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Business isn't hard because it's complicated. It's hard because it forces you to do the things you don't want to do. Most people never figure this out. They spend years convinced they're missing the perfect strategy, the right tactic, the course that finally unlocks everything. They scroll, they research, they plan. And the whole time, they ignore what's sitting right in front of them — the most basic actions that actually move the needle. Pick up the phone. Make the call. Text the potential client. Create the content. Cut the expenses. Have the brutal conversation about money with your spouse. Tell your kids, "I can't come today." Nobody wants to hear this. I didn't either. The Search for the Secret I wanted the secret plan. I was searching for it — the hidden playbook that successful people weren't sharing. But here's what I learned: I wasn't going to wait for it. And the real breakthroughs in my life didn't come from a new framework or a better funnel. They came from facing fears and making hard choices. From uncomfortable conversations with real people about real things. That's it. That was the whole secret. Why Good Strategies Feel Wrong (after the excitement wheres off) Here's the thing about genuinely good strategies: they're boring and/or scary. They ask you to prioritize two or three actions, repeat them relentlessly, and get zero results at first. That's not a bug — that's the point. Good strategies work because they leverage an insight that no one else can sustain or are scared to do. The insight itself is usually simple. Obvious, even. It's an observation of how the system works and where the opening is. Anyone can see it. Almost nobody can execute it — because execution comes with fear, discomfort, and the constant temptation to quit and go find something easier. That's when it all falls apart for most people. Not at the strategy level. At the feeling level. What Actually Changed for Me I know all of this because I lived it. For a long time, I was the person refreshing my feed looking for the missing piece. Convinced that if I just found the right strategy, things would finally click.

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Hey Academy! Most AI agent platforms put your data at risk—so I built my own secure bot and I'm giving it to you for free. In this video, I'll walk you through the Pope Bot: a self-hosted AI agent that runs 24/7 using GitHub Actions and Docker containers. You'll see how to set it up from scratch, connect it to Telegram, and trigger jobs via API. I'll show a real example—building a financial advisor that does daily market research automatically. You'll also learn how the security architecture keeps your API keys and credentials safe using GitHub Secrets, how the bot logs everything to Git for full transparency, and how it can even analyze its own performance to improve over time. Step-by-step install included. ▸▸ The Pope Bot → https://github.com/stephengpope/thepopebot

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone uses or is experimenting with text-to-speech. If so, what are you using? I'm Curious what are you using it for? How are you producing text-to-speech? Are you using a service, an app, or something else? And if you don't mind me asking, how are you, and how much are you paying for it?