Homework Day 1 · AI For R*tards

Ryan Andersen

Jan 9 • ✍️ Homework

Homework Day 1

Day 1 — Struggles & Wins (get real)

5 Struggles:

I was drinking half a bottle of vodka every night for years. Here I am trying to be a bodybuilder and I'm fucking destroying myself with alcohol. Made me feel weak as shit. Like I was lying to everyone, especially myself.

Every morning I wake up thinking today's the day everything crashes. All my clients leave. The business dies. I'm left with nothing. That fear never really goes away no matter how much money comes in.
I get addicted to building new shit but as soon as it works, I'm bored. Entrepreneur ADD is real. I'll pour everything into a project, get some traction, then immediately want to move onto the next thing. Can't enjoy the win because I'm already thinking about what's next.
No matter how lean I get, I still see a fat guy in the mirror. I've lost the weight but my brain hasn't caught up. Ex-fat guy problems. I can see abs and still feel like I need to lose another 10kg.
Dopamine addict. When shit gets hard or boring, I fall back into gambling or gaming binges. Path of Exile for 8 hours straight because it's easier than dealing with whatever I'm avoiding. Then I feel like a piece of shit after.

5 Contrasting Wins:

I only drink occasionally now. Turns out you can actually build muscle when you're not poisoning yourself every night. Who knew? The discipline I wanted as a bodybuilder was there all along - I just had to stop drowning it in vodka.
That daily fear of losing everything? It's actually what keeps me sharp. While other people get comfortable and lazy, I'm still treating every day like I need to prove myself. That paranoia is probably why the business hasn't crashed yet.
Entrepreneur ADD is my superpower now. Yeah, I get bored easily - but that means I'm always testing new shit, building new systems, finding better ways to do things. My clients get a guy who's constantly innovating instead of running the same playbook for 10 years. This is how I setup my clients with AI chatbots before everyone else.
Still feel fat even when I'm lean? That's the same mindset that makes me never settle in business. I'm always pushing for the next level, always seeing room for improvement. Some people need to learn to be unsatisfied - I was born that way.
Gaming and gambling taught me systems thinking. Path of Exile is literally optimization theory disguised as a game. Every build is testing variables. Every trade is calculated risk. Turns out those wasted hours gaming actually made me better at running campaigns, building funnels, and taking smart business risks.

Circled Contrasting Win (to use this week): Still Feel Fat / Ex-Fat Guy Mindset

3 Curiosity Loop Hooks:

I can see my abs but I still feel fat. Here's why that's actually my superpower
Most people celebrate reaching their goal. I never feel "done." This ex-fat guy problem made me successful
No matter how lean I get, I still see a fat guy in the mirror. And that's exactly why I keep winning

Visual Concept & Emotion:

Emotion Attempting to Evoke: Permission to be never satisfied/ Reframe a negative into strength

(Hook) I can see my abs but I still feel fat

(Visual Concept) Me shirtless looking in mirror, clearly lean/jacked, but making a critical face examining myself - maybe pinching non-existent fat

(Voiceover) Here's why that's actually my superpower... Most people hit their goal and get comfortable. They celebrate, they plateau, they stop pushing. Not me.

(Visual Concept) Quick cuts: gym training clips, business work at desk, progress photos over time showing constant improvement, metrics/dashboards showing business growth

(Voiceover) That ex-fat guy in my head? He keeps me hungry. Never satisfied. Always seeing what needs improvement. In bodybuilding AND business. So yeah, I still feel fat even with abs. But that's the exact mindset that keeps me getting better while everyone else stays stuck.

Still needs refining but I have a general idea in my head on how this could look

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