A guy at a car parts manufacturer says automation is moving in faster than management admits. A woman in government tells me her team is using AI, and now everyone fears getting replaced.

These aren’t the early adopters of AI. Not designers, not marketers. These are steady jobs that used to feel safe. That’s what changed. AI isn’t a niche topic anymore. It is quietly rewriting how work gets done across the board.

Waiting is a dangerous strategy.

If you use a computer for your job, you are already in danger. That’s also true for me.

I’m an AI doomsday thinker. I’m challenging you to take action and capitalize on the opportunities of the AI age. Too many smart people are waiting to see how things play out. By the time things are clear, it is often too late.

My challenge to you: Launch something of your own

The best thing you can do now is to build something of your own. Not a tiny hack. Not a single task that saves ten minutes.

I challenge you to launch a real project that puts your name on the map and forces you to learn. For example:

• Personal brand and website: Claim a domain, write a clear one-liner, set up email capture, and publish one offer.
• Simple app or micro-SaaS: Wrap an AI model or API around a narrow problem and ship a working demo.
• Service or agency: Use AI to deliver a clear result for a specific client type. Get three paying clients.
• Niche productized service: Fixed scope, fixed price, fast turnaround powered by AI tools.
• Physical product: Use AI for design, packaging, copy, instructions, and marketing. Start with a small batch or a pre-order.

The point isn’t to make a bunch of money or to replace your current income. The point is ownership. Launch something you can point to and say, “I built this.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.” — Epictetus

The skills you collect by building

When I moved toward self-employment in 2015, I tested a bunch of ideas. I looked at dropshipping and even a line of men’s care products like shampoos and beard oil. By a simple process of elimination, I ended up writing books, because I was journaling and writing a lot for myself.

That journey gave me the skill stack I still use today. I learned design well enough to make clean assets. I learned basic HTML so I could fix my own site. I learned writing by showing up daily. I learned accounting so I could run a real business.

None of that came from thinking. It came from reading relevant books about the stuff I was learning, and then, doing.

That is the hidden benefit of this challenge. Whatever you launch, you collect durable skills.

You learn to pick a buyer, frame a promise, scope a version one, ship publicly, talk to users, price with confidence, and improve without bloat. Those skills make you valuable in any market.

A simple 90-day launch plan

• Weeks 1–2: Choose a buyer and a painful use case. Write a one-line promise. Pick your AI stack and supporting tools.
• Weeks 3–4: Prototype the core. Build the smallest version that proves the promise. No extra features.
• Weeks 5–6: Get first users. Show it to five real people. Charge something. Watch them use it.
• Weeks 7–8: Tighten the loop. Fix the top two issues. Improve onboarding. Write the clearest “how it works” page you can.
• Weeks 9–10: Launch publicly. Publish a demo video, a landing page, and a way to pay or pre-order.
• Weeks 11–12: Iterate and document. Ship one upgrade, one testimonial, and one case study.

It really doesn’t have to be so hard. Break down your project into weekly goals and then get going.

How AI fits into this

AI is not the product. It is your leverage. Use ChatGPT or Claude to think, plan, and draft, then refine with your own judgment.

For market research, use Perplexity to map competitors and capture the exact words buyers use. Keep a short doc of phrases and problems, then write your promise in that language.

For design, generate logo directions, packaging ideas, and simple illustrations with your preferred tools, then tidy them up in Figma or Canva. Aim for clean and clear rather than clever.

If you are building software, pair your editor with an AI coding assistant to get unstuck faster. Host quick prototypes on Replit or Vercel and use a simple database like Supabase so you can ship without heavy setup.

For websites, set them up fast with Kit, Framer, or Webflow. Connect payments through Stripe or Lemon Squeezy so you can charge from day one and learn from real customers.

For operations, draft support replies, FAQs, and summaries of user feedback with AI so you spend more time improving the product. Review everything before it goes out. Let AI shorten the distance between idea and launch, not replace your decisions.

Guardrails for the challenge

• Ship something people can use. A site, an app, a service, or a product they can buy.
• Pick one buyer. Specific beats general.
• Price from day one. Money is feedback.
• Show your work. Publish updates and demos. Momentum attracts help.
• Cut scope weekly. If it is not essential to the promise, it waits.
• Keep receipts. Track what you learned. That becomes your advantage.

The invitation

This is not about chasing hype or pretending everyone should be a founder. It is about taking ownership of your future. In the past, security came from belonging to an institution.

Today, security comes from your ability to create value on your own, learn fast, and adapt.

Before this year ends, launch one thing with your name on it. Build a brand, ship an app, offer a service, set up a website, or even create a physical product. Use AI tools to make it happen. Along the way you will learn skills that keep paying you back.

The world is changing fast. You can sit on the sidelines and watch, or you can get in the game. You have three months. Build something real. Ship it. Learn. Then do it again.

What you build today might be what saves you tomorrow.

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Both are mistakes in my eyes.

AI is a tool. As with any tool, the operator makes the difference. Give a carpenter a hammer and you’ll get a house. But if you give me a hammer, I ain’t building anything.

Since late 2022, I’ve used AI every single day though. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t.

I’ve also seen where people go off the rails, sometimes in ways that can hurt their careers or even their mental health.

That’s why I believe there’s a wrong way to use AI, and there’s a right way. Let’s get into it.

The wrong way

1. Treating AI like a person

AI is not human. It doesn’t have emotions. It doesn’t understand you. It predicts language patterns based on massive training data.

And yet, because it writes like a person, people start talking to it as if it were one. They vent, they confess, they rely on it for emotional comfort.

That’s not harmless. I’ve read too many stories of people who got addicted to late-night “conversations” with ChatGPT. Some even said they felt like the AI “knew them better than anyone.”

That’s a dangerous illusion. Remember that AI is predicting what a caring friend might say. But it doesn’t care. It doesn’t know you. Treating it like it does will only make you dependent and less connected to real people.

No matter how advanced AI gets, always use it as a tool, not a companion.

2. Taking advice from AI

During the early months of my wife’s pregnancy, she constantly asked ChatGPT about food, exercise, and health. And of course, the answers were over-the-top cautious.

“Don’t eat this. Don’t drink that. Don’t do that.” It was basically saying: avoid life.

That’s what AI often does. It plays it safe. Because it doesn’t know your unique situation. And because it’s been trained to avoid liability.

This is why you can’t let AI act as your doctor, therapist, or boss. It can research options.

It can summarize guidelines. It can surface information. But you, the human who’s in charge, make the final call.

3. Believing everything it says

AI is confident, but it’s not always correct. In fact, sometimes it makes up entire answers. The industry calls this “hallucination.” But you can really call it lying with confidence.

I’ve seen AI give me research papers that don’t exist, statistics that aren’t real, and quotes that were invented. If you just take it at face value, you’ll spread bad information without even knowing it.

That’s why I always double-check. ChatGPT is my main tool, but I also use Gemini and Perplexity. If two or three different AIs give me the same result, I trust it more. If they don’t, I dig deeper.

The rule is simple: Be skeptical. Treat AI like an intern who’s eager, fast, but unreliable. You still want to check the work. And even as AI is getting more accurate and better, I still think it will be healthy if we remain skeptical.

What’s the harm in checking the AI?

The right way

1. Letting it write for you

I’ve gone back and forth on this a lot over the years. I don’t want to outsource the process of thinking to AI. I still want to do my own thinking.

But at the same time, there’s also a lot of writing that I don’t particularly enjoy doing. I like writing articles like this one. But sometimes I’m just not in the right mood. In those cases, I use ChatGPT as follows.

I write a messy draft in the chat box. Just bullet raw ideas and my talking points. No grammar. No polish.

But I do use the structure that I want. So I start with a beginning, middle, and end in mind. I don’t say, “Write an article on boosting your focus for me.” I don’t see any advantages of letting AI do all the work.

After I write a rough draft, I ask ChatGPT to refine it but keep my language and voice. It gives me a nice little draft. From there, I edit it fully line by line to make sure it’s exactly as I want.

Sure, it saves time. But more importantly, it helps me to write the things I wouldn’t necessarily write on a particular day.

Overall, I like using AI to do writing, especially when it comes to formal emails, lesson descriptions of my courses, and other writing I don’t really like doing.

2. Using it for brainstorming

This one is straightforward and I think one of the most common ways to use AI. But it’s still worth mentioning.

I really use it daily for this purpose.

I ask for new angles on articles, ways to explain complex ideas, or strategies for my business.

I’ve also used it for personal projects, like interior design. We just bought a new house, so AI is helping a lot with choosing furniture and wall colors, etc.

The point isn’t that AI gives you the answer. It’s that it gives you enough answers to spark something better in your own thinking.

3. Automating workflows

AI isn’t just for ideas. It’s starting to get good at whole workflows.

For example, when I updated my course Ai basics, I used ChatGPT as a project assistant. It researched the topics, outlined the lessons, drafted advice, suggested visuals, and even created the slide decks. All I had to do was edit and refine.

Let me tell you this. The end result was a BETTER slide deck than I would design by myself.

That’s where AI is heading. It’s not replacing you, but giving you leverage and improved output.

Enhance your capabilities

The wrong way of using AI makes you dependent, misinformed, and disconnected.

The right way makes you better, faster, and more creative.

The point of AI is to enhance human capabilities.

Use it to write, brainstorm, and automate. But never treat AI like a human. Don’t let it make your decisions. Don’t trust it blindly.

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If you’ve tried that in the past, you know the tactics never last. You read about the latest productivity advice, try it, feel a boost in focus, but after a few days, you’re back to where you started.

That’s because your productivity and ability to focus are byproducts of how you live.

When your days are calm and intentional, you’re focused without making much of an effort. When your life is loud and reactive, your mind follows the chaos. And as a result, it’s hard to focus.

The key is to stop treating attention like something you have to generate with tricks and tactics.

Build a life that makes it easy to do the work.

That’s the key to unbreakable focus.

In my experience, it comes down to four switches. I call it STIB:

Space – calm, clear, distraction-free
Time – protected focus windows
Input – high-quality mental fuel
Body – energy to sustain focus

As you can see, this is not complicated. We all know that if we control those switches, we feel better and more focused. That’s why I think it’s a skill we’ve forgotten to use because of all the distractions of life.

Let me share with you how you can switch them back on so you can boost your focus.

Switch 1: Space – Calm, clear, distraction-free

Your environment is either pulling you into work or away from it.

Henry David Thoreau put it simply: “We can never have enough of Nature.” He wasn’t just talking about trees and rivers. He meant simplicity, the kind of surroundings that settle the mind instead of stirring it up.

I notice this most when I’m in a messy space. A messy desk often becomes an excuse to stop working and start organizing. That’s why I keep my desk almost empty. Just my computer, notebook, and pen. If I’m doing deep work, my phone needs to be far away from me.

A study from the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute showed that physical clutter directly competes for neural attention and reduces cognitive capacity. Removing clutter means freeing up mental focus.

Also, research shows that loud background noise, especially around 95 dBA, significantly impairs attention and slows performance compared to quiet environments.”

A good workspace doesn’t have to be perfect. It just needs to strip away what distracts you and make work feel like the obvious thing to do.

Switch it on:

• Remove your phone from the room during focus blocks
• Reduce noise with a closed door, headphones, or steady background sound
• Keep only the tools for your current task on your desk
• Use bright, natural light during the day; softer light in the evening

Switch 2: Time – Protected focus windows

You can’t do focused work if you can’t sit still for long periods of time without getting distracted.

Alexander Graham Bell once said, “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” That’s what a protected time block is—a lens for your attention.

For me, that’s the first two hours after I wake up. It’s the block where I write my best work. No calls, no Slack, no “just one quick thing.” I even block that time on my calendar so no one else can grab it.

This is really a habit. I remember the days I had a corporate job. I would show up between 8:45 AM and 9 AM, grab a coffee, chat with coworkers, open my laptop, check emails, fiddle around, and reply to messages, then spend the rest of the day in reactive mode.

Or in my less-focused periods as a writer, I would wake up, check some YouTube videos, reply to some emails, and then spend the rest of the day wandering around.

You’ve got to get it into your system that you’re going to sit down for some REAL work every single day.

One block a day is enough to make real progress, but it has to be truly protected. Treat it like a meeting with someone you respect; you wouldn’t cancel it for a random notification.

Switch it on:

• Book a 60–90 minute block for your most important work at the same time each day
• Batch email and messages into two or three windows
• Define a clear finish line for each focus session and work until you reach it

Switch 3: Input – High-quality mental fuel

Your brain runs on what you feed it: Ideas, information, and energy.

The ancient philosopher Confucius said, “The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” In other words, it’s about acquiring and using the information that matters.

One of the best decisions I made was to remove social media apps from my phone. I also limit my news intake, especially in the morning. My mornings are reserved for creating, not reacting.

Physicist Richard Feynman warned, “You are the easiest person to fool.” If you don’t guard your inputs, you’ll end up believing noise, chasing distractions, and feeding your mind the equivalent of junk food.

I notice this a lot with social media. If I spend some time on Instagram, my mind only thinks about going on vacation, buying a new car, and just getting away from work.

If I spend time on X, I feel like I want to sell all my stocks because it’s filled with doomsday thinkers and uber-optimists. People are either extremely negative or extremely positive. I can’t stand that.

Protect your inputs, and you protect your attention.

Switch it on:

• Halve your feeds, unfollow aggressively and prune often
• Delay news until midday so your mind starts calm
• Keep a capture list for random ideas so they don’t hijack your focus

Switch 4: Body – Energy to sustain focus

Your body sets the ceiling for your attention.

Benjamin Franklin gave the simplest prescription: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” The science backs him. Consistent sleep, light exposure, movement, and hydration are non-negotiable for mental performance.

I’ve been working out consistently since I was 17. Somewhere in my twenties, I stopped regular working out, which was also my least productive years. I got back to working out almost daily when I started writing in 2015.

Since then, I’ve noticed something very powerful. On the days I work out, I feel physically tired and mentally satisfied. I feel like I used my body, and I deserve the rest. Even if I go for an hour walk, I feel that way.

I don’t beat my body up or anything. I spent the entire month of June with my wife in the south of Spain. Most of my daily exercise was done at a calisthenics park, where I did a few pull-ups and push-ups every day. And I went on a run twice a week and a long walk daily. I stayed in pretty good shape.

As Leonardo da Vinci famously said: “A well spent day brings happy sleep.” When your days are meaningful and your body is cared for, rest becomes a reward that powers you for tomorrow.

Switch it on:

• Keep a consistent sleep schedule—bedtime and wake time within an hour
• Get 10 minutes of natural light in the morning to set your body clock
• Move daily: at least 20–30 minutes of activity, plus a few strength sessions each week
• Stop caffeine by early afternoon

Remember STIB: Your focus comes naturally when you have a good lifestyle

Space keeps distractions out. Time makes focus inevitable. Input feeds your mind what it needs. Body gives you the energy to sustain it.

If you get these four switches on, you don’t need productivity hacks or tactics.

Your focus will be unbreakable.

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Now, more than 3 years into it, let me share 3 predictions on what’s next in this AI economy and how you can prepare.

Prediction 1: AI will not replace all human labor any time soon

As AI is getting smarter and more autonomous, many people are predicting the extinction of knowledge workers.

Who needs writers, designers, accountants, lawyers, coders, if AI can do it?

Who needs cleaners, painters, assembly workers, if AI-powered robots can do it?

That’s the first thought that most people have. But if you think more deeply and actually start putting AI to work, you realize that we as human beings are not only about outcomes.

Sure, we want our accountants to do our taxes and our painters to paint our houses, but there’s more to it.

The truth is that we’re dealing with HUGE labor shortages in most places of the world. The large cities are not that bad when it comes to finding workers.

We’re dealing with ENORMOUS labor shortages in smaller cities and more rural areas.

I live in the north of The Netherlands, in Leeuwarden. There has been a general doctor shortage for almost a decade now. Any person who moves to our town doesn’t have proper access to health care.

Having a GP is one of the most important things in life. You need to know there’s a doctor you can visit in a day or two if you’re sick.

Well, that’s no longer true for many places across the world. Will an AI robot doctor come to the rescue? I don’t doubt it. But we’re years away from that happening.

Just think about the number of robots they have to build to just HELP current professionals in any field to get up to demand.

Think of all the physical labor in the world. Factory workers. People in construction.

They have to build robots 24/7 for years to make one for everyone.

And then there’s the digital work that AI replaces. Well, that’s all true. You don’t need to call a lawyer to get legal advice anymore. You also don’t need to call an accountant for advice on paying less taxes.

BUT, here’s the thing: we still need to have accountancy and law firms because they are an essential part of modern life. The government wants an accountancy firm in between you and them because it’s an additional step that lowers fraud and errors.

I’m registered as a B.V. in The Netherlands, which is the same as an LLC in the US. I could technically do all my taxes myself and submit it to the taxman.

But I prep everything and send it to my accountant at a reputable accountancy firm because I know they have a direct relationship with the taxman. If I ever run into issues, the firm will handle everything. So it’s a matter of peace of mind.

AI will replace a lot of work. But we as humans will always stay involved because we want peace of mind.

Why would readers still follow me for my takes and insights? Because I serve as a filter and I write my own stuff.

My readers trust that I’ve done the thinking and doing. So they can trust what I have to say. I don’t see that type of relationship disappearing anytime soon.

One of my friends who was very early with adopting AI in his business (he does sales training at tech firms) laid off some people in 2024 and is now hiring new people again. He scaled down his team too much. No matter how great AI is, we still need humans because we’re a society built by humans.

Prediction 2: AI will improve work-life balance and mental health

So if AI is not going to replace all workers, what will it do? I think it will make life a lot easier.

We’re already on that trajectory. If I think about the number of times I’m using ChatGPT throughout the day for non-work-related things, I can’t believe it’s real.

The other day I exported the entire medical history of my mom from the past 5 years into ChatGPT and asked it to analyze all the results. It was a combination of bloodwork, MRIs, CTs, ECGs, and other medical findings.

A doctor suspected that she had some kind of rare condition, but ChatGPT argued that, based on her medical record, the odds of that condition were very low. The problem with health care is that once one doctor suspects you have a condition, all the other specialists you visit say, “Aaah, it’s the other condition you have. So I can’t help you.”

“But it’s not confirmed.”

Most don’t care.

You have to be careful about your medical record and what it says. And now, another specialist is starting to find out that ChatGPT was right. The suspected condition is not fully ruled out yet, but it’s quite close. Just a few more examinations and we should have a clearer picture of what’s going on.

Now don’t get me started on how I’m using AI in my work as an author and teacher. I’m basically using ChatGPT with everything except writing my articles and emails.

I love it.

AI has brought back the joy of writing again. Any type of work I don’t like doing, I look for ways AI can do it (like designing slides for online courses).

All in all, AI helps with mental health and work-life balance. The fact that ChatGPT didn’t agree with the doctor and explained clearly that the condition isn’t likely gave my mom more peace of mind. Otherwise, there was a lot of reason for worry.

For me, AI has completely changed my work. I’m more excited about doing work and get to enjoy every aspect now.

Prediction 3: AI will boost the economy for years to come

The AI infrastructure we need to expand its capabilities and access globally is just getting started.

You can look at the current stage of the AI revolution as the infrastructure phase.

We’re just now seeing faster chips, better local models, more apps, better voice interfaces, and so forth. It’s like the early internet days. Everyone’s still figuring it out.

And here’s something most AI users aren’t thinking about: We need a massive amount of real-world infrastructure to support this shift.

I’m talking data centers. Fiber networks. Cooling systems. Energy grids. Warehouses filled with GPUs that suck down more power than entire neighborhoods. This is already happening across the globe, where AI demand is starting to strain local energy supplies. Utility companies are scrambling to expand capacity. Nuclear energy is back in the conversation.

This isn’t just software scaling. It’s physical too.

AI needs a lot of power. And that means more investment in energy. Data centers are going to pop up in places you’ve never heard of (for example, large pieces of land in Spain have been bought by US firms for data centers).

Entire new economies are just starting out. The chain of events that AI has started goes DEEP.

And let’s not forget the chip supply chain. We need fabs. We need rare materials. We need smarter cooling tech. AI’s growth isn’t just a digital story—it’s an industrial one.

All of that means trillions in capital investment.

Governments, investors, and the major corporations of the world are moving fast to grab early control. Sure, winners take most. But there are also a lot of indirect winners of this revolution.

This interconnectedness of the supply chain is going to drive growth for YEARS.

Just think about the internet revolution. It was invented in 1969 with ARPANET, but it wasn’t until around 2010 that it was fully integrated into daily life worldwide.

Even then, it was still at the beginning of the true internet revolution: smartphones, cloud computing, and social platforms were just starting to become more commonplace.

The point is that these things take A LOT of time.

And AI is still in the early days. So we have a long way to go, which is probably the most exciting thing about AI.

Overall, the economy is poised to experience significant growth.

I’m excited. VERY excited.

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Would it be possible to get more info on the tools you used for the course creation? (Outline, slides, recording, etc.) and for the landing page creation and promotion? I’ve started working on a course as well, but I’m struggling to choose between so many options, and they all come with pros and cons. I can’t imagine going as fast as you did.

That’s a great question. I’ll get into that in this article.

But first, I want to say: You definitely can go as fast as me. Why not?! 

It just requires you to think differently. Think in possibilities!

Let’s start.

Step 1: Defining the Course Idea

When I built ‘Ai basics’, I wanted to move fast without sacrificing quality. Normally, the process of creating a course from start to finish takes 3 to 6 months, but with AI, I finished everything in just 2 weeks.

Before starting, I asked myself: Why should this course exist? 

The idea came while I was in Spain, using AI every day and realizing how much time it saved me. I knew I could save others years of trial and error by teaching them what I had learned.

Tool Used: ChatGPT (to refine my idea and define the target audience)
Time Spent: 1 day
Process:

• I identified the main benefit: helping people use AI without overwhelm.
• I validated the idea by talking to my audience and seeing if there was demand.
• I structured the course to focus on real-world applications rather than AI theory.

Step 2: Outlining the Course

Instead of spending weeks planning the structure, I used ChatGPT’s voice feature to talk through my course ideas. This helped me quickly organize my thoughts into a 12-lesson format.

Tool Used: ChatGPT (voice feature)
Time Spent: 1 afternoon
Process:

• I spoke through the core ideas of the course.
• AI helped refine and structure them into a logical sequence.
• I reviewed the outline and made quick adjustments.

Step 3: Writing Scripts and Creating Slides

Once the outline was ready, I used AI to generate rough drafts for each lesson. This saved a huge amount of time compared to writing from scratch.

Tools Used: ChatGPT (for lesson scripts), PowerPoint + Office 365 Designer (for slides)
Time Spent: 3 days
Process:

• AI drafted the lesson content based on my outline.
• I refined and adjusted where needed.
• I used PowerPoint’s Designer tool to create professional-looking slides in seconds.

Step 4: Recording the Course

I didn’t need a fancy studio setup. I recorded everything using just my laptop, iPhone 14 Pro, and a Samson Q2U USB mic.

Tools Used: Macbook Pro, QuickTime (for screen recording), iPhone (for video), Samson Q2U mic
Time Spent: 2 days
Process:

• I recorded all lessons in batches over two days.
• Used my iPhone for video and QuickTime for screen recordings.
• Kept the process light and efficient instead of aiming for perfection.

Step 5: Editing & Finalizing the Course

I’ve done the video editing process manually. There are AI tools for this, but in my experience, they are not useful yet for multi-cam editing. 

But that’s okay; I enjoy editing my videos because it gives me a chance to watch everything and make sure the content is good. I can always go back and re-record things.

Tools Used: Final Cut Pro (for video editing)
Time Spent: 1 day
Process:

• I edited the videos with Final Cut Pro in one day.
• I did this manually because I wanted full control over the editing process. There are services like veed.io that offer automated editing, but manual editing is more precise, especially for multi-cam recordings.

One of the biggest time-savers was Final Cut Pro’s multi-cam editing feature. Since I recorded with both my iPhone and screen capture, I used multi-cam mode to sync the footage and easily switch between views:

• I imported all video sources and created a multi-cam clip in Final Cut Pro.
• I selected multi-cam view, which allowed me to see all angles at once.
• While watching the footage, I clicked to switch between my face cam and screen recording in real-time.
• I fine-tuned the timing to emphasize key points, ensuring smooth transitions between angles.

This made the editing process fast and intuitive. Instead of manually cutting between clips, I could just click to decide when to show what. Multi-cam editing helped the final product feel polished and seamless without adding extra editing time.

Step 6: Building the Landing Page & Writing Sales Emails

The goal was to create a clear, simple, and compelling landing page without overcomplicating things. 

I didn’t want to create a landing page from scratch. I used a Kajabi template that I created for my other course, Simple Investing. 

Tools Used: Kajabi (for course hosting & landing page), ChatGPT (for copywriting), Canva (for visuals)
Time Spent: 2 days
Process:

• I took a screenshot of my previous course landing page and asked ChatGPT to rewrite the copy for ‘Ai basics’.
• AI provided new headlines, descriptions, and structure based on the old format.
• I used Canva to create visuals like the logo and supporting images.

Step 7: Promoting the Course

Marketing doesn’t have to be complicated. I kept it as simple as possible and focused only on Kajabi and sending emails to my newsletter subscribers— that was it.

Tools Used: Kajabi (for hosting and email marketing)
Time Spent: 1 day
Process:

• I wrote one email to my audience explaining the course and its benefits.
• I used Kajabi’s built-in email system to send it out.
• There was no social media promotion, no paid ads, and no complicated marketing strategy—just a single high-quality email.

Final Thoughts

By using AI for outlining, writing, editing, and promotion, I reduced months of work to two weeks. 

But the biggest surprise? AI made me more creative. Instead of slowing me down, it accelerated everything.

Ideas created more ideas. The energy kept building. One thought would spark another, and before I knew it, I got more ideas about new books and articles.

If you’re struggling to choose between tools, just keep it simple.

As you can see, you don’t need a lot to build digital products.

Execution matters more than perfection.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

-Darius

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