Hi everyone. New to this group but not Tony and Dean. I’ve been in business since 1978, and while so much has changed over the years, my passion for it hasn’t. I’ve spent a large part of my life traveling the world, searching for unique treasures to bring back to Canada and share with shops. Today, I specialize in Tibetan singing bowls and accessories for healers, sound therapists, and anyone who appreciates their beauty and resonance. After years on the road—and then a decade devoted to caring for my parents—I’ve finally settled back at home and am ready to rebuild and evolve my business in a new way. I love learning, and I’m excited to be here as I work toward creating a profitable online business and connecting with others on a similar path.

I signed up for the AI advantage cloning program back in November. I built my ChatGPT clone for a personal and business and saved multiple hours (a lot) by using my clone and building GPT‘s with my clone. It is help bring some clarity to my messaging. But I have not closed more business. I am now in a different program, which is diving deeper into digital twinning agents, voice assistance, and more. My question is: With AI moving so fast, my current program is offering free updates inside their community, but at what point is their balance in what you’re creating and how fast it gets out of date and the money spent on training to stay up with it. Not selling my knowledge as a service, just applying it to my own coaching business for time saving, processing and conversions. I am struggling with how much money do you spend vs income because at this rate, I am spending more on training than I am bringing in. It’s not paying off dollars to dollars but has saved my time which has potentially kept me from closing my business all together. I love what I do, but there is always more training, more subscriptions and it seems like a-lot for a startup business.

Curious how others here are approaching this— Are you using AI mainly for: - content / outreach - building products - or actually improving conversion inside your systems? What I’ve been noticing is that AI can scale output really quickly… But if the structure underneath isn’t solid, it just scales inefficiency. Especially in sales: - leads respond but don’t book - conversations start but don’t progress - pipelines look full but don’t close So lately I’ve been thinking more about how AI can be used to: - guide follow-up - define next best actions - tighten the gaps between steps Would love to hear how you’re all using it right now.

How many of you experience relationships that have friction? Not just with your partner, but ALL relationships. See AI is awesome, but its not human. Relationships is one thing it can never replace. So what are you doing to mend the relationship that causes you the most friction? Are you taking ownership for your part? Are you taking action steps to mend and heal? Or are you blaming the other person and putting the ball in their court. "I will when they..." See one thing I learned from Tony was I can and will NEVER be able to control another person. I can influence, but not from a place of expectations, shame, blame or hurt. So do you struggle with any relationship in your life today? If so, comment below which one is the toughest right now: Partnerships Children Moms/Dads Brothers/sisters Friends Co-workers or someone else?

How are you all doing? How was your week. Mine was great up until today - and this is a testament to all the work I have done over the last 5+ years, with Tony R., Dean, and a few others that are not so famous LOL. Today: Was a shockwave through my nervous system. I live in a newer modular home that sits on welded on pilings. Just slightly over 1500SQFT it is roughly the same living space as our previous home, just all on 1 level vs 3. Today, we had a pipe clamp fail causing water damage. My daughter and I were able to keep it contained to the laundry room where it happened. My husband was able to react quickly and get water shut off and new clamps on the pipes but not before we had a flood situation on our hands. The water tank closet had holes drilled in the floor by the builder (guessing) and water seeped heavily down under the home soaking insulation and sits inside the bladder that keeps everything contained and our floors warm. Today I had to open an insurance claim on top of a warranty claim we had already started on the home before it runs out. Today was a day that shook and disrupted my nervous system. Today was a day that once all we could do was done. I knew exactly what I needed to do to start regulating my nervous system again. See; if this had of happened 5+ years ago, I would have panicked, called everyone I could think of, I would have lost my temper a few times from stress (most likely at my husband and daughter, considering they are here with me) and I would have been wound up tight for days. Today is a day....that DIDN'T happen. I kept reminding myself, and them, that all we can do is all we can do, reports are in with who they need to be and now we wait. Things are still good, we did all we could for clean up, we can still reside here, heaters, fans are going and as for me.....I stayed calm and never lost my shit once. If you knew me 5+ years ago....you too would be impressed. 🤪 It was still a tough day, but it didn't mean the same so I didn't react the same and I recognized throughout, I was controlling all I could and that was me. In the midst of the chaos water flying everywhere, adrenaline kicked in for all of us and our bodies went into work/crisis mode, but as soon as the water stopped, we all focused on clean up and rest. Because that is all we can do.