I haven't posted in here since August 1. I want to name that before anything else, because a quiet room is its own kind of message and it's not the one I meant to send. Some of you joined in the last few weeks and walked into silence. That's on me. So here's the honest version of where I've been. That last post went up from Lisbon. I didn't get back stateside until the 5th, so the first week of August was travel and I'm not going to apologize for that one. Then it was straight back into the 9 to 5, which still owns most of my daylight and will keep owning it until the numbers say otherwise. Y'all know that's the whole reason this community exists. Then I got my wisdom teeth taken out, which humbled me completely. Grown man on the couch with ice on his face, unable to eat anything with texture, watching the to-do list get longer. Nothing profound about it. It just took a week I wasn't planning to give away. Everything left over after all of that went into building. Not building for me this time, building for other people. I've spent most of the last month deep in web3, putting together apps that let somebody prove they are who they say they are without handing their whole life over to a stranger. Verification stuff. Identity stuff. The kind of thing where you sit with a problem for three days, get it wrong twice, and the fix ends up being four lines. It's the most technical work I've done in a while and I've loved it. But it's also invisible work. Nobody sees it. There's no post to make on a day where the win is "the signature finally verified in production." And this week I'm heading to New York for Fashion Week. My wife is in fashion, this is her world, and I'm going to go be present in it instead of trying to work through it. I'm telling y'all that because I want to be honest that not every week is a grind week and I'm not going to pretend otherwise in here. Here's the thing I actually keep learning, and it's the reason I'm writing this at all. There's a gap between work happening and work being visible, and that gap will make you feel like a fraud on both ends. When you're building quietly you feel like you're falling behind because there's nothing to show. When you finally show something people assume it appeared overnight. Neither one is true. The month I said nothing was the month I did the most.

20 people in here building wealth with AI, real estate, and the market instead of scrolling past it. Small number now. Not for long. If you're one of the 20, drop a comment and tell us what you're working on right now. Let's keep this momentum going. Stay Starving!

I just dropped a new one: 7 things to do with Claude Fable 5 before the free window closes on July 7. In the video I build the Escape Velocity Engine live. It tells you exactly how many months until you can quit your 9 to 5, then matches you to the side hustle that gets you there faster. I promised it would be in here, so it is. Grab it in the YouTube Resources section of the Classroom, run your own numbers, and drop how many months you got below. Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJHvQowCnc Stay locked in.

Quick update, Execs. Starting now, the live calls and 1:1 time with me are moving into the Premium package. Here is the real reason: I would rather pour focused energy into the people who are all in than spread it thin. The members building, trading, and actually showing up to do the work are who I want in the room when we go live and one on one. If you have been getting value from the free side, nothing you have today goes away. The community, the resources, and the foundation lessons stay free. Live coaching and direct access to me just become part of going Premium. If you have been on the fence about upgrading, this is the moment. Premium now gets you the live calls, 1:1 time, and the deep build and wealth tracks. Let's get to work. Stay starving.

"How to Set Up Claude Code" I walk you through getting Claude Code running inside VS Code from scratch. If you've been wanting to start building with AI but didn't know where to begin, this is your starting point. What you'll learn: • What Claude AI actually is and how it compares to ChatGPT • The 4 products in the Claude ecosystem • How to install the Claude Code extension in VS Code step by step • What to build in your first 24 hours Go to Classroom > AI Systems Playbook > How to Set Up Claude Code Watch it, get set up, and drop any questions below. This is the foundation for everything we're building in here. Part 2 is coming where I break down the full AI Operating System I use to run 5 businesses from my phone.