Found a client paying $12k/month to an agency for "ongoing maintenance". The workflow hadn't been touched in 11 months. Took over for $600/month. The agency is furious. THE DISCOVERY Networking event last month. Guy mentions he's spending $12k monthly on automation. Me: "What kind of automations?" Him: "Lead generation workflow" Me: "Must be complex for $12k/month" Him: "Agency says it needs constant optimization" Red flag detected. THE INVESTIGATION Him: "Want to take a look?" Me: "Sure" He gave me read-only access. What I found: Single n8n workflow: - LinkedIn scraper - Email finder - CRM push - Email sequence trigger Total nodes: 8 Complexity: Beginner level Last modified: 11 months ago No changes. No updates. Nothing. THE AGENCY'S "MAINTENANCE" Monthly reports they sent: - "System monitoring: 10 hours" - "Performance optimization: 8 hours" - "Security updates: 6 hours" - "Strategic consulting: 4 hours" Total: 28 hours monthly Rate: $428/hour What they actually did: Absolutely nothing. I checked the logs. Workflow ran perfectly. Zero errors. Zero interventions. Zero updates. THE CONFRONTATION Him: "So what do you think?" Me: "You're being robbed" Him: "What?" Me: "This hasn't been touched in 11 months" Him: "But the monthly reports..." Me: "Fiction" Showed him the modification logs. His face went white. Him: "I've paid $132k this year for... nothing?" Me: "Correct" THE BREAKDOWN Agency's monthly "work": - Monitoring = checking if it's running (2 min) - Optimization = nothing - Security = nothing - Consulting = 15-min monthly call Actual monthly effort: 20 minutes tops Monthly charge: $12,000 Effective rate: $36,000/hour They were printing money. THE TAKEOVER Him: "Can you take this over?" Me: "Yes" Him: "What do you charge?" Me: "$600/month" Him: "That's it?" Me: "For actual monitoring and maintenance, yes" Him: "What about optimization?" Me: "I'll rebuild it faster in Skada, throw in custom improvements, and that's included" THE 9-MINUTE REBUILD

I thought I was building a business. But really, I was just chasing clients. It wasn’t scalable. It wasn’t clear. And if I didn’t fix it, It wasn’t going to survive. That moment forced me to rebuild everything My offer, my positioning, My understanding of what it actually takes to grow something real. This video is the story of that rebuild. From “make money online” kid → to learning how to think, build, and operate like a professional. We talked: • Why most offers fail before they even start • What it actually means to build something scalable • The advice that changed how I see business forever If you’re in that stage where you know your idea works But it still feels too manual, too unclear, too heavy this one might hit home, fellas shout out @Alex Hormozi and @Benjamin Reed