Here's why. There are 3 levels of AI users: Level 1: You don't know the topic AI gives you answers, but you can't tell what's good and what's garbage. It sounds right even when it's wrong. Level 2: You know the topic, but you're skeptical You're smart. You spot every mistake AI makes. But you're so focused on what's wrong that you miss what's useful. Level 3: You know the topic and you stay curious You work with AI, not against it. You find workarounds for the weak spots. You get way more done. Here's the twist: Beginners often jump straight to Level 3. Why? No ego. No "that's not how I do things." They just try stuff and see what works. Experts get stuck at Level 2. They're too busy proving AI is dumb to actually use it. The secret isn't fancy prompts. It's your mindset. Stop fighting the tool. Start working with it. Which level are you at right now?

Everyone starts from zero. Zero posts. Zero projects. Zero followers. Zero revenue. We all know this. But here's what most people miss: If you're a beginner in AI and prompting right now, you're already ahead of 95% of people who haven't even started. The bar is still on the ground, pick it up. You don't need a grand plan. You don't need the perfect project idea. You just need to: - Start - Learn - Start over - Repeat Every bad prompt teaches you something. Every failed project is a lesson someone else hasn't learned yet because they're still "researching" or "waiting for the right time." The people who will be AI experts in 1 year are the ones fumbling through it right now. Zero is the best place to start. What's stopping you?

Hey Folks, Rick here again! It's 3:30 AM, and I'm still up working on my AI startup. My Twilio VOIP A2P Campaign Registration has finally been approved by all the carriers! Now I can use my business phone number for SMS lead generation and make it interact with VAPI, my future Voice AI agent, and BREVO, my Email CRM platform. Woof! It's all technical, but I love rolling with it. A Dinosaur with Tricks 🦖 As I mentioned before, I'm 52 years old—a dinosaur with a few tricks up my sleeve. I studied Architecture 28 years ago, built $20–30-million-dollar high-rises in Chicago, and have been a Project Manager on and off. For half of my life, I've been an entrepreneur with partial success and many failures. I've started three companies, owned Real Estate, and then lost close to a million dollars when the Real Estate market crashed. I filed for bankruptcy once. That’s just the life of an entrepreneur and risk-taker. Why? That’s just how I'm built. I love launching and starting small companies with simple operations. No, I never want to be like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, or Elon Musk. I just want to be creative, use my Architectural background, and have fun with what I do and how I run my startups. Focusing on the System ⚙️ So here I am again, launching the fourth business in my lifespan, and it won't be my last before my last breath! On my last post, I spoke about the importance of creating a system for your AI operations and not being so focused on your product development yet. Keep in mind there is no exact way to build a company. However, in Architecture and Design, we do have a system that goes from conceptual phase, schematic design, design development to construction completion. IT software Ops developers call it iteration, if that sounds correct! As some of you know, I don't have the IT background a few of you might have. My technical expertise comes from Architecture, Engineering, and Design. Those are my strengths, along with some sales in that space. Tonight, I was grinding on my flow chart and brainstorming with Tommi, my AI. I designed a system that's a mini-CRM to work inside of VAPI and BREVO, setting up Groups, Attributes, and Segmentation for all my future subscribers on my landing pages, where they call my Voice AI agent. I’ve never done this EVER in my life, and I can't wait to see it operate, work, and captures leads in a high-tech format without me being involved at all. Remember I said focus on Progress over Perfection—just get things done and roll with it. Not kidding about that!

Hey everyone! We get a LOT of new members every day, and many of you jump in with enthusiasm… and then immediately get swarmed by: • bots with stock profile photos • “DM me for mentorship” sales funnels • vague success promises • people who don’t even use AI but want to pitch things This post is for the real humans who genuinely want to learn, build, and grow with AI. Here’s your starter roadmap 👇 1️⃣ First rule: Learn to spot bots & funnels This community is incredible — when you know how to filter it. Red flags to watch for: • “Drop YES and I’ll help you make income fast” • “DM me” within 2 messages • Lifestyle promises (“I made 20k in 2 days!”) • Zero real builds, zero screenshots, zero proof • Over-friendly messages from accounts created 1 week ago Legit members don’t chase you. They build in public. ⸻ 2️⃣ Second rule: Follow people who show their work If someone doesn’t post: • what they built • how they built it • what went wrong • what improved their workflow …they’re not someone you need to learn from. I personally follow only those who provide actual value: builders, testers, thinkers, problem-solvers. Start small. Follow intentionally, not emotionally. ⸻ 3️⃣ Third rule: Start with ONE person’s breadcrumbs This community hides its best knowledge in the comments, not just the posts. Pick one skilled member and go through: • their posts • their comments under other posts • their replies to questions You’ll find frameworks, prompts, thinking patterns, debugging strategies, and logic you can actually use. If you want a beginner → advanced path, my posts follow that structure: starting simple and getting progressively more technical. ⸻ 4️⃣ Fourth rule: Don’t hoard — apply Don’t be a collector. Don’t fill your Google Drive with 200 prompts you’ll never touch. Instead: • learn one thing • apply it instantly • build something small • break it • fix it • repeat This is the fastest way to grow your actual skillset. ⸻ 5️⃣ Fifth rule: Show your journey

Well… apparently my little BOT DETECTOR post in the main AI Advantage community caused more turbulence than expected. It survived a whole 2 hours before getting gently escorted off the stage. Reason given: “It might confuse the thread.” Totally fine — I get it. But here’s the part that’s ironic: I posted it precisely to help beginners avoid getting confused. Because half the new members are getting approached by bots and have no idea what’s going on. My intention was simple: ✨ keep humans safe ✨ keep the thread clean ✨ teach new members how to recognize low-effort spam ✨ do it in a fun, memorable way so people actually pay attention But maybe my delivery was a little too… effective 😇 (Moderation bot: “THREAT DETECTED — remove.”) Still love the team — genuinely. No hard feelings. Just amused that the only thing in the community that successfully got flagged was… the anti-bot post 🤖💀 Anyway — since it vanished before some of you saw it, here are the screenshots and the explanation of what it was. If anyone still wants the track or the guide, I can drop them here safely — where context isn’t an issue and beginners actually benefit from it. Humans helping humans. What a concept 😌✨ Also people let us stay inside topic this time in the comments 😉🫰