I recorded a quick 9-minute video walking through three ways visibility actually works on Skool (and why a lot of old social media tactics fall flat inside communities). Cliff notes: - Leaderboards matter more than you think - Your About page is quietly doing the heavy lifting - Collaboration > content grinding None of this is about clickbait, DMs, or pulling people out of other communities. It’s about showing up well in spaces you’re already part of. If growing your Skool community is on your 2026 radar, hit play and watch the full walkthrough 👇

The announcement is in: The Architects of AI are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year. This isn't just about tech giants; it's a direct signal that AI is now the most critical tool for small businesses and entrepreneurs globally. Who are the Architects of AI on Time magazine cover (below): The eight figures sitting on the beam (pic below) are: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and AI scientist and World Labs founder Fei‑Fei Li. Here are the key takeaways from the article that should be top of mind for every owner in this community: 📈 The Small Business AI Advantage is Real The data shows AI is no longer optional, it's essential for staying competitive: - Mass Adoption: OpenAI’s ChatGPT is at over 800 million weekly users. If your competitors aren't using these tools, they soon will be. - Crucial Stat: Nearly half of U.S. small businesses used an AI chatbot in 2025. This isn't just for customer service; it's for generating content, optimizing workflows, and getting practical assistance. - The Utopian Vision: AI promises to improve small-business competitiveness by automating repetitive tasks, increasing productivity, and giving solo founders or small teams leverage they've never had before. 💰 The Massive Infrastructure Bet While the article highlights the billions spent by giants like Amazon and Microsoft, the takeaway for us is the result of that spending: cheaper, faster, and more powerful AI tools filtering down to the consumer and small business level. - The Scramble: Companies like Nvidia and the hyper-scalers are pouring hundreds of billions into infrastructure, confirming that this AI sprint is not slowing down. - The Benefit to You: This intense investment will lead to near-perfect efficiency in areas crucial for SMBs, such as: 🌟 Your New Job Description: Collaboration with Super-Intelligence

"To AI or Not to AI" is officially dead. Today felt like another seismic shift confirming that AI is no longer optional, it's become the foundational layer of modern business. The chatter in my community about todays ChatGPT 5.2 drop already sparked fascinating discussions about the "tool wars" heating up. But the real line-in-the-sand moment today was Disney's $1 Billion investment in OpenAI, including a three-year licensing agreement that lets Sora users generate videos using 200+ Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters. Internally, Disney is deploying ChatGPT across employees to build tools and reimagine workflows. This tells us two things: 1. AI adoption is not just a competitive advantage; it's now becoming a cost of entry. 2. The next competitive advantage won't be the tool, it will be your process. The 2026 Question is NOT "What Tool?" While the tools are improving (and the ChatGPT 5.2 "Code Red" update clearly shows the fight with Gemini, Claude, etc. is getting fierce), focusing on the latest model misses the core challenge for AI-Driven Businesses in 2026: How do you leverage high-tech without losing the essential human touch? Some are saying 80% human/20% AI ratio, others say you can get away with a 10% human/90% AI ratio. But that debate is missing the point. The real question is: What role does your humanity play in your process? Currently no specific AI algorithm exists solely to determine the exact "amount" of human touch required in processes. Instead, AI systems often incorporate "human-in-the-loop" (HITL) frameworks, where humans intervene at key stages for oversight, correction, or decision-making on nuanced tasks like ethics or empathy. That intentional human/AI blend is what could separate truly the human touch, emotionally resonating content, from forgettable, generic "slop." What are your thoughts?

Catch the replay here for $12, along with the 2026 Starter Kit I talked about throughout our workshop. What were your takeaways?

One thing I’ve learned watching entrepreneurs adopt AI is this: Most people obsess over the big systems. But the real leverage often seems to come from the smallest daily actions. A quick piece of feedback. A 15-second insight you just learned from ChatGPT. A small win you share that sparks someone else’s idea. In AI-driven ecosystems, these micro-actions move exponentially faster than in traditional communities. It’s the ripple effect, but on algorithmic steroids. I’ve watched this play out in mastermind groups, cohort programs, and other AI workflows: One person shares a tiny optimization →someone else turns it into a workflow →another person builds an automation on top → someone else monetizes it → and suddenly that “tiny tip” reshaped four people’s businesses. This is what happens when human collaboration meets AI amplification. The smallest spark → the biggest chain reaction. If you want to innovate in AI-powered business spaces: 1️⃣ Share one practical insight you gained this week from using AI, even if it feels tiny. 2️⃣ Give someone specific praise for a prompt, workflow, or experiment they shared. 3️⃣ Teach one shortcut, one efficiency tweak that made your life easier. These “small actions” are often the seeds of someone else’s breakthrough. 🔥 Your challenge today: Drop one ripple into this AI ecosystem. Let the collective intelligence multiply it. What tiny AI-driven action can you share today that might create exponential results for someone else?