Real talk for anyone using Claude to write novels If you're on Claude Max (I am - $100-200/month), there's a decent chance 75% of your budget is going nowhere. Not to your books. Just... evaporating. I tracked this in my own operation and honestly the numbers were a little embarrassing. Here's what the main leaks were: **Loading huge prompt files fresh every single session.** If you have big structure/architecture files for your book and you're pasting them into every new chat, you're burning 15-30k tokens BEFORE you write a single word. Every. Session. **Running heavy drafting during peak hours.** Since March 2026 Anthropic adjusted usage limits during peak hours (5–11am Pacific). Your budget drains measurably faster in that window. I shifted my heavy drafting to evenings EST and the same plan goes noticeably further. **Sending 3 messages when you could send 1.** Every new message forces Claude to re-read your entire conversation history. By message 30 you're paying 31x what message 1 cost. Batch your questions. The fixes that actually moved the needle for me: Moved my big structure files into Claude Projects — they cache, reload is essentially free Evenings only for heavy production sessions One prompt with multiple questions instead of back-and-forth If you're doing serious book production with Claude, this stuff compounds fast. Went from hitting my weekly limit mid-week to running full 7-day production cycles on the same plan. Not magic. Just plugging leaks

For Tony's business people and entrepreneurs. Claude projects have elevated my business to the next level. Offering solutions that are taylored, personalized, customizable, and offer journal and scoring that users/clients/yourself can access inside their own personal AI creates raving fans for life. I highly recommend you explore. *image - and example of a project built with AI that anyone can access and lives 100% inside their account.

The minute I decided to go ALL AI it actually only took about 2 weeks to make 14 products. I sold 33 in my first first 20 days. Here is what I found (for those looking ot make money with AI) 1. It is much easier to create Projects and solutions for people with AI than others ideas 2. Easier than monetizing YouTube 3. Easier than monetizing KDP Amazon (books) 4. Easier than most side hustles. The future is bright!

Most people grow by effort. They do everything themselves — the selling, the building, the fixing, the follow-up. That phase teaches resilience. It also builds a ceiling. When everything runs through you, the calendar fills up, decisions bottleneck, and growth stalls. Leverage breaks that pattern. What leverage actually looks like: 🔁 Replacing repetition with systems ✅ Replacing guesswork with clear processes ⚡ Using AI to cut low-value work and speed up execution 📋 Building templates and workflows that remove recurring bottlenecks 🎯 Protecting your attention for strategy, creativity, and leadership The questions top entrepreneurs ask: - Can this be automated? - Can this be delegated? - Can this be simplified into a repeatable workflow? - One hour building a better system saves ten later. One hour creating a reusable prompt or template reduces rework every week. That is compounding in action. The goal is not better tools to get busier. The goal is more value per hour. Less manual effort. More intelligent systems. Less repetition. More multiplication. Less hustle. More intentional design. Where in your business are you still adding effort when you should be building leverage?

Welcome. This community is intentionally simple and focused. How to Make Money with AI is for people who want to build real income using AI — without complicated tech, big budgets, or starting over. Your first step: Download The Axiom Protocol — it's free and it explains exactly what we build, why it works, and what the opportunity looks like right now. Read it. It will change how you see AI. Free members get the book and access to community discussions. The paid tier is for people ready to implement — full breakdowns, templates, and the complete system for building your own AI income. Keep posts practical and specific. General questions and promotional content are removed. Welcome — Tripp 🤙