The AI Second Brain

I messed up. 3 things you can learn.

"We haven't made sufficient progress with AI. We have to take a different direction".

This is what I read this morning in the email.

Title:" Cancel contract".

It hurts.

Because the CEO is right.

Here's what happened, please don't make my mistake:

We have been working together for 5 months, company of around 20 employees.

I was in charge of AI education, implementation and automation.

Went very well in the first 3 months: AI productivity workshops, 1 to 1 support calls, figuring out automation use cases.

BUT I made a mistake...in the last 2 months I have been traveling around the world for... conferences. As an AI expert speaker.

I didn't realize how much focus, time and energy I would lose.

And our progress slowed down.

What hurts the most is that honestly... He's not wrong. And it's too late. The management made the decision.

I lost them because of my lack of focus.

Here's what I would do differently:

- Send them weekly 2-3 updates.

- Document progress better.

- Set in place SYSTEMS.

- ASK what is NOT going well. (I was only told when it was too late)

- ONLY go to qualified conferences where there is a fit.

Not gonna lie, those conferences made me FEEL smart but I was not serving the people that were putting bread on my table.

Now it's clear. In my loss. But I know I'm better than this.

Having said that, April will be a winning month.

I will onboard 3 new clients.

Building AI automations for sales, project management, content creation.

I have learned my lesson.

Time to lock in.

Thank you for reading this. Wanted to be honest. Sometimes the entrepreneur road is tough. This morning was tough.

Wanna know the cherry on the cake?

Tomorrow morning I have a call with this CEO to discuss one last time. I really appreciate him, he was a great client.

What would you ask/do?

If you’re interested to deepdive into some of these topics for you, your team or your company, let me know, you can answer this email.

Arrivederci!

- Alex Northstar, your guide to success with AI 🌟