What Makes Someone a High Achiever? Most people think high achievers are “lucky” or “gifted.” They’re not. High achievers do one thing differently: They demand more from themselves than life demands from them. They set clear goals. They show up on the days they don’t feel like it. They hold themselves to a higher standard — even when nobody is watching. You don’t become a high achiever by talent. You become one by choice. Raise your standards. Raise your life.

A question that keeps coming up in conversations about Responsible AI is how we can use tools like ChatGPT as genuine thinking partners rather than just answer generators. A lot of advice focuses on prompting models to disagree or argue. That instinct makes sense, because challenge is central to learning. But there is a deeper issue. LLMs tend to mirror the behaviour we reward, so a single prompt rarely produces the kind of grounded disagreement we expect from a real dialogue. Two older ideas help explain why. 1. Mill’s idea of “collision with error.” We learn when our ideas meet resistance. Simply telling an AI to be sceptical doesn’t recreate the authentic friction that comes from genuine disagreement. 2. Aristotle’s view that good judgement is a habit. AI can provide polished answers instantly, but the real work is slower: questioning assumptions, testing ideas, and building habits of critical thinking. The broader point is that in an AI-rich environment, the skill that matters most is still how we think, not just how we prompt. Curious how others approach this. What habits or techniques help you get deeper thinking, rather than just smoother answers, from AI tools?

Sometimes in life you get what you want. Other times… you get what you need to grow into the person who can actually handle it. Most people see that as failure. They think the delay means they’re not ready, or the setback means they’re off track. But after doing this for decades, I can tell you...those “setbacks” are often the reps that build your strength. The lesson you’re learning right now may feel inconvenient, even unfair. But it’s actually preparing you to carry the success without crumbling when you get it. The truth is this: wanting it isn’t enough. You’ve gotta become someone who can sustain it. And that happens in the uncomfortable seasons...not the easy ones. Confidence comes from showing up again after you stumble. Clarity comes after the messy attempts, not before them. The struggle builds capacity if you let it. So no...you’re not behind. You’re being conditioned. You’re being shaped into the person who will not just reach the goal… but hold it, grow it, and lead with it. If you stop looking at this moment as proof you’re failing and start seeing it as the phase that’s building your foundation, everything changes. Because the people who learn in the struggle become the ones who are unstoppable when the opportunity arrives.

Hey everyone! I’m Caden. I’m an entrepreneur in the exterior cleaning space, and I also run a community where I teach others how to grow in that industry. I use AI every single day. Content creation, systems, scripts, marketing ideas, you name it, so I’d say I’m pretty plugged in, but I’m always looking to push it further. I’m here to learn smarter ways to use AI to automate more of what I do and scale faster.

I see incredible builders here: n8n automations, SaaS tools, Gemini workflows… I’m curious: – How many of you feel confident in your technical skill, but uncertain about how to price or sell your work? – If I handed you a client tomorrow and said: “Make them an offer,” would you know what to charge and how to present it? I’m asking because I’ve spent decades in business and watched brilliant technical people burn out not from lack of skill, but from lack of business understanding. No judgment, just a genuine question: What’s harder for you right now – building the thing or selling the thing? Drop just one word below: “Building” or “Selling.”