Most people don’t start something like a Skool community or business because they think they’re not “expert enough.” They believe they need more credentials, more experience, more authority. Not true. You don’t need to be the top voice in an industry to own a community/business. You only need to be one chapter ahead. A simple rule: 1,000 hours of doing something makes you a subject-matter expert to someone just starting. You don’t need to know everything — just more than the people you’re helping. Think about Frank Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can. As a high school student, he taught college classes by staying one chapter ahead of the students. He didn’t have the full degree — he just had the next lesson figured out. That’s all leadership really is. Creators/ Problem Solvers aren’t perfect experts. They’re guides who turn around and help others walk the path they’ve already covered. So stop waiting until you feel “ready.” If you’ve logged the hours, your voice already matters. What’s your 1,000 hour-thing?

With so many people entering the AI space, differentiation from others will be key. Take it from guy who’s been on the Skool platform for almost 3 years and LONG BEFORE it was cool. In all the 1:1 calls, I’ve had, a common theme emerge that slows people down. They want to sound important and smart so they speak in mission statement terms on websites, funnels and even in building Skool groups. Their goal is to sound like everyone else. My community name has changed 3 times as a result of getting that wrong, and constantly tweaking the About Page to get it right. Guys like Dean, Tony and Alex Hormozi have taught me everyone needs to be able to answer these in a 10 second elevator pitch. What problem are you solving? Who are you solving it for? How are you solving it differently? ⭐️ Bonus points if you have these: What’s your attraction offer? What’s your upsell? What’s your downsell? What’s your continuity?

This might seem like an odd story for an AI community but bear with me. The Lantern Maker Serin dreamed of creating the brightest lantern in the village. But she kept waiting for the perfect moment — the rare materials, the ideal conditions, the “right” feeling. ✅ So she planned. ✅ She prepared. ✅ And she never started. Meanwhile, a boy named Taro began with what he had. His first lanterns were shaky… then decent… then good. He improved because he moved. One winter, a storm stranded travelers on the mountain. At dawn, a glowing trail of lanterns lit the path home. They were Taro’s. Serin watched her dream shining on the ridge — built by someone who simply began. And she finally understood: Dreams don’t die from failure. They die from waiting. ⏰ “Not ready” is fear in disguise. 😬 Action creates the clarity and confidence you think you need first. ⚡️ Now, whenever someone in Aralune hesitates, they look to the ridge and remember: Start before you feel ready. The world can’t be lit by ideas that stay in your workshop. This is dedicated to those, scared or not, are chasing that light. 💡

One thing I’ve learned in almost 3 years on Skool is these are the only bottlenecks of any business and you continually wrestle with at least one as long as you have your business. That’s normal.

I might be jumping to far ahead here, but I got into the program to use what we are taught to then use to help businesses integrate AI into their business to automate things, tasks, work flows, SOPs, etc and run as an agency or just as a service. I do that with whatever upfront fee and then some kind of ongoing monthly fee for maintaining and adding AI tools to streamline things in their business. When I did my DNA is ChatGPT I added this in as part of my goals, along with how I want to grow and scale it. First off, let me know if you might have similar ambitions… Secondly, I'm fairly unclear with how I can do any of that… LOL...AI Tools… how to set it up… how to do a “AI Audit” (as in going through the business’s processes and procedures and figuring out how AI would make it better or easier), and what are a few ground-level things I could offer that would be easy to implement for them and easy to maintain on an ongoing basis. Then as I learn new tools to use, I can just add those in as needed. I wonder if Replit would help me do this…ChatGPT has been great for creating offers, emails, and scripts for outreach… not sure it can tell me what to offer or how to set anything up once I have the client… This might be higher level, but that is what I want to do…