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AI Consulting Day 2/21

Byjack

Here is what I decided today.

In order to succeed at the project I am currently working on, I need to focus on developing my business, get me into the right headspace of possibility, positivity, fun, innovation, and purpose.

I don’t need to develop anything external (website, logo) but I do need to develop tools and processes to get me into the right headspace.

Here are some original ideas:

  1. 7 whys to understand purpose
  2. Write a science fiction story of the role of the clients company in the future, write an origin story to the company
  3. Try to tell the science fiction with the brand, website, ads
  4. Design thinking – how might we solve X problem
  5. What does level 3 look like? What does level 1 and 2 look like?
  6. What problem are we solving for humanity?
  7. What crisis are we pushing the boundaries in?
  8. Mindmap – fill the whiteboard
  9. What games can we play with our employees?
  10. How can we make it fun for our clients?

Here is the main blueprint concept I am working with:

  1. Build the future: create home base to live in
    • Brand
    • Mission
    • Vision
    • Website
  2. Recruit more people for that future: I need you!
    • Lead magnet
  3. Work together for the future: we build it together
    • Offer
  4. Make it science fiction: push it past what is now
    • Technology innovation
    • Process innovation

Workpost 55: Refocusing

Byjack

Today I want to spend some time solidifying knowledge from my project for my AI consulting business.

I also want to spend some time on my art coaching business. Also, I want to spend some time gaming and working on my project.

I think I will spend 1 hour on each of those things. AI consulting business in the morning, project in the afternoon, art coaching at night.

The reason why is that I’ve been out of balance, spending so much time working late at night. I need a little recharger. I want to work at stage 2 (like 60-70% max workrate).

If I feel 3 hours of work is at the lower end of stage 2, maybe it’s 40%, max workrate is maybe 8 hours. That makes sense, I think 8 hours is pushing it for absolute maximum amount of effective work (you can obviously work ineffectively for longer than that).

But now I think about it, maybe it is less about how many hours I work, but more how intensely I think. I dunno, interesting concept.

Ok so after feeling out of sorts all day, there is feeling I want to process:

Hopelessness and exhaustion. After obsessing about the project for many hours every day, I gave it my all, and all in all I think I failed. I got a few “this is great” “good work” but deep down I don’t feel people were inspired and even if they were, I don’t see a vision anymore. I’m not excited for the vision and I feel extremely tired and burnt out.

I feel sharp pain and burning in my heart and buzzing exhaustion in my head and eyes, and tension in my stomach.

The wounds coming up are: my work is meaningless. Nothing I do has any impact. Everything feels gray and uninteresting.

Feels almost like a stitch in my side but in my heart instead. My eyes feel sore and dry and my mind feels numb. There is a strong feeling of emptiness in my head, almost like meditation but instead of open, I feel drained, empty.

I feel anger in response, frustration burning in my abdomen, hatred for feeling so stuck by people who are not inspired. I feel disconnected. I am alone. I have no meaning.

There is also fear in my heart that nothing will have meaning, even coaching and AI consulting.

I feel really burnt out.

I feel pressure not to get left behind, to face the overwhelming work with little motivation to spare.

Ok, well I felt the feelings for some time. Here is my response:

  1. This is good, because it allows you to take a break from work and focus on what you love
  2. My client always tells me that having a good vision is not enough…that’s his coping mechanism he learned as a child, it doesn’t mean I have to agree or stop my creative process to prove him wrong
  3. My job is to be inspired and spending time on things that inspire me is not a waste of time
  4. Maybe it will be a good opportunity to meditate and see what comes up

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Workpost 34: Refocusing

Byjack

My eyes hurt. I feel tired. My face is numb and buzzing. I feel heat and buzzing up my back. I feel like I pulled an all niter when I haven’t.

Today is the time when we learn how to be successful while taking care of ourself.

This is the challenge that is brought before us today.

I’m going to be drinking lots and lots of water.

I plan on practicing some tai chi.

I want to focus my attention on the very specific work that I need to do, and just relax afterwards.

By relaxing I mean, refuse to look at my todolist until I feel desire to. Go to the gym, drink water, do art therapy.

P.S. One note I want to make is that I remembered the point of these posts, to help do the hard work to achieve what I want, to be the person I want to be. The stepping stones to greatness.

Today I Search for the Simple Answers

I walk the way of water

Of scribbles on a paper

A simple job well done

The path isn’t clear for the weary

To find your place home

I search for my slice of Eden

Workpost 50: Fundamentals

Byjack

Today is kinda busy and I want to focus on fundamentals – clearing out my todo list, getting all the UNIT ONE things crossed off my list, editing my interview with Danuta Hinc etc.

I also want to focus on the thing that I’ve put off for months, setting up my black out curtains. If I can get that set up today, then I will have accomplished something big.

If I’m able to sort out all the fundamentals. Then the next things to focus on for my business are the following:

  1. AI Consulting mood board
  2. Art coaching sketching
  3. Hubspot and CRM exploration

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Workpost 25: Tired and Weak

Byjack

Tired

I feel so tired

And weak

I just want to sleep

But the worries gnaw at me until I am awake

I look for comfort

Anywhere I can find it

I’m just feeling exhausted and I wonder what it takes to get well rested again. Maybe I can try to take a nap. Right now my physical health is the most important things to me. My eyes ache. My back aches. My sinuses ache.

The main issues that I’m working through is trying to understand what I am selling for coaching and also what I am selling for AI. For coaching I figured out the high price which is 25,000 for helping someone make their dream (creative) project a reality, whether it is a book, video, painting, etc.

I’ve been told multiple times to look for things that might be more affordable, but I actually thought about it a lot and I don’t think I can think of anything like that.

I just want to work on coaching a few clients who want to do something really special, beautiful, and profound.

Turning my attention to AI, I want to do something similar. Make the impossible possible. Provide 10x value, charge high prices.

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Workpost 42: Loneliness

Byjack

I felt very lonely today, so I watched two videos. I figured that whenever my knee feels bad I do research, but I don’t do a lot of research when I feel lonely.

Major ideas that might help me from this post:

  1. Think about how to help others to feel less lonely. It’s weird that I always think about who can make me feel less lonely, but I actually don’t need other people for that. Helping others will help me feel less lonely.
  2. Emotional perfectionism definately sounds like me. Thinking about how it might be possible for me to connect with people even if they aren’t perfect friends and fill all my needs makes it a lot easier to connect with people.

This one really really really helped me because it answered one of my questions, why am I distracting myself all the time and going on YouTube videos and playing games. The simple thing is, I’m not a good friend to myself.

Main takeaways:

  1. A good friend is honest in a loving gentle way. Be honest with yourself in a compassionate way.
  2. A good friend is encouraging and pushes you to be a better version of yourself. Remind yourself what you are capable of, believe in yourself. Encourage yourself to be a good man, a strong man, despite what others want you to do.

For some reason, the idea of being a good man makes me feel really really calm for some reason. I know I have been fighting myself and that’s why I’m on my phone all the time.

I wanted to spend some time thinking more about my ideal friend:

  1. Someone who is accepting of me, a good listener, empathetic
  2. Someone who wants to go on adventures with me
  3. Someone who encourages me to dream big, believe in myself