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Hi, I'm Abby, and I deliver optimized cross-functional content that not only creates an impact but aligns with your specific branding needs—No matter the industry. *Drops imaginary mic.

Abby E. S.

CJAD 800 Montreal just turned 80.
And I owe them for one of the best “terrible ideas” I ever had.
It was mid-August, and I was 19. Fresh out of Vanier College. Hadn’t even started Concordia University yet.

But I knew two things for sure:
 1. I wanted to be a journalist.
 2. And I wanted to work there.

So I walked into the old Fort Street office, straight up to reception, and said:
“Hi, I’m Abby. I want to intern here. I want to be a journalist.
 I’ll work for free. Nights, weekends. I don’t care.”

She looks at me and asks if I’m here to see the program director.
 I say, “If he’s the one who hires people… then yes.”

The audacity. I cringe and laugh about it now.

Then she points at the Boutique 1861 & La Petite Garçonne bag I’m holding.
 “What’s in there?”
“My birthday dress. I just bought it.”
“When’s your birthday?”
“Today.”
She HOWLS.
 “Hold on.”

She disappears and comes back with the program director.
“This is Abby. It’s her birthday. I really like her spunk.”

He raises an eyebrow. I give him the whole pitch again:
 I’ll do anything, I’ll work for free, just give me a chance.

He hands me a form. “When can you start?”
“Tomorrow.”
That was it.

I stayed for four years. All throughout my uni degree.
And I learned more at CJAD than in my entire degree.


- Dr. Laurie Betito  took me under her wing, made me her producer, and gave me my own live segment.

 - Beryl Wajsman met me on a pundit panel and opened the door to write for The Suburban Newspaper.

- Dan Delmar trusted me to help produce Gang of Four and sit in on the panels.

- Christopher Paré  showed me the board, the secrets to booking exceptional guests, then tossed me my first on-air break when the entertainment reporter couldn’t make it during the drive home show.
 “Abby’s got it. She has a great show on CJLO 1690AM - Concordia University Radio. She can do it.”

- Richard Burnett made late-night panels fun and introduced me to Sharman Yarnell, which led to a gig at Curtains Up TV.

The list really does go on.
These awesome humans let me be weird, loud, curious, opinionated.
They encouraged me to wave my freak flag instead of shrinking to fit some bland “professional” mold.

And the irony?
Years later, I work at Demandii… and one of our core values is literally:
“Wave your freak flag.” Full circle, eh?

And if you’re reading this, here’s the part that’s really about you:
Take a hard look at your circle. 
Your vendors. Your partners. Your clients. Your teams. Colleagues. Friends.

- Are you surrounded by people who lift you up, or drag you down?

I had the privilege of starting my career in an environment that taught me I don’t have to hide, shrink, or pretend to be less than I am.
You don’t have to either.

Happy 80th, CJAD 800 Montreal.
You didn’t just shape my career, you also shaped my standards for the kind of people I work with.

So, thank you.

PS. Photo features Bugs (Richard Burnett , Dan Delmar , Paris Mansouri and me!)

Abby E. Schachter

I help busy B2B CEOs create all their snackable LinkedIn content from a 1-hour monthly interview. -> Demandii.com

Short-form content is the handshake. Long-form is the lunch date that happens later. That is, if your handshake is strong and not overtly needy and sweaty.

And I can vouch that 99% of Demandii-ers are a decent lunch date.

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When content doesn’t convert right away, most founders think it’s failing.
But only 5% of MQLs are ready to buy now.
The other 95% just aren’t there yet. 

You might know the feeling. You hit “publish”… and all you get is crickets? 

Been there. Still there sometimes. Okay, there oftentimes, if I'm being honest. 

But guess what? Even when it feels like no one is watching, someone is always watching.

Last quarter, a lead came out of nowhere and said:
“Been loving your Demandii stuff for months. Let’s talk.”

Had they ever liked a post?
Nope.
Commented?
Also no. 
But they were watching. Silently.

So if you’re feeling invisible right now, keep going.
The lurkers lurk until the timing is right, and that can be a while...

But when they are ready, you'll be the obvious choice.

Shout out to my fellow Demandii managers in this photo, (Justin Slimm & Brian Hastie) who may or may not have been blackmailed into posing like this.

My “best” headshot got the worst results.
Last week, I tested two photos on Photofeeler – a site where strangers rate your photo on traits like likable, competent, and influential, so you can see how your image actually lands.

Photo A: softer, big smile, crinkly eyes, very approachable.
Likable: 9.3
Influential: 7.1
Comments: “Great photo!”

Photo B: bolder background, stronger posture, manager title, less smiley.
Influential: Top 10%-20%
Likable: This score dropped. Around Top 20–25%
Fewer comments, mostly: “Looks professional.”

So:
Photo A made me look nice.
Photo B made me look like a decision-maker.

We’re told people buy from those they know, like, and trust.
Somewhere along the way, many of us quietly turn that into:

“Everybody has to like me.”

But you don’t need everyone to know, like, and trust you.
You need the right buyers to recognise you as the safe, obvious choice.

If your positioning is “friendly to everyone,” your signal is fuzzy.
And a confused buyer never buys.

That’s why I’m keeping the “less popular” headshot.

It may look less approachable, but it shows up the way my ideal clients need to see me: clear, confident, and in charge.

👉 When you look at your LinkedIn profile - banner, photo, and content, tell me, are you optimising for being liked by everyone, or for being chosen by the people who actually hire you?


PS. At Demandii during onboarding with clients, we run a full LinkedIn profile audit and fix what needs fixing fast.

PPS. Let me know if you want to see the more popular photo for reference.

Telling your audience “I understand your pain” isn’t the flex you think it is.
Everyone says that.

What matters is what you show next.
Show them the bridge, but how you helped someone just like them solve that exact issue.

Show the tool. The result. The moment it clicked.

That’s where connection turns into conversion.

“I’m scared of annoying people.” "I don't want to come off salesy" "I'll earn a bad rep in my industry." This mindset used to stop me from posting on LinkedIn too.

But then I looked at the data:
– The average person spends 7 minutes a day on LinkedIn
 – My post reach is maybe 5–10% of my audience
 – If someone sees me “a lot,” it’s because they’re engaging

So when someone says, “You’re everywhere,”  WHICH I've stopped taking as a personal attack, here’s what’s actually happening:

1. They’re probably not my buyer.
2. They’re stopping to read when they see my name
3. They’ve interacted with my content, so LinkedIn shows them more
4. They want to post more themselves, but they’re not.
     Instead of owning that gap, it’s easier to label someone else as “too much.”
     Projection is a thing ...


If the people who pay me aren’t complaining, I’m not changing a thing.
Because my actual  IDEAL buyers?

-They’re watching silently.
 -They’re building trust slowly.
 -They need 7–15 touchpoints before they reach out.
- They need proof that I am consistent and know what I'm talking about.


So when that little voice starts telling me I am being too much, I pause and remind myself that I’m not being annoying.
I’m being remembered.

And if that helps one more person find my work when they’re ready, it’s worth it.

PS. Your're never annoying when you're adding value.

A client told me, “Abby, I think we’re posting too much. I’m everywhere. People are getting annoyed.”

Nope. You’re just finally visible  and that makes people (including you) uncomfortable at first.

Here’s what I told him  and what every founder needs to hear when they start shrinking the moment posting consistantly on LinkedIn starts working...

You know who doesn’t comment on LinkedIn posts?
C-suite execs with real problems.
They’re not going to publicly admit, “Yeah, our pipeline is dying.”
or “Our sales process is broken.”

They’re watching quietly. Screenshooting your post.
Slacking it to their team, saying, “Hey, check this company out.” "Look at this."

That’s the behavior that ACTUALLY matters. And here's why ...


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Video credit goes to my amazing  Demandii video editor Tops Roque

Demandiiis hiring a Content Producer.
 Yes, it's real.
 Yes, we're a little weird.
 Yes, “wave your freak flag” is an actual company value.
 And yes, we genuinely like working here.

 But also ...
 Is the job challenging? Absolutely.
 Is it fully remote? Also yes.
 Bonus fact: I've learned more here than any MBA could’ve given me.

These are the questions that hit my inbox every time we post a role, so I figured I’d answer them upfront and save us all some typing.

I help CEOs create all their snackable LinkedIn content in 1 hr/month -> Demandii.com

We are hiring (again)!  Highlights:
-> $90,000 (CAD dollars)
-> Up to $39,000 in performance-based bonuses available!
-> 5-weeks vacation (from day 1)
-> Tons of autonomy
-> Work from Home (100% virtual)
-> Full-time (Mon-Fri)

This is great for agency AEs or B2B marketing strategy directors/leaders tired of the corporate hamster wheel. 

We are looking for people who are great at:

- Building rapport quickly and getting people to open up
- Confidently be able to run a call in a structured way
- Are comfortable sitting at the executive table
- Can coach a CEO (without being intimidated)
- Understand B2B enterprise sales cycles
- Love fast-paced environments
- Understand executive KPIs

Day-to-day responsibilities:

- You will interview (digitally) busy CEOs
- You'll manage a client book of 10-12 clients
- You'll turn that interview into snackable social media content (videos, text, images)

Your team will include two post-production people who will help with administrative tasks, graphic design, video editing, etc.

Bonus points if you have the following experience:

- worked at an agency before
- social copywriting experience
- have participated in Meme battles
- have demand gen experience with B2B
- understand the INs and OUTs of social networking & social selling
- can go head-to-head with other executives & understand C-Suite objectives
- know how to sell into complicated high-ticket B2B enterprise sales environments

If you have all the above experience, I'll (probably) hire you on the spot.

As long as you are not boring or beige. You must have some personality to fit in with our oddball culture.

Do not apply if:

- if you do not live in Canada
- if you don't love social media
- if you can't manage a calendar
- if you can't work independently
- if you don't even know the different C-Suite titles
- if you don't have any B2B marketing or sales experience
- if you are not competitive with board games (you’re out!)


If this sounds like your dream career, then here is how you apply:

1—Leave an interesting comment on this post (or DM if you are worried about your workplace finding out you are applying for this killer career opportunity).

2—Email Matthew at Matthew@demandii.com with a subject line that stands out.

3—In the email, explain why you are perfect for the job with a 60-second selfie video. The video does not need any fancy editing. If you can't make a 60-second video of yourself, you will not be right for this role.

4—In the email, include a link to your LI profile in that email.

5—Do not attach your resume. We don't read them. If you send it to us, we will ding you a point for not being able to follow instructions.

PS—Applying is a small test of your attention to detail. If you can't do this, trust me, you won't be able to do this job.

Ever notice how the best movie soundtracks don’t stand out?
They just fit. That’s how good marketing works, too... You don’t feel it.

---> Shout out to my amazing Demandii video editor Tops Roque

A lot of founder-led content looks great on the surface.
But when I look closer, it often sounds like it’s written for:
→ Industry peers
→ Our friends
→ The algorithm

Not an ideal buyer.

And I say this with total empathy, because I see the same thing in my own drafts too ...

The content that hits hardest usually starts with:
“What would someone 3 steps behind me need to hear?”

Less about "me."
More about what my ideal buyer is trying to solve.

As a former journalist, I learned this trick early on. 
Listen more + Talk less.= Earning trust faster.

It's the same with social selling.
I’ve been watching what content actually converts, and here’s what keeps showing up

The viral “vulnerable” posts? They spark conversation but rarely convert.

The structured, insight-driven ones? They’re quieter but lead to DMs, replies, and trust.

The takeaway I keep coming back to is we don’t need to bare our souls on LI.
We need to share our smarts + expertise.

It's just way more valuable to our ideal buyers.


PS. One way I help clients move past this mistake, is we structure their content to feel like a real conversation:
 → First-person voice
 → Specific insight or story
 → A clear takeaway for the reader

Because thoughtful visibility isn’t loud. It’s useful, and useful content earns trust.

A founder hired me to help with her content. She was getting crazy engagement, but no leads. When I reviewed her posts, I saw why: She was being SUPER relatable. But not valuable.

I’m not a math person. Never have been.
Still count on my fingers. No shame. Okay maybe a little… Or a lot :(

But when it comes to marketing? Math matters especially when you’re dealing with MQLs.

Comment 'Money Math' for my free course. JK. Don't do that.
You're better off setting up a call with Demandii

Something I’ve learned working with CEOs over the years is this: 
Just because your metrics look "good" doesn’t mean your strategy is working.

Here’s how you know your team might already be falling into the trap AND how to fix it fast.

“Why can’t I just copy–paste my blog as a LinkedIn post?”
Short answer: Tumblr era is dead.
Long answer: LinkedIn and your blog do completely different jobs.

Blog (longform) = deep dive, context, SEO, long attention span
LinkedIn (shortform) = hook fast, make 1 point, spark a reaction

When we paste a blog as a post, we get the worst of both (yay):
 1. Too long for LinkedIn
 2. Too skimmed for anyone to click through

Most teams treat every lead like it’s ready to buy.

It’s not.

We don’t toss out unripe leads; we sort them into the ‘not ready yet’ pile. 

Because only 5% of MQLs are ready now.

The rest? They’ll ripen later… if you know how to nurture them right.

That’s why our system pairs “Now” campaigns (to convert the 5%) with “Later” campaigns (to warm the 95%).

Now + Later = Closed Deals.

Recently, a client told me:
“Abby, I think we’re posting too much. I’m everywhere. People are probably getting annoyed.”

My response. "No. You’re just finally visible. And yeah, it feels weird at first."

But because it's a common issue that pops up anytime a founder begins their personal branding journey, I thought I'd share the insights that helped him stop obsessing over how he's being peceived online ...

First of all, the average person spends 7 minutes a day on LinkedIn.
Your post reach? Maybe 5–10% of your audience.

So if someone says, “I see you everywhere,”? 
Let’s look at what’s really happening:

1.  They’re engaging with your stuff. That’s how the algorithm works.

2. They’re probably a peer or colleague who follows you and stops scrolling when they see your name.

3. Or… they wish they were posting more, but they’re not, so they frame your consistency as “too much.” (It happens. Projection is real.)

So, if you’re getting noticed in someone’s 7-minute scroll window? 
Then I say: "Yay! People are FINALLY seeing you."

But I'm also going to tell you this: " Unless your ideal buyer is giving you this 'you're too much' feedback, then I highly recommend brushing it off."  

Because these people are not the ones paying your bills ...  Which means, their opinion of you is NONE of your business.

If you want leads, treat LinkedIn like a party, not a panel discussion
If you want people to commiserate with then, then keep doing the other thing.

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I'm a serial entrepreneur and founder of SPARK6, a software and product innovation agency focused on helping companies implement AI-powered solutions that create effective organizations and products people love. 

After a decade of working in robotics, I’ve started and sold several companies in both CPG and software. 

I post daily on how AI can be a force-multiplier for leadership, business leverage, and personal productivity - for you, your team, and your customers. 

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We specialize in designing and building: 

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→ Custom enterprise software 
→ Mobile apps (iOS and Android) 
→ E-Commerce platforms (Like Shopify) 
→ Workflow automations powered by LLMs 
→ AI strategy, training and change management  
→ Conversational AI experiences for customer service 
→ AI agents for internal and customer-facing workflows 
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Our clients range from startups to global brands across industries like:  

→ Arts  
→ CPG 
→ Telcom
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→ Fit-tech
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→ For-cause
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→ Personal care 

We've been doing this for 14 years, and over that time, we've built for Fortune 500s and scrappy startup teams alike.  The common thread? High-impact work delivered with strategic care and real technical precision. 

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Elijah Szasz

Most people design AI like it’s a transaction.  

Until they meet a system that doesn’t.

They optimize for efficiency.  
Not empathy.  

For outputs.  
Not outcomes.  

Then I watched a founder who changed everything.  

He built AI that respected the human layer.  
Every user. Every touchpoint. Every signal.  

No hierarchy in its logic.  
No bias in its attention.  
Just systems serving people.  

Years later, I understood why.  
He’d worked support before he built software.  
He knew what it felt like to be unseen.  

“Machines learn from us,” he said.  
“So we better teach them how to see.”  

That stuck with me.  

When you design systems, you design culture.  
Every automation reflects what you value.  
Every workflow encodes your priorities.  

If we build for speed alone,  
we’ll create systems that move fast and miss people.  

But when you build for dignity  
you design tools that scale humanity, not replace it.  

Respect costs nothing.  
Yet it changes everything.  

Not because of what your AI can do for you.  
But because of what it can do *with* you.  

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The people who criticize your progress the loudest

are usually the ones making none of their own.

When I started building AI systems for clients,
a few people assumed I'd lost the plot.

Not quietly either.

I got messages like:
"Isn't this just prompt engineering?"
"Why wouldn't they just use ChatGPT?"
"You're building something that'll be free next year."

What they missed:
progress feels threatening
to anyone who hasn’t moved in a while.

The people who are actually building,
they don’t mock experimentation.

→ Engineers don’t roll their eyes  
  at cleaner system design

→ Operators don’t judge you  
  for automating recurring work

→ Founders don’t laugh  
  at your early prototypes

They get it, because they’ve lived the messy part.

The loudest critics are usually the ones
who never shipped anything uncertain.

They cling to familiar workflows.
They avoid new tools.
They fear being replaced,
so they criticize those who adapt.

Don’t let that noise steal your momentum.

AI is not a trend.
It’s an acceleration layer.
And early movers always look “strange”
to people who stopped moving.

Here’s what critics never see:

→ Your tenth rebuild  
→ Your first broken workflow  
→ Your willingness to learn fast  
→ Your reps with new automations  
→ Your patience while the system stabilizes

They only see the part they can comment on.

So keep going.

Keep refining your internal processes.  
Keep documenting workflows that scale.  
Keep building agents that remove friction.  
Keep designing tools that move work forward.

Because the real risk is not adopting AI too early.
It’s waking up one day and realizing
you outsourced your future to someone braver.

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Mastery isn't taught. 

It's earned in chaos, failure, and fire drills. 

Real mastery shows up when things break  
Not when everything runs clean. 

In AI and automation, the lessons usually arrive as outages,  
bottlenecks, failed handoffs, and edge cases nobody predicted. 

You don’t understand workflow design  
until an automation loops itself at 2am. 

You don’t understand data quality  
until an AI agent makes the wrong decision with confidence. 

You don’t understand systems thinking  
until a “small fix” knocks over three other processes. 

Theory is tidy. 
Systems are messy. 
Only one teaches you how to build for scale. 

Here’s how to use that to your advantage:

1. Ship before you feel ready  
↳ AI models improve in the real world, not in your notebooks  
↳ Deploy fast, observe fast  
↳ Feedback is the real fine-tuning

2. Turn every failure into an architecture upgrade  
↳ Document your last three breakdowns  
↳ Identify the constraint behind each  
↳ Convert those into new rules, guardrails, or automations

3. Say yes to complexity earlier than you want to  
↳ Integrate the tool  
↳ Test the agent  
↳ Connect the systems  
Courage precedes competence in technical environments

In AI, in systems, in business,  
experience is the most expensive education  
but also the one that hardens your intuition. 

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Most people blame the system. 

Here's why few ever build a great one.

They see outcomes and call them luck.  
They don’t see the micro-decisions that made them.

Every result in your life right now  
is a reflection of a system you designed,  
intentionally or not.

Systems are invisible until they break.  
Then suddenly, everyone sees them.

→ The missed workouts.  
→ The reactive emails.  
→ The unplanned meetings.  
→ The unclear goals.  

Tiny leaks.  
Each one insignificant alone.  
Together, they sink the ship.

When founders finally grasp this,  
everything changes.

They stop chasing motivation.  
They start refining inputs.  
They stop blaming outcomes.  
They start building infrastructure.

Because systems don’t care how you feel.  
They care how they’re built.

Every business, every body, every relationship  
runs on feedback loops.  
Good systems amplify the right signals.  
Bad ones multiply noise.

Design replaces blame.  
Iteration replaces excuses.

Want different results?  
Change the system that creates them.

Start small.  
Decide once, automate forever.  
Build a system so solid  
you can trust it on your worst day.

The future doesn’t care what you intend.  
Only what you design.

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Everyone's teaching AI to think like humans.
 
DeepMind did the opposite.
 
They taught it to dream like a system.
 
Most people see AI as the dreamer.
I see it as the mirror.
 
In 2016, AlphaGo made a move no human would make.
Move 37.
Game 2.
 
Experts called it a mistake.
It looked wrong.
Felt wrong.
 
Then it won the game.
 
But here's what that moment really revealed:
 
AlphaGo wasn't trying to think like a human.
It was thinking like a system.
Exploring spaces we couldn't see.
 
And in doing so, it showed us something about ourselves.
 
The best Go players didn't reject that move.
They studied it.
Absorbed it.
Evolved because of it.
 
Lee Sedol, the human champion, said:
"I thought I knew everything about Go.
But AlphaGo showed me I was wrong."
 
That's the mirror effect.
 
AI doesn't just solve problems.
It reveals our blind spots.
Our assumptions.
The dreams we didn't know we had.
 
Here's what most people miss about AI:
 
→ It's not about making machines more human
→ It's about discovering what we haven't seen in ourselves
→ The breakthrough happens when systems challenge our patterns
 
If we design AI to only reflect us,
we miss the point.
 
But if we let it show us what we can't see?
 
That's when both human and machine evolve.
 
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The danger isn't AI, 

It's forgetting how to think without it. 

In a world built on AI,  
the real risk isn’t the tech.  
It’s losing ownership of your own thinking.

Every day, you’re surrounded by systems engineered to decide for you:

→ Feeds that predict what you’ll click  
→ Tools that complete your sentences  
→ Notifications that interrupt your clarity loop
→ Models that shape what you see as “normal”  

These aren’t malicious.  
They’re efficient.  
But efficiency has a hidden cost:  
it quietly lowers your cognitive defenses.

Here’s how I stay intentional while building AI systems for others:

1. Treat your attention as system-critical  
↳ Inputs become beliefs  
↳ Beliefs become decisions  
↳ Decisions shape outcomes  
Your attention is the root function. Guard it.

2. Maintain manual control cycles  
↳ AI should accelerate thinking, not replace it  
↳ Keep moments where your brain runs the process, not the model  
↳ Whiteboard before prompting, reflect before automating

3. Build mental redundancy  
↳ Always ask: “What assumption is this system making?”  
↳ “Does this align with my goals or the algorithm’s goals?”  
↳ Friction isn’t failure, it’s awareness

4. Schedule uninterrupted compute time  
↳ Quiet thinking is becoming a rare advantage  
↳ No tabs, no tools, no suggestions  
↳ Let your internal model run without interference

AI is powerful.  
Systems are powerful.  
But neither has more inherent risk than the mind that stops questioning.

Clarity is your real firewall.  
Everything else is downstream.

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Here's how to scale without burning out.  

But only if you upgrade your thinking.

1️⃣ Manual tasks → Systemized workflows
Most bottlenecks are not skill problems.  
They are system problems.  

🚫 “I’ll just knock this out myself”  
✅ “If I automate this once, I never touch it again.”
When you replace repetition with systems,  
your team stops grinding and starts growing.

2️⃣ Reactive workflows → Proactive intelligence
Most teams wait for problems to appear.  
AI can surface them before they hit your desk.

🚫 “Ping me if something breaks”  
✅ “Let the agent flag issues and route fixes automatically.”
Proactive beats heroic.  
Every single time.

3️⃣ More people → Better leverage
Throwing bodies at complexity does not scale.  
Clear systems do.

🚫 “We need another hire to keep up”  
✅ “We need a workflow that removes the busywork.”
AI agents create leverage that hiring alone cannot.  
They never get tired and they never forget.

4️⃣ Information hoarding → Knowledge activated
Knowledge sitting in docs is wasted potential.  
Knowledge inside workflows is power.

🚫 “The process is written down somewhere”  
✅ “The system triggers the right step at the right time.”
When your SOPs become actions,  
work stops slipping through cracks.

5️⃣ Working harder → Building compounding systems
Hard work is admirable.  
Compounding systems win.

🚫 “I hope I have the energy to push today”  
✅ “My systems push even when I’m tired.”
Momentum doesn’t come from motivation.  
It comes from architecture.

Which shift could create the biggest lift for your team?

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We keep training AI to be more “human.”
 
But half the time, we forget to be.
 
As a founder, it’s easy to get lost in optimization mode.
New systems. New automations. New outcomes.
 
But lately I’ve been thinking
there’s a version of me in 10 years who’ll miss this exact stage:
 
The quiet mornings before the inbox wakes up.
The faces on Zoom I actually *know* by name.
Even the chaos of building something that still feels fragile.
 
So I’ve been slowing my system down, too.
 
Actually tasting my coffee instead of scanning my feed.
Letting a conversation run past the calendar slot.
Listening fully before moving to the next “input.”
 
Because the best systems aren’t just efficient.
They’re human.
They make space for life between the lines of code.
 
AI doesn’t feel nostalgia.
But we do.
 
So maybe the real upgrade is remembering
that the good old days are happening right now.
 
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I watched my AI agent do $2,400 worth of work 

while I sat at my daughter's gymnastics class.

No exaggeration.

I had this moment with my AI agent last week.

I was stuck in our CRM building a report.
The UI was clunky.
The conditional logic made no sense.
And every time GPT suggested a rule,
I’d check the dropdown and it simply wasn’t there.

So I opened the CRM inside Atlas.
I asked my agent what was going on.
It looked at the screen and said,
"You actually need an automation for clean data. Want me to build it?"

Sure. Go for it.

A few minutes later it’s clicking around.
Slowly, but with intent.
Doing something I’d never done before.
Something I’d have needed to learn.

And it worked.

So I queued another task.
And another.
And another.

Fast forward an hour:
I’m at my daughter’s gymnastics class
with five Atlas browser tabs open,
each one quietly grinding through workflows
that used to eat my afternoons alive.

Here’s what hit me in that moment:

→ Speed doesn’t matter if I’m not the one doing the work  
→ Accuracy improves when the system can see the actual UI  
→ The mental tax of “I’ll do it later” disappears when an agent can own it  
→ Parallelization changes everything (5 browsers, 5 tasks)

This is the promise of agentic AI.
Not hype.
Not sci-fi.
Not someday.

It’s the shift from "assist me" to "go do it."

And once you see it working in real time,
you stop thinking about AI as a tool.
You start seeing it as workforce.

What’s one tedious workflow you’d hand off first?

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Trying to build new systems can feel impossible.

But it’s usually just unfamiliar, not impossible.

The first time you wire AI into your workflow,
it feels like you’re breaking something.

The first time you automate a process,
you second‑guess every step.

The first time you hand a task to an agent,
you wonder if you can trust the output.

That discomfort isn’t a signal to stop.
It’s a signal that you’re in new territory.

And new territory is where leverage lives.

→ When you build custom AI agents
↳ You stop doing repetitive work entirely

→ When you document your workflows
↳ You gain clarity you didn’t know you were missing

→ When you automate 20% of your week
↳ You unlock a different version of yourself

Here’s the truth I wish someone told me earlier:
Systems don’t get easier because you get smarter.

They get easier because you get **reps**.

Every awkward first attempt
is buying you competence later.

Every small automation
is buying back future hours.

Every new AI workflow you install
is increasing your surface area for opportunity.

You’re not behind.
You’re just early in the learning curve.

And early is a powerful place to be.

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You don't need more intensity to build your exit. 

You need less chaos.

Not a bigger leap.
A calmer foundation.

One protected block a day is enough to start.
Forty-five minutes you refuse to negotiate with.

That block becomes your quiet lab.
Your place to build skills without pressure.
To test ideas without chaos.
To launch tiny projects that grow legs.

When you stack those days, things change.
Because progress compounds,
and so does clarity.

But here’s the part most people overlook:
Your system matters more than your willpower.

If the tools you use create noise,
you’ll avoid the work.
If they bury you in tabs and tasks,
your mind goes into overdrive.
If they scatter your attention,
your energy gets hijacked.

The right setup does the opposite.
It creates calm.
It creates rhythm.
It creates psychological space.

That’s the kind of system worth building.

→ Automations that remove mental load  
→ Workflows that reduce decision fatigue  
→ Simple structures that keep you focused  
→ Tools that feel like support, not stress  

Because the goal isn’t to quit your job tomorrow.
The goal is to build something steady enough
that your nervous system actually relaxes
as you move toward your exit.

Most people chase intensity.
The smart ones design environments
that make intensity unnecessary.

Start with forty-five minutes.
Start with one clean, supportive system.
Start with less chaos, not more effort.

You’re not just building an escape plan.
You’re building a life you can actually breathe in.

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We complain when superhuman intelligence takes 20 seconds.

Think about how insane that is.

Kevin and I were testing a new model the other day. 

What hit us wasn’t the speed, or even the quality.  
It was the contrast.

One tab was instant, nuanced, deeply contextual.  
The other was still “thinking,” twenty minutes later.  

And that tiny gap?  
That’s the future sneaking up on us. 

We say, “this is the worst it’s ever going to be.”  
But tech doesn’t just go up and to the right.  
It gets better, then worse, then better again.  

Progress is lumpy.  
But directionally, it’s undeniable.

What impressed me most:  
→ It retained a huge amount of context  
→ It retrieved answers instantly  
→ The writing felt natural and precise  
→ It mapped itself to the document like it was part of it  

This is why people are excited.  
Not hype.  
Access.  

The point of access is where everything changes.  
When friction drops to near zero,  
behavior shifts overnight.  

The same way broadband unlocked YouTube.  
The same way the iPhone unlocked the app economy.  
The same way agentic AI will unlock workflows we can’t imagine yet.  

We’re not just getting smarter models.  
We’re getting closer distance between intent and output.  

And once that gap collapses,  
every industry reorganizes.  

Enjoy the glimmers.  
They’re the early signs of a new baseline.  

PS - I had a great time recording this week's "AI at Work" with Kevin Williams. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Link is in the first comment. 

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Your AI systems aren't broken.  

They're just too noisy to think with you.  

Most teams want better AI output,  
but skip the foundations that make it possible.  

Here are 7 ways to design systems that  
actually think with you (not against you):

1. Reduce digital noise  
↳ Delete redundant data sources feeding your AI  
↳ Consolidate everything into one organized hub  
↳ Limit prompts to only essential information  

2. Clarify system logic  
↳ Create simple steps for recurring decisions  
↳ Convert those steps into reusable prompts  
↳ Add correct and incorrect examples intentionally  

3. Refine prompt structure  
↳ Compress long prompts into short templates  
↳ Save modular versions for common workflows  
↳ Reuse prompts instead of rewriting every time  

4. Automate repetitive workflows  
↳ Automate data collection into one pipeline  
↳ Trigger workflows at scheduled recurring times  
↳ Integrate AI with the tools you already use  

5. Assign focused roles  
↳ Build separate AIs for separate responsibilities  
↳ Narrow each system’s purpose intentionally  
↳ Remove multi-purpose tasks causing confusion  

6. Iterate system performance  
↳ Update workflows weekly based on outcomes  
↳ Store corrected outputs as training references  
↳ Add constraints whenever mistakes repeat  

7. Start with simplicity  
↳ Pick one daily task to systemize today  
↳ Build a basic workflow in ten minutes  
↳ Refine only after steady repeated usage  

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 Designing AI Systems That Think With You

The person I feared becoming  

was the system I had already built.  

For years, fear drove the algorithm.

I thought I was improving.  
But I was automating limitation.  

“Not smart enough.”  
“Not ready yet.”  
“Not enough.”  

Each belief ran silently  
like legacy code I never refactored.  

It worked, technically.  
But it produced the wrong outcomes.  

I called it “humility.”  
It was just poor configuration.  

Every system runs on assumptions.  
Every leader runs on stories.  

If your inner OS says  
“I’m not capable,”  
you’ll filter out every signal that proves you are.  

If your process says  
“Wait until perfect,”  
you’ll delay the experiment that shows you can.  

And if your architecture is built on fear,  
you’ll keep scaling self-doubt.  

Leadership isn’t about adding more.  
It’s about debugging what’s already running.  

The belief that “I’m not enough”  
is just an unpatched script.  

Delete it.  
Rebuild from trust.  

Because confidence isn’t a personality trait  
it’s clean code.  

Let’s refactor one belief today.  

Here’s mine:  
“I have to earn permission to lead.”  

Your turn?  

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