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These 6 words will change how you get dressed - and show up to the world - every morning:

“How do I want to feel?”

Celebrity stylist and confidence expert, Erin Walsh, says the moment you ask that question, you stop dressing for the world, and start showing up for yourself.

Because when you ask yourself, “Will this look okay? Does this hide me? Is this good enough?” - You’ve already decided YOU are not enough.

But when you ask yourself how you want to feel, you’re saying, “I am good enough. My presence matters. I matter.”

In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast with Erin Walsh, you will witness the surprising transformation that happens when you stop getting dressed to hide – and start getting dressed to live the life you always wanted.

🎧 “6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning” - listen now on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/enDgX66E

You can also listen on Apple Podcasts or YouTube - search ‘The Mel Robbins Podcast Erin Walsh’

AI agents are being misunderstood.

People keep calling them tools.
That’s not what they are.

They’re systems that take inputs from an environment, build a representation of reality, and act to optimize a goal.

And yes, most “AI use” today is just slightly automated text prediction wrapped in a UI.

Anyway here are the 20 concepts that actually run the entire system behind modern AI agents.

Agent
↳ Not a chatbot. A decision-maker with a goal.

Environment
↳ Everything outside the agent that it can sense or influence.

Perception
↳ How the agent turns raw signals into usable input. Never the full truth.

Action
↳ The point where thinking becomes impact in the real world.

Policy
↳ The hidden logic that decides what the agent does next.

Reward
↳ The feedback signal that quietly shapes all future behavior.

State
↳ The agent’s internal “snapshot” of reality at any moment.

Observation
↳ The partial, filtered version of what’s actually happening.

Goal
↳ The target everything else quietly revolves around.

Learning
↳ The process of improving through repeated experience and correction.

Reinforcement Learning
↳ Trial, error, and adjustment until performance stabilizes.

Exploration vs Exploitation
↳ Choosing between new possibilities and known outcomes that work.

Planning
↳ Thinking multiple steps ahead before taking action.

Autonomy
↳ The ability to operate without constant human direction.

Reactive Agent
↳ Responds instantly to input without deeper reasoning.

Deliberative Agent
↳ Thinks before acting using internal models and planning.

React
↳ A hybrid approach balancing fast response with reasoning.

LLM Agent
↳ A language model extended with goals, memory, and execution ability.

Tool Use
↳ When the agent connects to external systems to get real results.

MAS
↳ Multiple agents interacting, cooperating, or competing toward goals.

And here’s what most people miss.
This isn’t a list of definitions. It’s a blueprint of intelligence in motion.

If you understand this, you stop using AI.
And start designing systems that think.

P.S Which one do you think breaks first in real-world systems?

The beginning may not have been ideal.
The ending is still unwritten.

Responsibility.
Freedom.

Big announcement!

After 16 years in SEO, today I'm launching something I've been building toward for a long time. 🥳

Introducing Algorythmic: my new SEO and AI search consultancy.

For the past decade+, I've led award-winning SEO teams at agencies. I've spoken at ~100 conferences. I've spent thousands of hours analyzing Google algorithm updates, studying E-E-A-T, and more recently, figuring out how brands can show up well in AI-driven search.

Now I'm channeling all of that into something of my own.

Through Algorythmic, I'll be selectively working with brands 1:1 on SEO consulting, AI search optimization (AEO/GEO), E-E-A-T strategy, content quality audits, Google Discover, algorithm update recovery, hourly training, and more.

I'm also excited to announce that as part of this launch, I will be continuing my role as VP of SEO & AI Search at Amsive, where I still oversee an incredible team of 30+ SEO experts (who won "Best Enterprise SEO Team" in 2025, according to the Search Engine Land awards!).

Algorythmic will allow me to take on solo projects that are a strong personal fit for my skills and experience. Check out the comments for the link to my new site.

BTW, if you're curious about the name Algorythmic: it's a mashup of "algorithm" and "rhythm." If you know me, you know those are the two things that have defined my entire life (especially 'rhythm'). The full origin story (involving a fictional SEO-themed deli my Amsive team created in 2019) is on the blog - link also in comments.

I'm being very intentional about the work I take on through Algorythmic. If you think we'd be a good fit, I'd love to hear from you. Check out the new site and get in touch!

The riskiest career move isn't leaving.

It's staying too long.

But most people don't leave.

They convince themselves:

'It's not that bad.'
'I've invested too much to quit now.'
'Maybe it'll get better.'

Meanwhile:

→ The role that once excited you now drains you
→ The growth you were promised never came
→ The years pass, but you don't move

Staying doesn't mean stability.

Sometimes it means slowly disappearing.

Signs you're in the wrong room:

❌ You've stopped learning
❌ Your ideas aren't heard
❌ You dread Mondays

Signs you're ready to find the right door:

✅ You know you're capable of more
✅ You've outgrown the environment, not the work
✅ You want to be challenged, not just comfortable

Leaving isn't giving up.

It's choosing yourself.

The wrong room will never become the right one
just because you stayed longer.

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You did everything they told you to do…

- Good grades in school for 12 years ✓
- Another 4 years in college ✓
- Picked the "right" major ✓
- Took on $100k+ in debt ✓
- Did the unpaid internship ✓
- Graduated ✓
- Sent 200 job applications ✓
- Paying $800/month in loans ✓

…and there’s still a 1 in 2 chance you’ll wind up underemployed.

You are now well-educated, underwater, and underpaid.

College is officially the worst deal in the world.

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My husband has a cold.

So we ran into CVS to grab the essentials.

Mucinex. Emergen-C.

As he’s taking it, I said,
“We did the resume for the scientist who developed that.”

He looked at me.

The CVS rewards card?

“We did the resume for the engineer who built the infrastructure behind that.”

Later that night, we’re watching the news.

A guest comes on talking about the Artemis launch.

“Yep. We did his resume too.”

Over the years, we’ve worked with CEOs on magazine covers…

Fortune 500 executives…
leaders in tech…
heads of hospitals…
military leaders…
lobbyists…
professional athletes…

We even worked with the head of security for the World Trade Center.

Once, we built a resume for the CEO of one of the largest telecom companies in Russia.
His English was questionable. My Russian was nonexistent.
But we figured it out.

People building things that actually run the world.

And me?

I’m a nobody.

Small town Pennsylvania.
Fourth bedroom office.
No background in any of this.

In the beginning, I didn’t understand a word.

Engineers would start talking about system architecture, load balancing, failover environments…
and I’d be smiling on the call…

And aggressively Googling the second we hung up.

Same with supply chain leaders talking about global sourcing strategies and port congestion.

CFOs walking through EBITDA, margin compression, capital allocation.

I learned by listening.

By asking better questions.

And after 25 years of that?

I can talk shop with anyone.

You want to talk about scaling infrastructure to support millions of users? I’m in.

Global supply chain disruptions and how they ripple through pricing and delivery? Got it.

Healthcare systems, finance, operations, manufacturing, defense?

I don’t fake it.

I understand it.

Not because I lived their careers.

But because I’ve sat in the details with thousands of people who have.

This isn’t about resumes.

It’s about spending decades inside other people’s worlds…
until you can walk into almost any conversation and hold your own.

So yeah…

Sometimes I’m standing in CVS, holding cold medicine, watching my husband take it…

And realizing I know the story behind the person who created it.

And for a nobody from a small town…

That’s a pretty wild place to end up.

#ResumeWriting
#IKnowAGuy
#SmallTownGirl