Most people think of AI as something you decide to use. In reality? It’s already woven into your business - whether you’ve opted in consciously or not. The question isn’t “Should I use AI?” It’s “Am I directing it… or letting it quietly make decisions for me?” Where AI Is Already Showing Up (Whether You Notice or Not) You don’t need ChatGPT open to be “using AI.” Here are a few places it’s already working behind the scenes: 🔹Platforms & Algorithms - Social platforms deciding who sees your content - Email providers filtering messages before they ever reach inboxes - Search engines interpreting intent, not just keywords You may not control whether AI is involved - but you do control how intentional your inputs are. 🔹 Writing & Communication - Autocomplete finishing your sentences - Smart replies suggesting responses - Grammar tools adjusting tone without asking That’s AI shaping your voice in small, quiet ways. 🔹 Decision Support (The Sneaky One) - Dashboards summarizing data - Tools ranking priorities - Software recommending “next best actions” AI isn’t just creating. It’s interpreting, filtering, and prioritizing on your behalf. The Risk of Unintentional AI When AI runs quietly in the background: - You outsource judgment without realizing it - You accept defaults that don’t match your goals - You let tools shape your business instead of supporting it Unintentional AI use doesn’t look dramatic - it looks comfortable. And that’s why it matters. What Intentional AI Actually Means (Without Doing Anything Technical) Being intentional doesn’t require new tools or prompts yet. It starts with awareness. Here are a few reflection-style prompts you can use right now: 🧠 Awareness Prompts - Where am I already relying on automation to make decisions for me? - What systems influence my visibility, communication, or priorities? - Which outputs do I accept without questioning anymore? 🧭 Direction Prompts - If AI is already involved, what do I want it optimizing for? - Speed, clarity, consistency, ease, energy, accuracy? - Where would I want more say instead of less?

Tuesday I was about 30 seconds away from buying a new desktop tower. Why? Because my pages were loading slow. Canva was lagging. Zoom felt glitchy. Everything just felt… heavy. And my brain went straight to: “My computer must be outdated.” So instead of guessing, I did what I teach inside Automated CEO: I asked AI a diagnostic question, not a vague one. My first prompt was: “Where do I find the specs for my Windows 11 desktop PC?” ChatGPT walked me step-by-step to pull the actual system info, and I pasted the results back in. That’s when things got interesting. Here’s what I was actually running: - i9 processor - 128 GB RAM - Multiple GPUs - Tons of storage Basically… a monster machine. So I followed up with the next logical prompt: “Here are my specs. I’m thinking about getting a new tower because everything feels slow. Is this actually a hardware problem?” That changed everything. Instead of saying “maybe,” it asked me for the one thing people never check: “Run a speed test and give me your download, upload, and ping.” So I did. My download and upload were fine…But my ping was spiking into the thousands of milliseconds. That means every click, scroll, and tab refresh was literally waiting seconds before it could even start loading. Not my computer. Not my RAM. Not my CPU. My browser was quietly DDoS-ing my own internet connection. 🧠 My Browser Was Running a Small Country Across three monitors I had: - 100+ tabs - Multiple Gmail accounts - Client portals - Google Docs - Google Sheets - AI tools - Facebook Messenger - Asana - Zoom - Canva - Streaming services - And about 47 things I “might need later” Each tab wasn’t just sitting there. My browser had become my: - CRM - Memory system - Project manager - Financial hub - AI lab - Content studio And it was running all of it at once. So the next prompt was: “If it’s not my computer and it’s not my internet speed, what’s actually causing the lag?” The answer was brutal and simple:

I’m updating what I teach inside Automated CEO based on what you actually need, not what I think you need. So I built a short AI-powered diagnostic that looks at: - how people are finding you - what happens when someone shows interest - whether you actually have a path from “hey” to “paid” You don’t need to know marketing terms. You just answer honestly and it translates your situation into something usable. You’ll get: - your funnel type - what’s really blocking your revenue - your first best next step - the learning path that fits you I get: - a clear picture of where the community is stuck - what to build next so this place actually moves your business forward 👉 Take it here:https://automated-ceo-diagnostic.manus.space/ This takes about 3–5 minutes and it’s worth it - especially if you’ve been feeling like you’re working hard but things still aren’t clicking. If you want better trainings, clearer systems, and less guesswork… this is how you tell me what to focus on next 💛

If your business feels like a never-ending to-do list, here’s a little challenge that will actually lighten the load instead of adding to it: 1️⃣ Each week, pick ONE task you repeated manually. Sending the same email… Updating the same spreadsheet… Posting content the same way… You know the ones. 2️⃣ Write it down. Seriously - don’t skip this part. Seeing the pattern is half the breakthrough. 3️⃣ Ask AI to automate it. “What’s the fastest way to automate this task?” You’ll get options. Pick the simplest one. 4️⃣ Report back. Wins, struggles, tiny improvements - all of it counts. That’s it. No perfection. No overhauling your entire business. Just one small system each week that frees up more mental space than you expect. What’s your task for this week?

Why I’m Doing This I’m documenting this in real time because most Facebook ad “case studies” skip the confusing parts.(full disclosure: chatGPT wrote this documentation and any advice or observations about this process is given by it ‘acting as’ the top Facebook ads marketer that I asked it to be.) This is NOT an area where I have a lot of experience or knowledge. My first mistake, doing my initial boosted post from my personal profile (that is in professional mode). I discovered that I can’t do a retarget ad using my personal profile, even though it is in professional mode. So next step was to do another boosted post from my business page using the same parameters as before but with different wording and image so it doesn’t look exactly the same. This is a small-budget boosted post test to invite the right people into the Automated CEO Community - and I want to show the actual process, including when Meta (and me lol) does weird stuff. Starting Point (Before Ads) - Profile size: ~256 followers - Goal: Warm visibility + conversations (not cold conversions) - Budget: Small daily boost - Format: Boosted post, not Ads Manager The Original Post (Organic) This was the post I boosted (image attached): Most business owners don’t actually need more tools. They need fewer decisions living rent-free in their head. If your business only runs smoothly because you’re constantly thinking about it - that’s not sustainable. The Automated CEO Community is where I help business owners: – Get their processes out of their head and into simple systems – Use AI practically, not performatively – Reduce mental load without adding more chaos This isn’t hustle culture. It’s structure, clarity, and support - built for people who are done doing everything the hard way. If this sounds like the kind of support you’ve been looking for, comment CEO and I’ll send you the details. My Original Prompt (What I Asked For Help With) Since we can’t run an ad in ads manager using my professional profile, act again as my FB ad manager and create a new post and image prompt that I can use on my business page and boost that post. We’ll use the same settings from my first boosted post.