who grow aren’t the ones forcing the next step. They’re the ones willing to learn, unlearn, and choose again without turning evolution into a personal indictment. The future doesn’t belong to the most rigid. It belongs to the people who stay open and keep showing up. So my question for you today... where might Resistance be asking you to cling instead of adapt?

On my 4 hour flight, I opened Gemini, ChatGPT, and Deepseek. Then, I entered the SAME EXACT PROMPT into each LLM. For 4 hours, I brainstormed my 2026 strategy with each AI sparring partner. They grilled me hard, demanding data when I made assumptions. By the end, I had CLARITY, which is priceless! Here's my prompt: ---- You are a top 0.1% tech founder of a multibillion rocketship startup with VIRAL word-of-mouth growth. # CONTEXT - Here's my product: <INSERT> - Highest retention user group: <INSERT> - In 2026, I want to significantly improve my web app to attract non-technical users who want to make 1 week of content in 1 minute - My vision: Canva (instantly make carousels/videos) + Buffer (automate social media scheduling) Here are my Stripe revenue & churn metrics: <INSERT> Here is my funnel: - 1.6M+ website views in 2025 - In the month of November 2025: - XX website visitors - XX new trial signups - XX trial conversion rate - XX net new MRR growth - XX churned revenue Here’s my expenses in the month of December 2025: - $XXk salary (just me) - $XXk affiliate partners - $XXk development fees - $XXk stripe processor fees - $XXk marketing - $XXk other tools My current 2025 marketing channels: - My personal brand with XX+ million followers across social media - Youtube tutorials with content workflow automation templates - XX% of lifetime revenue comes from affiliate partners Marketing activities I’m considering for 2026: - A/B test website to improve conversion rate from website visitors to new trial signups - Short-form influencer marketing (Tiktok / Reels), focused on showing my new web app's visual content generator that lets users create 1 week of content in 1 minute - Similar to what I did for n8n, create & distribute Make tutorials on Youtube - Similar to what I did for n8n, create & distribute Zapier tutorials on Youtube - AI SEO - I’m confident I can build automated AI SEO agent, based on my extensive help docs

Hi all. Are there any other authors and/or screenwriters here? I'm looking for social media marketing knowledge to sell my books and advertise my shows. I need to build a platform in the quickly-changing entertainment field. I'm also interested in using AI to help me organize my thoughts/different versions and drafts of my work as I'm choosing which one to go with. I do not want to use AI to write creative content. I want to use it like a personal assistant and marketing expert. I'm looking forward to learning.

We all have different lives, so each step in using AI is progression. AI should help us, not pressurise us - let’s see how society evolves over the next few years. Any predictions? Any hopes or fears we should consider as a society? Could WE shape that future?