4 years ago to the day, I sent this text to a girl I was pursuing at the time. We hung out the night before and she texted me in the morning that she wasn’t ready for anything. I earned myself a second date. This past December, I married that girl. We’re expecting our first in December. My wife calls it “the bamboozle text”. Best text I ever sent. It’s funny what a few words can do for you. Send the text. Write the post. Share your story. It might change your life…

My neighbor was out playing with his kid yesterday. He said whenever it goes above 65 degrees, he takes at least two hours from work to go out and hang with his child. Then he said he stays 4 weeks ahead of his workload to be able to do that. And it also helps when fire drills come about. That way he's never freaking about out multiple deadlines. Great commitment to himself, fatherhood, and all life's responsoibltiies -- both professionally and personally. Inspirational.

Been strugging with sleep this week. Tired as hell. So much so that I just read the word 'rested' as 're-sted'. Looking at the screen wondering what 're-sted' meant. I think I need some 're-st'.

Last week, I was speaking with a guy whose company runs fiber optic cable for Amazon data centers. The process: Drill a hole. Pull the pipe. Then fiber optics through the pipe. A Quick google search on fiber-optics: Fiber optics transmit data as light pulses through thin glass or plastic strands, offering extremely high-speed, high-bandwidth communication. Key benefits include immunity to electromagnetic interference, minimal signal loss over long distances, and superior speed compared to copper. Anyway, it's expensive and fragile to install (per the next sentence on the google search listed above). With the boom of AI, fiber-optic drilling is booming as well. The funniest part of all... The drillling company doesn't use AI. At all. They don't even have a ChatGPT or Claude account. I laughed. The people building the infrastrcuture for artificial intelligence aren't even using AI themselves. Not much of a message here other than me wanting to share a story of a company whose AI-proofed themselves. AI probably isn't ever going to be able to core through a mountain. But the person who knows how to do that is making AI possible for the rest of us. So either get with the times and learn AI. Or find an industry that can't be touched by articifical intelligence.

Sometimes you just need to X out of all your browser windows and start fresh. De-clutter the screen and start anew!

Not protecting sleep. Need to be better. youtube.com/shorts/geVggxNDA…

Some days are just about staying alive. youtu.be/5L6fb2ZtkYk?si=1vDI…

Saturday Evening Journal - up all night with the little one. And a new content strategy I'm using moving forward. Saw it on YouTube this week. Speaking over top of a long-form post/outline. Then uploading the long-form video into OpusClip to get a bunch of clips from the video without having to do it yourself. It's a great way to create a variety of content with a long-form written post as the backbone. youtu.be/hDFKYSR-V9s

IG DM from my wife turned my day around youtube.com/shorts/xN0bKyjxe…

A comforting part of creating content: Nobody cares about you... When you're just starting out, nobody pays any attention. Then you get one or two people who cheer you on. And you start creating with them. Just having a fan or two keeps you going. As long as you start...

Knocking things out to start the day. Need to be more efficient and intentional early. Knocking out the video before 630. Gotta get better at LinkedIn formatting as I mention in the video. Next focus with that platform. youtu.be/ozNJ2jTG0yw?si=Y-KU…

Build the habit of doing things. youtube.com/shorts/tL6pj2BkX… via @YouTube

I’m not nearly as efficient as I should be, but it seems certain actions bring more return. Seeing some of that now. But that being said, I will be in a much better position once I master this new system in trying to build across the board. Showing up though. Giddy up. youtube.com/shorts/8N_HcKCH3…

Excited for Monday.

Organized All My files in Google Drive & Set up Next Week Two videos today. The first talking about what I'd be doing today. This one speaking about how much I ended up doing. Knocked out most of it. Got a good grasp on what needs to happen this week. Happy Sunday!! youtu.be/VHGGWdOKun0

Broke my 16-day video streak yesterday. Was out and about all day. Didn't set my alarm for when I got home. I'm making two videos today to make up for it and get back on the horse. Streak restarting at 1, but I still want to look back and show that sometimes you make up for a missed effort by trying a little harder the next day. In today's first video, I walk through my Notion to-do list for today. Today's open loops. Light grocery list. Social media plan. And a journal planned for later to reflect on the previous few days where I wasn't at my best. youtu.be/mdRiXeD9voA?si=0kO8…

Had a rough couple days. Trouble focusing on deep work. Bit of anxiety. But I had meetings all week. Prospects. Clients. And even someone who offered me a job. Lots of good meetings. Firm believer that these videos are helping me. Lately, I’m more confident when I speak to people. I’m not losing focusing. Looking people in the eye as I keep conversation. I wasn’t always able to do that all day every day. I’d always have to look up and to one side or the other. Someone once told me - a video a day for 365, and it’s hard not to be successful. 349 more days to go! youtu.be/fc5mg-BWLvc?si=JYjL…

Switching costs are getting me this week. Too many different types of tasks. Not stringing days together front to back this week. Had a few good takeaways from today though. And ending on a high note. youtu.be/LWu0vcpiDMw?si=1dRj…

Had two meetings today where I spoke about opt-in/landing pages. One person had never heard the term 'opt-in page.' For starters, an opt-in page is a site built to capture email addresses. We're going to do a Zoom meeting where I walk through how it works. I'll show the tech on the backend that makes sure all the emails fire. Then I'll show him how I can see who opens, how often, and how they opted in. From there, I'll explain how someone can segment based on subscriber engagement. Lastly, I'm going to cover welcome sequences and touch on educational email courses as well. ~ If this is something you'd also be interested in, please let me know in the comments below. I'm looking to gauge interest before setting a meeting date and time. (I'll also record it and send it to anyone who can't make it live.)

Treat the week like a 7 game series youtube.com/shorts/bOilbETx7…

There's no greater decision making partner than a journal. Was presented with a great opportunity in the AI space yesterday. Something that might take presence from my current venture. Spent an hour this morning journaling about how to run it alongside my current venture. How it could help the current venture and build toward my long-term goal of creating more media and owning distrubiton. And using the hottest topic in the world right now. Made my decision a lot easier. Pen and paper. Always go back to the basics.