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AI Consulting Days 34-35/63

Byjack

I need to do some brainstorming about my new niche.

I do think that banking is not a niche I want to start in because it is harder to take someone who is making a lot of money and make them purposeful than it is to take someone who is purposeful and help them make money. At least for me. At least while I don’t have a proven track record yet.

If I focus on the non-profit arena, the goal is to understand current what the state is with non-profits. I don’t know how to answer that question except by talking to people working there.

I may have some people who can help in that arena but I don’t know if reaching out to them will take some time, and even if they do, what is the answer? I just don’t know if they can speak to the whole industry.

Here are my thoughts:

  1. Use AI to brainstorm
  2. Look for people in my network to talk to

Ideas from AI:

  1. Look at these studies
  2. Look at nonprofit conferences
    • Review recent non-profit technology conference agendas for AI-related sessions
    • Look at speaker profiles and presentation topics
  3. Look for grantmaking foundations focusing on AI for social good. This indicates a growing interest in AI within the nonprofit sector.
  4. Social Media Listening: Use AI-powered social listening tools to analyze conversations around AI in the nonprofit sector.

I am also thinking about the 10k for for-profit companies and wondering if non-profits have something similar in the forms they must make publicly available in the 990 and 1023.

Here are the non-profits I want to look at:

  • Arbor Day Foundation
  • Cousteau Society
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Jane Goodall Institute
  • Advice for Life by Your True Nature
  • National Audubon Society

Looking into job postings:

Non-profit conferences:

Workpost 77: High Leverage

Byjack

These days I’m focused on increasing my leverage.

My intuition tells me that three things will unlock the money making potential that my abilities have.

  1. Focus. I need to be ok with saying no to more things, focusing on one thing at a time. Lack of focus is creating overwhelm, which in turn costs me my productivity.
  2. Fear of rejection. My fear of rejection holds me back from doing things that would instantly make me more money.
  3. Youtube and content creation. This is a communication/art skill that has tremendously high leverage if I can figure it out.

Currently, I don’t have much time every day because I go for a run everyday and I am working on my vision and taking care of my health. That means I have perhaps 3 or 4 hours of good working time.

I originally was thinking about giving up or changing this practice I have so I’m less tired and can work more, but I’m actually gonna practice something different, which is saying no to more things.

Workpost 82: Returning to fundamentals

Byjack

It’s been a while since I journaled on here.

I feel very tired at the moment, but I’m glad that I’m taking a step back and returning to my fundamentals.

What was the purpose of “Workposts” to begin with? It was a chance to practice being in the higher energies that I tap into with my coaching and plan out my days with it:

  1. You’re in my house
  2. Have patience
  3. Be ok with silence
  4. Take big risks

Today I am feeling into going fast and slow with two main projects.

First project, I want to move fast, with some long stretches of work, which is my YouTube video that I intend on shooting today. Here is the general structure of the video I’m pondering over:

  1. “Shorts shorts short shorts shorts” while holding up different shorts and smiling at the last one with a YT shorts logo
  2. “Ok so today, I’m taking these three viral Youtube Shorts and creating my take on them. My name is Jack and you’re watching episode 12 of the Youtube Challenge.”
  3. “Welcome back to the Youtube Challenge, the challenge where I work through my emotional blocks to find out how to make the Content Creation process fun for myself by posting a new video every single day.”
  4. “A quick update from yesterday, I was feeling very sad and depressed about my progress thus far on YouTube, and today I’m doing a little better. I noticed that in the process of shooting a video every single day, I’ve neglected the rest of my health and my day job and today I returned to the routines and systems that work for me. Like journaling in the morning and planning out my day.”
  5. “One big epiphany I has was that every time I reach for my phone for distraction, I am feeling some intense physical discomfort and that I could feel much better by not picking up the phone but instead physically self soothing myself with stuff like rocking.”
  6. “Well anyway, this video is about the shorts, so lets get into the shorts”
  7. Viral short 1
  8. React to short
  9. Broll of editing my take
  10. Viral short 2
  11. React to short
  12. Broll of editing my take
  13. Viral short 3
  14. React to short
  15. Broll of editing my take
  16. “That’s it for today, make sure you like comment and subscribe, peace”

The second project is going to be a slow thing that I chip away at throughout the entire day. Slow and steady wins the race right? This project has to do with a client I have, and I want to get them to an overall perfect state with at least no complaints for a while.

Let’s create a DOD:

Project: Undisclosed Client

Facts:

This project should improve product accuracy and usefulness
The deliverables I expect to see are new feature successfully deployed with a 60%+ first try success rate
This must be completed by today

Feelings:

When this is done, I will feel in control and confident about the product and customer relationship

Future:

When this is done, I will be able to focus fully on marketing efforts

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Workpost 83: Making a Gaming Video

Byjack

Need to shoot a gaming video today

  1. “I got a bit of a dilemma”
  2. “This is my Valorant jacket. I got it when I watched the world championship in LA a year ago. I love playing Valorant.”
  3. “But this is the 21 day youtuber challenge”
  4. “I’ve yet to figure out how to connect those two passions together. But that changes today”
  5. “Hi everyone, my name is Jack, and this in the Youtuber challenge, the challenge where I post a video everyday, working not for views, but for the love of making videos”
  6. “There are a bunch of things I’m super passionate about, but haven’t figured out how to connect to a Youtube video yet. And one of those things is gaming.”
  7. “But here’s my problem with gaming. I like playing alone, I don’t like talking while I’m gaming, but I do feel like there are certain things I like to share after the game is done.”
  8. “Here is the plan. I have fun gaming. In between, I’ll do a little bit of journaling, and afterwards, I’ll just edit a video that is fun for me”

Matches: Continued

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Match 1: Video Editing Planning

Goals: I really want to feel less shitty and tired and I want to come up with a direction for my podcast edit and how I can edit it in 40 minutes or less.

Here are the metrics for scoring:

  1. Energy rejuvenation (1-5)
  2. Confidence in solution (1-5)
  3. Creativity (percentile)
  4. Raw efficiency, work over energy (percentile)

My plan for my warmup is just for go for a long 15 minute walk.

Plan for work session:

UNIT ONE: Analyze video (10 min)

  1. Might want to create a good intro
    • who are you and what have you done
  2. What would help her as a writer?
    • Creative process from start to end
    • Talking about book in a way people want to read it or get greater insight
    • Greatest struggles as a writer
    • What like to write about
  3. What do other people probably want to know about a writer?
    • Where come up with ideas
    • Interesting passages from book

UNIT TWO: Process/look at other ideas (10 min)

Going all in on Judy Blume masterclass video:

As soon as you tell me I can’t do something,
I’m going to do it.

I hope that in sharing with you what
I’ve learned over 50 years of writing that it will help
you find your way as a writer.

As a 12-year-old, I was obsessed by the idea of growing
breasts and getting my period.
But there was no place that I could read about it.
When I started to write, I was determined to be honest.
So I’m going to share with you the practical side of writing.

There’s nothing more important than character.
You’re living with these people for years.
You had better feel for them.
Do some exercises.
Have your character write a letter to you.
The first draft is pure torture for me.
I hate every second of it.
I have a messy mind, and my writing
is a process of cleaning up the mess,
then slowly making a story.
I will be able to show that to you.

I got a particularly nasty review once.
It got to me, and I took my typewriter,
and I held it over this arroyo.
And I was going to throw it in.
I thought I cannot do this anymore.
And then this little voice went off in my head.
Wait, you’re going to let this one review stop you
from writing?
That’s crazy!
That’s one opinion.
I enjoy finding and supporting new writers,
and this is a chance for me to reach more of you.

I always ask myself, why would anyone
write if they didn’t have to?
I mean it’s so hard.
So this is for all of you who feel that you have to.

I’m Judy Blume, and this is my Master Class.

Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell.

*Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview

Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)

Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.

Walk through the step by step creative process

*Images or animation if possible

Talk about a challenging emotional experience

Resolution if possible

Deeper philosophical point

End

UNIT THREE: Create plan for actual editing (currently thinking one short, one long) (10 min)

UNIT ONE: Gathering clips

UNIT TWO: Gathering broll

UNIT THREE: Compositing

Bonus time: shot list

  1. Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.
  2. Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
    • To kill the other
  3. Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
  4. Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
  5. Walk through the step by step creative process
  6. Images of process
  7. Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
  8. Deeper philosophical point
  9. Some sort of ending

Bonus time: animation thoughts

Trying out pencil 2d!

Postmatch Review:

Overall, this was very fun and rejuvenated my love for editing and video.

  1. Energy rejuvenation – 4 I don’t feel 100% but my energy went up TONS since I started working
  2. Confidence in solution – 2 I feel the plan is really solid but the timing seems a little tight to get all of this done
  3. Creativity – 70th percentile, pretty good, not revolutionary. But I don’t think most people could do this.
  4. Raw efficiency, work over energy – 80th percentile, I think most sessions and people can’t be this productive in 40 minutes that was actually insane.

Match 2: Video Editing

Goals: I want to be excited about this video edit, feel satisfied, while boosting my confidence in pushing out videos faster with less effort

Here are the metrics for scoring:

  1. Excitement in the edit (1-5)
  2. Satisfaction in the edit (1-5)
  3. Efficiency (percentile)
  4. Fun (1-5)
  5. How ME it is (percentile)

My plan for my warmup is to hype myself up – play music, tell friends etc. + motivation.

Clean, write on my board.

UNIT ONE: Gathering clips (10 minutes)

  1. Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.
  2. Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
    • To kill the other
  3. Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
  4. Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
  5. Walk through the step by step creative process
  6. Images of process
  7. Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
  8. Deeper philosophical point
  9. Some sort of ending

UNIT TWO: Gathering broll

UNIT THREE: Compositing

Postmatch Review:

  1. Excitement in the edit – 2 I’m not that thrilled about the cut so far
  2. Satisfaction in the edit -1 I’m not all that satisfied in the edit
  3. Efficiency (percentile) – 60% I’m better than average but a bit slow compared to experienced video editors
  4. Fun (1-5) – 3 I had quite a lot of fun
  5. How ME it is (percentile) – 15% not a lot of me in it so far

Match 3: Video Editing + MEified

Goals: I was right that the last match did not finish the process of editing. It was just too much. But I did make REALLY good progress. The only problem is, it’s not ME enough. This last challenge, I want to get the edit done, and I want to inject some Jack magic into it.

Metrics for scoring:

  1. How ME is it (percentile)
  2. Completeness & polish (percentile)

For my warmup, I’m going to watch a bunch of my videos.

Ok the warmup didn’t work, I’m gonna play some nice music and meditate. Me is goofy, profound, soft, and emotional.

UNIT ONE: Compostiting

UNIT TWO: MEify

UNIT THREE: Finalize

Postmatch Review: It ended up taking two hours. I’m tired now!

  1. How ME is it – 65% it does feel real, and grounded but not as me as I could make it
  2. Completeness & polish – 65% its actually not bad at all, could use some broll and animation