The Solo Expert

What a week, Reader! Welcome to the Weekly Edit of tools I'm testing, trends I'm watching, and events worth attending!If these past two weeks of new platform features (Grokbot), new LLM model rollouts (Claude and ChatGPT), and updated image generation tools (ChatGPT and Google) are any indication of the velocity of AI right now, it's going to be a realllly interesting Fall and Q4.Let's get into it... *New Resource* 21 EASY AI AUTOMATIONS HANDBOOK Learn my easy 4-step framework to automating...

Reader, Welcome to the Weekly Edit of tools I'm testing, trends I'm watching, and events worth attending! This was a busy week. All the major LLMs rolled out new models. I always find it interesting how many weird oddities show up in the existing models right when a new one drops. I don't spend a lot of time testing new models against each other. I like to have a real use case first, before I burn credits testing just to test. Claude Gets Fable 5.1 Anthropic launched Fable 5.1 this week. Read...

Reader, People often ask me what my actual day looks like running my business with The Solo Expert OS. So lemme give you the rundown... ☀️ First thing in the morning, I take a walk and chat with my Chief of Staff. I brain dump everything at her ~ everything I need to do, everything I've done, everything I'm thinking about. She helps me get my thoughts organized and delegates work to other AI Directors based on what's actually important and urgent. Just this one habit of starting with my Chief...

Whoa Reader, ICYMI - ChatGPT stopped letting people create new CustomGPTs on personal accounts.😬(They quietly announced on their GPT Support page.) This is a bummer because I truly love CustomGPTs, and teaching people how to build these types of AI assistants has made them and me multi-6-figures! BUT...If I hadn't remembered that CustomGPTs are just ONE FEATURE ON ONE PLATFORM ~ I'd legit be out of business right now. And this isn't the first time something like this has happened.🚫 Platforms...

Whoa Reader! Did you see the news today that OpenAI suddenly locked personal accounts out of creating new Custom GPTs, you probably saw a whole lot of panic... And maybe even felt some too. First - do not freak out.You can still edit and share existing GPTs. "Existing GPTs remain available to use..." Second, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.AI Assistants (including your existing CustomGPTs) are incredibly valuable and hold your intellectual property. The problem was never the...

Reader,I just heard somebody say that AI Skills are a system. WHAT THE ACTUAL !@#$%. NO. I respectfully disagree ~ and here's why... A *skill* is one task, done to your specs:• Write this email.• Build this carousel.• Draft this proposal.• Update my P&L spreadsheet. Having a skill do these tasks is great - BUT...It doesn't know what comes before it - or after it. Imagine this:50 people (aka employees) standing around in a big room.Each one's got a task they're good at. Some do marketing. Some...

Hey Reader, I see a lot of people quickly go from interested in creating an AI-powered income system to being completely overwhelmed by AI and giving up. The reason is that bigger, complex automations are not better.And for most Solo Experts and online business owners, SIMPLE IS BETTER. That graphic shows what "automate your business" looks like to a lot of people right now.Twenty-something actions triggering fifteen tools... If/then arrows going every which way. A router, a webhook, an AI...

Reader, I'm not sure when this happened... But somewhere along the way, online business culture decided that one of the key measurements of success was the number of people on your team. And along those same lines is the notion that you can't scale if you don't hire because you're playing small. I'm totally calling BS on that.Staying small and playing small are not the same thing at all! One is a legitimate, freedom-based business structure decision. The other is busybodies telling you they...

Hey Reader, I know it feels like we're still deep in the middle of summer, but Labor Day is right around the corner. And then we're staring down Q4 and Black Friday. ☀️👙🍂🧥🍗So I want to give you an update on what's happening between now and the beginning of October, so that you're ready if you want to be... #1: On Tuesday, August 25th at 11:00am PT, I'm hosting my next live masterclass called How to Automate Half Your Business with a Simple AI System. If you haven't registered yet, save your...

Reader, I've always had a love/hate relationship with notes apps... Notion, Evernote, Apple Notes, Bear, Reflect, Google Keep, etc. #notesappjunkie🤯 you get the picture. Over the years, I've created and tested dozens of "second brain" setups ~ none of them have been especially smart or helpful. There's a reason for this - a "second brain" is meant to be:an external digital repository where you capture, organize, and store your personal notes, ideas, insights, and learnings to reduce cognitive...