Six Months of Waiting Doesn’t Cost You Six Months. It Costs You Years. Here’s Why.
Most people think the distance between someone using AI and someone not using AI is a straight line. Like the person who started is just a little further ahead and you can catch up whenever you decide to start.
That’s not how it works. AT ALL.
The gap compounds.
In the beginning, the difference is barely noticeable. The person who started first saves a few hours a week. Their content gets out the door a little faster. Nothing dramatic.
But six months later? That person has built entire systems. They’ve developed intuition for what AI does well and what it doesn’t. They’ve made their mistakes early, when the stakes were low, and sorted them out. They’re operating in a fundamentally different reality. And you, the person who waited six months to start? You’re not six months behind. You’re starting from zero while everything around you already moved forward. The tools changed. The learning curve got steeper. And the people who started earlier have a compounding head start that you cannot close just by working harder.
I know this because I’ve lived it. I’ve been deep in AI for three years now. And the last 18 months I have been close to obsessively learning and implementing. And this week alone, I used AI to build out an entire content system and restructure a workflow that would have taken me two full weeks even six months ago. I did it in an afternoon. And the only reason I could do that is because I’ve been compounding for three years and every single week of that learning stacked on top of the last one.
That’s the compounding gap. And the uncomfortable truth is that every week you wait, the gap gets harder to close. Not impossible. But harder. For real.
Why I’m Telling You This Right Now
My last article about what happened in AI in January was the most-read piece I’ve published on Substack. I had more people subscribe from that article than any other article I’ve written. Here’s what that told me - you feel the shift. You know something changed.
But here’s what I also noticed. A lot of people read it, agreed with it, felt the weight of it, and then did nothing.
So instead of writing another article about how fast AI is moving (you already know that if you read the last one), I want to do something different. I want to show you what I’m actually going to walk through in this weekend’s masterclass. And I don’t mean some vague “you’ll learn frameworks and strategies” description. I mean the real thinking. Because I think once you see what I’m going to share, you’ll know whether this is for you.
The way I see it, there are two mistakes people make right now. The first is doing nothing, which feels safe but isn’t. The second is rushing in without a framework, handing things to AI that should never be handed over, and breaking trust in the process. This weekend’s masterclass is built around the path between those two mistakes. Here’s what I’m covering.
I’m going to walk through what happened in January in a lot more detail than the article covered. The actual developments, the timelines, and what all of it means for people building online. I want you to see the pattern, not just the headlines. Because the pattern is what tells you where this is going next.
The compounding gap gets a full breakdown. I gave you the concept above, but in the session I’m going to show you exactly where you likely sit on that curve, what the realistic timeline looks like for closing the gap from YOUR starting point, and the specific first moves that give you the most leverage for the time you invest. There’s a part of this I genuinely cannot do justice in a Substack article. I could talk about the compounding gap alone for an hour (and I will on Friday...LOL). Which is exactly why I’m hosting a whole masterclass about it.
The discernment framework is the part I care about most. What to hand to AI right now, what to NEVER hand over, and where the line sits between leverage and abdication. Most AI educators don’t touch this because it’s not sexy and it doesn’t sell courses. But I think it’s the most important part of this entire conversation, and I’m going to go there.
The last piece is what the next six months likely looks like based on what’s already in development, what the companies are signaling, and what the current pace tells us. Not predictions. Pattern recognition. So you can make decisions based on trajectory instead of last week’s news cycle.
I Could Have Kept All of This Behind the Paywall
That’s what most people do. Tease the content, create curiosity, hope the mystery drives registrations.
I don’t operate that way. I’d rather you know exactly what you’re walking into and make a clear decision about whether it’s worth your time and your $29.
The people who showed up for my last live training told me afterward that the thing they valued most wasn’t any single tactic. It was the framework. It was finally having a way to think about all of this that made sense. That’s what I’m building Friday’s session around. A strategic session designed to give you understanding you can act on IMMEDIATELY.
What This Session Is (and What It Isn’t)
I want to be direct about this because the internet is full of $29 webinars that are really just 90-minute sales pitches with fifteen minutes of content sprinkled in. And that’s rubbish.
This is a live, grounded briefing on what changed in AI in January and what it means for anyone building income online.
Will I share what’s available next for people who want to go deeper? Yes, briefly and honestly. But the masterclass is designed to stand on its own. You will walk away with clarity and a framework you can act on regardless of whether you ever purchase anything else from me.
The Discernment Question Nobody Else Is Asking
Every AI educator out there is telling you what to automate. Almost nobody is telling you what NOT to automate. And that question is where the real stakes are.
I have hard lines. AI never handles spiritual counsel or discernment in my world. Nothing gets published without my review and revision. Those lines exist because some things require human judgment, human presence, and human responsibility. You hand those things to a machine and the consequences aren’t just bad content. Trust erodes. Your authority takes a hit. And that stuff doesn’t come back easy.
In the masterclass, I’m going to walk you through how to build your own version of these lines. Not mine. Yours. Based on your business, your values, and the specific areas where AI helps versus where it starts replacing the thing that actually makes you valuable. Most people don’t think about this until the damage is done. We’re going to think about it before you start building.
The Real Reason It’s $29
Honestly, I could have done this for free. But I’ve learned something over years of running trainings. When something is free, people sign up and don’t show. When there’s even a small cost attached, the room fills with people who take notes and implement. Even at $29, the energy shifts completely because everyone there has skin in the game (even if it’s only $29 worth of skin).
I priced it at $29 because I want every person who needs this to be able to afford it. And I want every person in that room to be there because they intend to DO something with what they learn.
That’s the whole calculation. No hidden upsell math. No loss-leader strategy.
Here’s What You Get
The full 90-minute live masterclass with a complete breakdown of what happened in January and what it means for online income. The compounding gap framework and a clear next-step decision model. An AI content and automation playbook. An event workbook that becomes your personal roadmap from clarity to action. Full replay access. And first access to upcoming AI education, tools, and resources as they launch.
If you show up, I want you to leave thinking that was worth way more than $29.
The Deets
The Acceleration Window: What Changed in AI Last Week That Will Decide Who Makes Money Online.
Friday, February 6th. 5PM Pacific. 7PM Central. 8PM Eastern.
Saturday, February 7th. 9AM Bali. 12PM Sydney. 2PM Auckland.
Same live session, two time zones. Full replay provided if you can’t make either one. But I’d encourage you to show up live. The energy in the room matters, the questions people ask always take it somewhere I didn’t plan, and honestly, prioritizing showing up is part of the shift I’m asking you to make.
$29. One-time investment. All bonuses included.
One More Thing
I’m not going to be the person who had this information and didn’t share it clearly enough for people to act on it. I refuse to do that. I’ve watched too many people I care about tell themselves they’ll figure this out later while the distance between where they are and where they could be gets wider every month. And the cost of that is always quiet. It doesn’t announce itself. It just accumulates until one day you wake up and realize someone you used to be neck and neck with is suddenly waaaaaay ahead of you. And you can’t figure out when that happened.
And the distance between “I should learn this” and “I wish I had started sooner” closes faster than you think.
I’ll see you this weekend.
Register for The Acceleration Window
P.S. This article has taken me multiple drafts and three days to write, which is not like me. That’s how much I wanted to get this right. Come to the masterclass. Let me show you what I see. I promise it will be worth your time.