AI rarely breaks workflows on its own.What it exposes instead is uncertainty about who owns what. When responsibility is unclear, AI becomes a source of friction rather than leverage. Many teams describe their AI struggles as technical. The tools are confusing. The outputs are inconsistent. Adoption feels slow. But beneath these symptoms is often a more fundamental issue. No one is quite sure who is responsible for thinking, deciding, reviewing, or correcting when AI is involved. AI does not tolerate ambiguity well. It forces questions that were previously avoidable. ---------- THE OWNERSHIP GAP AI REVEALS ---------- Before AI, vague ownership could hide behind process and time. Tasks moved slowly. Decisions passed through layers. Mistakes were diluted across systems. AI compresses this. Work moves faster. Outputs appear instantly. Decisions surface sooner. Suddenly, unclear ownership becomes visible. Who is responsible for validating AI outputs. Who decides when automation is acceptable. Who owns errors when AI-assisted work goes wrong. When these questions are unanswered, tension builds. People hesitate to act. Others overstep. Trust erodes quietly. AI does not create this problem. It removes the buffer that once masked it. ---------- WHEN EVERYONE IS INVOLVED, NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE ---------- A common pattern in early AI adoption is shared responsibility without clear accountability. AI is framed as a team tool, but no one owns its outcomes. This creates paralysis. People wait for approval that never comes. Others assume someone else is checking the work. Mistakes feel inevitable and blame feels risky. In this environment, AI use becomes cautious or covert. People either avoid it or use it quietly to protect themselves. Neither leads to effective adoption. ---------- OWNERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT CONTROL ---------- Clarifying ownership does not mean centralizing power or restricting access. It means defining responsibility clearly enough that people can act with confidence.

In 2025, I’ve been as transparent as possible. I’ve told you about my personal wins and losses, but I’ve also told you about the burnout. At 320 hrs, I hit a wall so hard I got depressed for a weekend and didn't even go to dinner for Thanksgiving with my family. Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to ignore the fake Gurus on social media who claim they made millions but never show you the struggle, the grief, and the difficult setbacks that happen daily behind the scenes. I know many of you are working 9-5 jobs. You see me clocking 400 hours since the Summit on Nov 6th and you think, "I can't do that." You’re right. Maybe you can't. Everyone is different! I am in a position to spend this amount of time to explore and learn at a faster rate, and I know not everyone has that kind of time right now. I am building a company from the ground up, so I have the "luxury" of obsession. But I would really luv everyone to save real time by learning from my mistakes. But here is the COLD HARD TRUTH: You cannot build a 2026 life with 2020 habits. Whether you have 40 hours a week or 40 minutes a day, if you are doing manual data entry or writing emails from scratch, you are dragging an anchor. As a former Marine, I treat this like a battlefield: We either adapt or we die. It's that simple. Let AI pull the weight. Let’s be honest: Learning AI is easier said than done! What I learned in 2025 was that it takes consistent discipline and awareness to use it efficiently. You will have setbacks, especially if you start vibe coding. You won't save time in the beginning! You will spend time learning the AI curve. I lost about 100 hours to headaches and setbacks. But being obsolete in 2 years is a struggle I refuse to accept. I chose the struggle of study and using AI over the struggle of regret. Does the grind work? YES, In fact, just 15 days after the AI Summit on November 6th, 2025, I acquired an investor/partner who saw the value in the AI workflows I was building. We opened a joint account, and I was funded in less than 30 days—not because I asked for money, but because the AI output was undeniable. In just two months, I still use both main LLMs, but for my "brain work" I switched from ChatGPT to Gemini Pro and took advantage of googles ecosystem which is better in my opinion!

Leo from Prescott, Arizona, foreman during the day & providing creative media services to small businesses on the side & janitorial cleaning service during the night. Excited to connect with like-minded people

Motivation won’t save your 2026. Systems will. Small actions done daily compound faster than big promises made once. 👇 What’s the one habit you’re locking in this year?

I cracked Social SEO. With $0 budget, 0 team, 0 contractors, 0 agencies. I know multiple startups getting 1000s of users from organic social. Literally a hack if you know how to repeatably acquire attention. For the last few months I've been trying to hack AI vs social vs SEO. Without dropping in quality or authenticity. And I finally did it. 1.6M+ website views in 2025 for my solo bootstrapped startup. High profit margin w/ compounding user acquisition flywheel. I've documented my entire AI content strategy in a step-by-step guide. This is the same strategy that helped me: - Grow my personal brand to 1.5M+ - Drive hundreds of new users daily - Generate consistent traffic from socials I cannot share links in this group, so feel free to Ask Me Anything 👇