AI tools & automation

YouTube

How to Use AI Tools to Build a Stronger Professional Network

Coaching for Leaders January 19, 2026

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AI tools & automation 9

Communication 7

Community building 6

• Under 1% of LinkedIn users post — the bar to stand out is tiny.
• AI does the research legwork so you can focus on real relationships.
• The 24-7-30 follow-up model turns one meeting into a lasting connection.

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Founder interviews

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How Intercom shut off $60M in revenue and rebuilt for the AI era

EO January 19, 2026

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Founder interviews 9

Pivoting 8

AI strategy & adoption 6

• Deliberately killing $60M in revenue to force a real AI pivot
• Why 'doing kind of okay' is the most dangerous position in AI disruption
• Founder authority — not consensus — is the only engine of genuine reinvention

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Culture building

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How Curt Cignetti used a soundbite campaign to turn around Indiana football

StoryBrand With Donald Miller January 19, 2026

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Culture building 10

Communication 8

• Identity must change before results can — not the other way around.
• One obsessive leader with a thousand-page plan beats any strategy.
• Nine specific soundbites rewrote what an entire program believed about itself.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

Gymboree's rise, collapse, and the personal cost of not stopping

How I Built This with Guy Raz January 19, 2026

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Founder interviews 10

Pivoting 8

Bootstrapping 6

• A franchise model that looked like success was always structurally broken
• The same refusal to quit that saved the business destroyed her health and family
• Pivot to retail clothing saved the company — Gap Kids launched the same season

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Mental health & wellbeing

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Guided meditation for stress relief using somatic awareness

Tim Ferriss January 19, 2026

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Mental health & wellbeing 7

• Fighting stress backfires — allowing it is what actually works
• 94% of people feel stress physically in the chest area
• Warmth and self-compassion dissolve resistance without eliminating sensation

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Identity & self-belief

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The Marine Corps 80% rule for finding meaning and commitment

Tim Ferriss January 19, 2026

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Identity & self-belief 8

Relationships & family 6

• Waiting for 100% certainty keeps you from committing to anything.
• Marines decide at 80% knowledge — enough to act, not enough to stall.
• Choosing at 80% is what turns endless seeking into lasting meaning.

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