when i started my ai journey back in jan this year... i hadn't even heard of skool, make, retell, vapi, or n8n. literally no clue. fast forward a few weeks ā there i was, burning 4-6 hours every day on youtube and skool after my 9-5 job, feeling like a tech ninja. building chatbots, cold calling bots, content machines, fancy appointment systems... all that shiny stuff. but bro, reality hit HARD.š„. building automations was easy. getting people to PAY for them? that's where the real game started. i tried everything the internet gurus screamed about... cold calls, emails, fb ads, linkedin dms, networking, youtube videos, upwork, personalization... felt like a hamster on a wheel. left my comfy cybersecurity lead role at amazon, said goodbye to big fat salary, and jumped full time into my dream business. 3 months in, i can tell you loud and clear: "ššµš² ššš¦š§ š®š¶ š®ššš¼šŗš®šš¶š¼š» š¶š ššµš² š¼š»š² šš¼š š°š®š» š¦ššš š®š»š± šŗš®šøš² šŗš¼š»š²š š³šæš¼šŗ. š£šš„šš¢š."š£ here are 7 brutal lessons i learned after hitting my first $10k in less than 2 months of selling ai automations: š. šš¼š š°š®š» šŗš®šøš² šŗš¼š»š²š š³šæš¼šŗ šš”š¬ š®š¶ š®ššš¼šŗš®šš¶š¼š»... šÆšš šš¼š š°š®š»'š šŗš®šøš² šŗš¼š»š²š š³šæš¼šŗ ššš š¼š³ ššµš²šŗ. (yeah, alex hormozi said it, and he wasn't kidding.) š®. ššµš²šæš² š®šæš² šæš²š®š¹ šÆššš²šæš š¼šš ššµš²šæš² : for chatbots, voice ai, content bots, anything that saves time + brings leads. period. no debate. šÆ. š°šµš®ššÆš¼šš š¼š» šš²šÆšš¶šš²š š®šæš² šøš¶š»š±š® š¼š¹š± š»š²šš. move to voice ai, workflow automations : that's the future if you wanna stay relevant. š°. š°š¼š¹š± š°š®š¹š¹š¶š»š“ š¶š ššµš² šŗš¼šš šš»š±š²šæšæš®šš²š± šš²š®š½š¼š». if you can't pick up the phone and pitch your stuff, stop everything and fix this first. no hiding. š±. š»š“š» š¶š š¼šš²šæšæš®šš²š± š³š¼šæ ššš®šæšš²šæš. make.com is faster, easier and can get you your first $10k without losing your hair. scale later, complicate later. š². šæš²šš²š¹š¹ š¼šæ šš®š½š¶ ā šÆš¼ššµ š®šæš² š°š¼š¼š¹. but if you're budget sensitive, retell is cheaper, works like a charm. (trust me.) š³. š³š¼š°šš š¼š» š¢š”š š®ššš¼šŗš®šš¶š¼š» š®š š® šš¶šŗš². build it. cold call and give it away free. get real feedback.