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In 1994, Steve Jobs gave the greatest piece of advice for every founder, entrepreneur, & builder. It matters even more in the age of AI:

"Everything around you was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. The minute that you understand that, something will pop out on the other side. You can mold it. That's maybe the most important thing."

You don’t need to be the smartest person in the room.

You need to be the one who realizes the room can be redesigned.

Once you see that, you can’t unsee it.

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I absolutely love Tatiana Sukhova's work.

I'm not alone. Her 'Solar Blur' post (below) racked up 6,700+ likes and half a million impressions.

Problem is, nobody knows what the heck SREFs are or how to use them.

So in the latest episode of "How'd You Make That F*cking Awesome Thing?", I spoke with Tatiana, and got her to show me exactly how she creates gorgeous imagery with Midjourney.

We covered:
- How to find the scroll-stopping SREFs
- Tatiana's "secret sauce" — her personalization code
- Animating and sharing SREFs for social

It was a wonderful conversation with an amazing talent.

You can find it on all the places, like YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

I'll put a link down below.
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Your team is already putting pressure on themselves; they already notice what they didn’t finish, what they could’ve done better, what they “should” be doing.

Now add to that whatever they’re dealing with at home and the state of the world.

People spend most of their waking hours at work. Don’t make their lives heavier than they already are.

They don’t need you to pile on.

They need you to notice what’s going right.

They need you to call out the progress.
The effort.
The follow-through.
The way they handled something difficult.

When you do that, they trust that you see their value; they trust that their hard work actually matters.

And when they feel like their work matters, they show up differently; they feel more energized. They take more initiative.

That’s why encouragement isn’t soft. It’s strategic - because it builds momentum. And momentum is what carries people forward, especially when things are stressful.

So if you want a strong team full of people who actually WANT to show up to work?

Lead with recognition and light.

This. This is the graph I think is going to generate the most interest, discussion, and even fear among folks who see our latest State of Search (Q4 2025) report with Datos, A Semrush Company.

ChatGPT's growth was expected to slow, but an actual downturn? Fewer users than in Q2/Q3? That's wild. In 8 days, I'm joining Eli Goodman for a webinar going through this and dozens of other graphs, charts, and findings from the report - February 11 @ 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

agree?

The most successful people I know never chase money.
They chase being useful.
Money is a byproduct of value creation.
agree?

My mom has a few days left to live.

I didn’t see this until now.

She wasn’t “my mom” the way I’ve held her in my head all these years.

She was a person.

A person doing the best she could
with what she was given
with what she knew
with what she didn’t choose.

She was a continuation
of what she experienced
of what was handed to her
of what shaped her long before I existed.

Pain.
Grief.
Loss.
Fear.
Joy.
Love.

No instruction manual.
No rehearsal.

Just trying to get through the day
and hoping she didn’t mess it up too badly.

I used to think my mom was ahead of me. That she wasn’t winging it.

I was wrong.

My mom was living life for the first time too.
Just like me.

Confession time: ATS bots are real, I'm hanging out with them all week.
If you apply to a GTM or Ops role at Zapier, one of these bots will be reviewing your application.
Since none of us live in the same state, I'm so grateful for our annual Summits as a time to come together!!
P.S. if you want to join us next year, please check out our jobs page and apply ASAP if you see a strong match!

For seven years, everyone who Zoomed with me saw the same angle - me working out of my kitchen.

I raised three funds from that kitchen table, helped run The Chainsmokers, closed 200+ deals...all while sitting in the same spot where I'd eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.

And really, it worked. We were successful. But I definitely sensed some people were skeptical.

I think those little signals inherently change how people take you seriously, even if they don't mean for it to.

The bigger issue was that the kitchen was my office, so anytime I was in the kitchen, it still felt like work - and no joke this was the best and only location in my house for this all.

My girlfriend would never know if I was locked in or just grabbing coffee. It's hard to disconnect when your workspace is the same place you make dinner.

Now I've got an actual office in my new house, and while the setup isn’t even that different, the mental shift is huge. You can see the difference in these two photos alone.

When I'm in the office now, I'm locked in. It's like putting on a tuxedo - you just get into the right headspace faster because the space tells your brain "we're working now."

And when I leave and shut the door, I can actually disconnect. I'm done for the day. My laptop stays in there. I'm not in the kitchen wondering if I should be checking email.

Took me seven years to figure this out, and honestly there was something valuable about the scrappiness of it all early on, like "look at this guy raising money from his kitchen" kind of had its own charm.

But at some point you have to grow up and professionalize. That said, the golden photo of Mooshu in the background always worked like a charm. The Golden gang out here gets it.

I'm glad we're finally here! And I need a haircut - badly!

The UK tax system is poorly designed and sends money and talent to the USA, UAE and other countries. Here's what I'm seeing...

1. UK Pension contributions going into the S&P500.
One of the few ways to reduce tax in the UK is to allocate income into pension funds. At £50K per year, tax rates jump from 20% to 40% and at £100K per year there's a 60% wall that feels incredibly unfair. People at these cliff edges often choose to put money into their pensions but these funds don't typically go into building the UK, they go into the US markets to essentially inflate the values of established American companies. If the tax system wasn't so punitive, people would happily earn more, spend more and invest in the UK economy.

2. National Insurance rates have driven a boom in offshoring and automation.
I have seen countless businesses doing everything they can to move roles out of the UK. Not only are skilled foreign workers available for lower rates, they don't attract the 15% NI tax on top. As a result, they've decimated the local roles for customer service, admin, IT support, software development and media production. Add to that the push to automation which becomes more affordable as the real costs of employees rise. The government has prioritised its greed and inability to deal with inefficiency over workers getting jobs and pay rises.

3. The government has been brutal to young people who go to university. In a bid to reduce their unemployment figures, they encouraged everyone to go to uni and made it the standard. First it was paid for, then it was £3K per year and then £9K per year.... Plus interest. Typically a £27K loan with 7%+ interest, payable through higher tax rates has put a generation of young people into a situation where they can't get out of a negative financial position until they're in their mid 30s or later if they stay in the UK. It especially hits women who have kids and the interest keeps climbing. Many highly skilled young people have figured out the hack - leave the UK for a lower tax jurisdiction, earn more and keep more and then pay off the loan with the tax savings. Instead of using their skills at home, they go off to add value abroad.

When the government gets involved in trying to fix one problem, there's a good chance they'll create downstream consequences that are even worse. Systems-thinkers are needed to fix it but they are also the thinkers who can see how bad it is and steer clear.

Growth is not just about adding knowledge.
 
It’s about having the maturity to release what no longer serves you, and the humility to start fresh when needed.

Most AI strategies don’t fail in the lab.

They fail when they never move the business needle.

In this conversation with Mike Sutcliff, CEO of Thoughtworks, he returns to something refreshingly simple: start small, but start where it hurts.

𝐀𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬:
“𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭?”

Not experiments for the sake of learning.
But tests that challenge the hardest systems, unlock ignored data, or reshape customer value.

That’s a powerful leadership lens.
AI isn’t a science project. It’s a strategic accelerator—or it’s noise.

Confidence doesn’t come from more pilots.
It comes from seeing real impact, early.

Find out how Thoughtworks new Agentic Development Platform – AI/works™ – makes this possible: https://lnkd.in/ePCQGMz9

👉If you had to prove business impact—not technical progress—where would you start?

🎥 The full interview goes deeper into how leaders can turn early AI experiments into real strategic momentum—worth watching: https://lnkd.in/e5EN-9Mn

#ThoughtworksAmabassador #AgenticAI #Leadership #EnterpriseAI #BusinessStrategy #DigitalTransformation #Thoughtworks

Most change efforts fail or fall short, not because the ideas are wrong but because we focus on just one piece of the puzzle.

After years of exploring change through LinkedIn posts and conversations with business and HR leaders, I've come to believe that sustainable change requires attending to three interconnected elements: mindset, skillset, and setting. Each alone is incomplete. If you don't change how people think, new skills won't be used. If you don't build skills, new thinking stays theoretical. And if you don't change the organizational systems around people, both mindsets and skillsets will decay over time.

This insight has profound implications for anyone trying to close the gap between who they want to be and who they are, between aspirations and actions, between future opportunities and present challenges. Whether you're leading organizational transformation, coaching individual leaders, or working to evolve the HR function itself, these three metathemes provide a foundation for making change actually stick.

In my latest article, I share specific actions for each element, from redefining problems through narrative therapy to conducting calendar tests that reveal where skills need development, to modifying the systems and routines that either enable or undermine lasting change.

What has been your experience with making change stick? Which of these three elements, mindset, skillset, or setting, do you find most challenging to address in your own change efforts?

Super excited about this: Maven is partnering with Dharmesh Shah on a series of free lessons on how to run AI Agents.

Dharmesh launched Agent.ai which is an awesome website to get inspiration and browse available agents. Some ways we use agents at Maven:

- the marketing team uses Claude Code to automate reporting and modeling
- the organic social team uses agentic workflows to edit video and create motion graphics
- the design team uses Cursor and Claude to build mockups that feel interactive and real
- the engineering team uses AI to prototype and ship features 5x faster

Honestly, we still feel like we're in the first inning of agents. We are not yet "agent-native" and likely have a long way to go.

I don't think you can really succeed without continuous learning on the subject. There's new stuff happening all the time. We're offering 30+ free lessons in this series; here are some of the speakers:

Kyle Poyar, creator and writer of Growth Unhinged, former Operating Partner at OpenView
Alex David, GM of AI Solutions at G2
Kevin Raheja, Head of API, Partnerships, Ecosystem at HeyGen
Shreya Wadehra, AI Engineer @ Fathom
Sara Davison, AI practitioner, has taught 8,000+ AI and Agentic Workflows
Kyle James, serial entrepreneur, early at Hubspot.

Check out the full series here: https://lnkd.in/gZtAa-u5

In my bubble, the last week or so has been almost exclusively about OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot).

It's an impressive example for how personal AI assistants may look like in the future. For me, it's also a great showcase for all the security nightmares we'll face in this future AND for the lack of actual use-cases I have for such an assistant right now.

In order to get most out of OpenClaw, you probably want to install it on your system (eg your MacBook).
But you should absolutely NOT do that!
It'll open your machine up to serious prompt injection attacks and other vulnerabilities.

OpenClaw is not just a kind of vibecoded piece of software that's riddled with security issues, but also a tool that suffers from two of the biggest flaws of LLMs: Unpredictability and vulnerability to prompt injection attacks (which can be orchestrated in various ways, including malicious emails, websites or supply chain attacks via ClawdHub).

A successful attack could take over your bot and therefore the system on which it's running.

Securing OpenClaw is possible (at least to some extent - eg, running it on a VPS, using sandboxing and requiring approvals) but every extra security layer vastly reduces it's utility and usefulness.

Personally, I also don't yet fully see the vision of solving all my digital problems via chat interfaces and AI.
I strongly believe in purpose-built user interfaces and services and don't think chatting (via text or voice) is a great way of getting stuff done.
But I may be wrong or just not creative enough. Time will tell.

OpenClaw certainly is a highly interesting case study and I'm sure OpenAI, Google and others are watching and will try to release something similar. Obviously, they don't have the benefit of "it's open source, security doesn't matter" though.

Remote TA/People opportunities that have been posted or refreshed over the past week! 🩷 As always, if you have more roles to share, please add to the comments below and where to apply.

🐬 Gentle reminder: I am not the recruiter for these roles, just sharing out.

Go get 'em 💪🏼

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Nobody cares how smart you are
if you make them feel small.

You can have a great resume.

Or impressive credentials.

But you won't succeed if people dread working with you.

❌ Humiliating people in meetings
❌ Never admitting you're wrong
❌ Treating collaboration like a competition
❌ Taking credit, shifting blame

Being easy to work with is the most underrated skill:

1. Be direct
→ Give honest feedback, don't sugarcoat
→ Ambiguity creates anxiety, clarity creates safety

2. Be low-ego
→ Fight for the best idea, not your idea
→ Admit when you're wrong - trust grows instantly

3. Be consistent
→ Don't make your bad day everyone's problem
→ Your mood shouldn't dictate the room

4. Make people feel heard
→ "What do you think?" only matters if you listen
→ Asking for input then ignoring it is worse than not asking at all

5. Own your impact
→ If you break it, fix it. If you delay it, communicate it
→ Bad news is better than broken promises

Talent gets you in the room.

How you make people feel determines everything else.

♻ Repost to spark more respect at work
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We’ve misunderstood grit.

It’s not about white-knuckling life. Author of “Grit,” Angela Duckworth, says real grit sounds more like:

👉 This is interesting
👉 This matters
👉 I can do this
👉 I know what to try next

🎧 Listen to the full episode of A Bit of Optimism wherever you get your podcasts.

Rich people want you to sell them something.

And there are only 5 reasons rich people buy:

Every single reason falls into this hierarchy we call the The Rich Desire Pyramid.

The 5 Levels of Rich Desire:

1. Status – “Make me look important.”

How to sell it: Position your business as the best, not the cheapest. Showcase expertise, exclusivity, and premium service.

Think Hermes: Limited-run purses that are mostly handmade by one person each, from start to finish.

2. Convenience – “Make my life easier.”

How to sell it: Eliminate friction. Offer white-glove service, subscriptions, and concierge treatment. Private jets. Fast. Expensive.

3. Exclusivity – “Let me in, keep others out.”

How to sell it: Restrict access. Membership models, invite-only services, and VIP tiers create demand. Tiger 21 — $20M and they validate your income.

4. Privacy – “Give me space.”

How to sell it: Offer high-trust, high-security services. NDA policies, direct access to owners, and absolute discretion build loyalty. Scrub my name off the internet services.

5. Scarcity – “Make it hard to get.”

How to sell it: Limit availability. Waiting lists, premium tiers, and applications drive demand. Think waiting for the brand new shoe drops. Or Birkin bags.

They're buying into a feeling, a position, a lifestyle. They aren’t price-sensitive, they’re value-sensitive.

I hope something here spoke to you.

↓↓↓

P.S. Business owners, I have something for you.

On February 10th, I'm running a free masterclass breaking down four simple levers every biz can pull to unlock more profit in their business.

Curious to learn what they are?

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Critics have opinions.
You have a choice.
Will you let them stop you?

Your critics are rarely people you want to impress.

When I started posting on LinkedIn, some people genuinely thought I’d lost the plot.

Not quietly either.

I saw messages like:
“Should we stage an intervention on Will?”
“His content is actually intolerable.”

You can’t let noise like that hijack your dream.

Think about it:
→ Athletes don't mock you for hitting the gym
→ Millionaires don't criticize you for learning new skills
→ Successful founders don't laugh at your business ideas

They get it - because they’ve been there.

The people who criticize the loudest are usually the ones doing the least.

They're not the people you aspire to be.
They’re not building.
They never tried.

Don't let them stop you from:
• Taking that risk
• Betting on yourself
• Launching your work

Because when you're early in your journey, the biggest risk isn't failure.
It's quitting because someone else mocked you for trying.

In reality, the people you admire most would tell to try.

📌 Want career freedom?
Start posting online.
Here is your free playbook: https://saywhat.ai/course/

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My daughter is the sweetest human being you’d ever want to meet.

Her best friend growing up used to say all of her emotions are attached directly to her tear ducts.

Happy? Cries.
Sad? Cries.
Excited? Cries.
Nostalgic? Cries.

She has the softest spot for animals and children. At every wedding, family event, party, or get-together, she’s the one walking around holding a baby.
Not hers. Someone else’s.

She’s the go-to for her friends when they need someone to watch their dogs. She loves them like her own, and everyone knows their pups are safe with her.

She’s never met a stranger she hasn’t smiled at. In fact, she may have been the only person living in NYC who talked to children on the subway, smiled at elderly strangers, and played peekaboo with babies. Or so I’m told.

Her natural disposition lives somewhere between gentle and kind. As the Ops Manager of my company, I’ve learned she hates conflict. Even over email.

She’s always looking for a solution, and she delivers it with so much grace that you don’t realize you’ve been firmly corrected until later.

But.

When she was in high school, one of the neighborhood girls was being bullied on the school bus. Lexi made sure she sat with her every day, positioning herself between the girl and the bullies.

Until one day… she snapped.

She unleashed a profanity-laced verbal takedown that shocked everyone on that bus.

Including the bus driver.

Who, notably, did not intervene or reprimand her for the language.

(I’m proud to say she learned that language from me.)

Every kid froze.
The bullies were stunned.
Eyes were wide.

The bullying stopped immediately.
A lifelong friendship was born.
And no one ever messed with Lexi again. Ever.

Here’s the thing.

Patience is not weakness.
Kindness is not passivity.
Sensitivity is not fragility.

And just because someone is gentle doesn’t mean they don’t know exactly when....and how....to draw a line.

Underestimate people like that at your own risk.

#KindnessIsNotWeakness
#SoProud
#ResumeWriting

We live in a world obsessed with titles, but every person carries invisible stories of struggle, wisdom, and potential that no business card can capture.

When we lead with respect rather than hierarchy, we unlock something powerful: authentic human connection.

What i have learned about true leadership.

Real leaders don't wait to see credentials before showing respect.

They understand that:
- Dignity isn't distributed based on job descriptions
- Today's intern could be tomorrow's innovator
- Every person has something valuable to teach us
- Character reveals itself in how we treat those who "can't help us"

Three simple shifts that change everything

1. Replace "What do you do?" with “What are you passionate about?"
Watch how conversations transform when you're genuinely curious about the person, not their position.

2. Listen for the story, not the status:
Everyone has a journey.

The most interesting people are often hiding in plain sight.

3. Practice "respectful curiosity":
Approach each interaction wondering what you might learn, rather than what you might gain.

When you treat the receptionist with the same courtesy as the CEO, people notice.

When you thank the maintenance team as genuinely as you thank your biggest client, culture shifts.

Respect isn't a favor you give; it's a standard you set.

Think about someone you interact with regularly but might overlook.

What would happen if you approached them with fresh eyes tomorrow?

The most successful people I know aren't those who demand respect—they're the ones who give it freely.

What's one assumption you've made about someone that completely changed when you got to know their story?

Credit: Makarand Utpat

Noise, hype and anti hype.

This is probably the best definition of what’s going on with AI today.

2-3 years ago no one cared. Today…. Well, everyone feel have been invited to the party. This reflect how polarized our society is.

I see thousands of discussions from people who even doesn’t know what AI means beyond ChatGPT, but feel this is good enough to over criticize or to claim AI is the beginning of our end.

Meanwhile just a few are building and getting value from it.

My advise: less talk, more build. Put your hands on and embrace the exponentials, unlock opportunities and shape your own judgement only once you have understood what AI really means and what you can do with it.

#ai

TODAY IT'S THEM TOMORROW IT'S US. PALESTINE WAS A TEST OF YOUR MORALS AND YOU'VE FAILED.
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Burnout isn’t tied to workload.

It’s about emotional misalignment in your work environment, including:

- Unpleasant relationships: Working with the wrong people.

- Lack of purpose: Pursuing goals that don’t resonate with you.

- No control: Operating in systems where you feel powerless.

Let's take a closer look at these three primary causes of burnout:

1) Working with people you don’t like

A lack of positive relationships with colleagues or superiors can drain motivation and make work feel emotionally taxing.

2) Goals you don’t believe in

If you don’t find purpose or value in the objectives you’re working toward, it can lead to feelings of disconnection and futility.

3) Systems that grant you no agency

Being in an environment where you have little control or autonomy over your work can make you feel powerless, leading to frustration and exhaustion.

In essence, burnout stems from a lack of alignment between your values, relationships, and sense of control, rather than just overworking.

Shift your perspective to fully consider the deeper emotional and psychological context of work.

If you can't change environments, here are two things you can do to improve your situation today:

1. Create Boundaries That Protect Your Energy

Burnout often comes from blurred lines between your priorities and everyone else’s demands. High performers tend to say “yes” too often.

A sustainable solution is to clarify your non-negotiables: when you’re available, when you’re offline, and what tasks you’re willing to take on. Communicate these boundaries with clarity, and reinforce them by removing “energy leaks” (like constant notifications or unnecessary meetings).

2. Rebuild Meaning Through Connection and Purpose

One of burnout’s deepest roots is not just overwork, but disconnection from your values, your team, or the bigger “why” behind the work.

To counteract this, reconnect with purpose: revisit what parts of your work energize you, delegate or drop what doesn’t, and seek out collaboration instead of isolation. Even small acts of recognition, gratitude, or peer support can help reframe your environment from draining to meaningful.

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Something interesting I've been trying lately:

The “No-Power” Hour.

Every day for the last month, I’ve been setting a 60-minute block where I don’t use any electronic devices (phone, laptop, headphones).

I know this might not sound like much, but consider this:

What’s the longest stretch of time each day (other than sleeping) where you’re not reading, watching, or listening to something on an electronic device?

I don’t know about you, but for me, the answer was “not long”.

We’ve become so used to stimulating ourselves every second of the day, that NOT using a device feels weird.

I’ve decided to fight back.

My challenge to you:
Put at least one “No-Power” Hour in your calendar this week.

♻️ Repost this so others can try too.

The GTM tech industry is changing quickly.

New challengers are starting to win in every sub-category.

Here are some of the trends I'm seeing:

- ABM
6sense → Seam AI

- Website Visitor Deanonymization
HubSpot → RB2B

- Data Sourcing
ZoomInfo → Clay

- Contact Enrichment
Clearbit → Findymail

- Phone Numbers
Cognism → BetterContact

- LI Outreach
Sales Nav → HeyReach.io

- Email Outreach
Intuit Mailchimp → Instantly.ai

- Workflow Builder
Zapier → n8n

- Inbound Orchestration
Chili Piper → Default

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FINDING HAPPINESS AND PEACE

There’s something quietly miraculous about the moment a shelter dog walks into a home and decides that this is his forever family.

The gratitude in his eyes doesn’t fade with time; it settles in and becomes part of the air you breathe.

We thought we were opening our door to rescue a puppy, but what really happened is he moved in and began rescuing pieces of us we didn’t even know were tired.

On the hardest days he reads the room better than any human, pressing close, resting his head gently, reminding us without words that we are never alone.

“Happiness is a warm puppy,”

as Charles Schulz once wrote, and living that truth every day reshapes how you measure joy.

People love to say we saved him, but the deeper truth is that his loyalty, his intuition, and his constant affection stitched new light into our family.

A shelter dog doesn’t just join a household; he becomes its heartbeat, quietly curing loneliness one wag at a time.

Hopefully you enjoy my posts and will add your likes and comments.

Richard DiPilla
Storytelling

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#AdoptDontShop #ShelterDogs #MentalHealth #Healing #DogsOfLinkedIn

The older I get, the more I realize how much work can screw up your health.

Especially if you're in a terrible environment.

- Awful boss
- High pressure
- Poor communication
- Unrealistic expectations

You'll grind all day, for years.

You'll work yourself to the brink of physical and mental exhaustion.

And then one day?

*Poof*

It all vanishes.

Why?

Because the board wanted to cut costs, or your productivity looked a little light on the spreadsheet that quarter, or maybe it's time to give bigger bonuses to execs.

Forget that. Don't ever let that be the position you're in.

That's why I always recommend you own something of your own. Even a little side hustle.

Something. Anything. You need some leverage.

If you've never built an audience or business online, I'll show you how to do it, for free, over the next 30 days.

You can sign up for The Expert OS (free) and you'll get:

- All of my templates
- All of my prompts
- All of my pages
- All of my emails

And one video per day that shows you how to get your first paying customers.

Start here: https://buff.ly/1c87Alu

Take your life into your own hands.

Do you think doing too many things kills focus?

Tell me your thoughts in the comments!

#rajshamani #figuringout

Many leaders forget this

(Don’t make the same mistake)

How you treat people always comes back around.

Thanks to my friend Justin Wright for this one!

What matters is what actually sticks:

→ How you made them feel.
→ Whether you showed respect.
→ If you chose kindness when you didn’t have to.

Respect doesn’t cost a thing.

And investing in people?

It always pays off, even if the return takes time.

So, treat people well.

Because some doors won’t open because of your CV.

They open because someone remembered how you treated them.

That’s the kind of investment that lasts.

Do you agree?

♻️ More people need to see this, share it with your network!

And follow Rob Dance for more LinkedIn content like this!

This is my exact AI setup to write better prompts:

(steal it in 2 minutes):

1. Create a Project (stop using blank chats).

→ Go to Claude → Click "Projects" → New Project.
→ Add custom instructions: tone, audience & goal.
→ Upload 1-3 reference files (download as .md file).
→ Use this set up guide: https://lnkd.in/ee29GvFF

2. Turn on Extended Thinking (before you prompt).

→ Click the "Thinking" toggle below your chat input.
→ AI stops pattern-matching. Starts reasoning.
→ Same prompt, completely different depth.
→ Yes, it's slower. But also better. Don't be a baby.

3. Turn on Search (if you need accuracy).

→ Click the "Search" toggle next to Thinking.
→ AI stops guessing. Starts citing real sources.
→ This is the antidote to hallucination.
→ Al with eyes lies far less than one running blind.

4. Upload a reference (stop describing yourself).

→ Find an example of exactly what you want.
→ Screenshot it or download as markdown.
→ Upload it and type: "Match this tone & structure."
→ Copy-paste my prompt: https://lnkd.in/eF56s4i8

5. Use AI as a critic (not a creator).

→ Write a rough draft yourself first.
→ Prompt: "What's weak about this? Be brutal."
→ AI explains well and executes generic.
→ Copy this critic prompt: https://lnkd.in/ducKkADE

6. Define success (not steps).

→ Don't tell AI how to do it. Tell AI what is "done".
→ Add: "Who is this for? What does it look like?"
→ Add: "What should it NOT sound like?"
→ Outcomes > process. Always.

7. Specify constraints.

→ Tell AI what to avoid, not just what to include.
→ Add: "No fluff. No corporate tone. Under 150w"
→ Add: "Don't include X, Y, Z."
→ Boundaries > rules.

8. Give examples.

→ Paste a good example directly into the chat.
→ Type: "This is the tone I want. Match it."
→ Show "too shallow" vs "just right."
→ It learns from what you show.

9. Reset after 15 messages.

→ Context gets bloated. It starts drowning.
→ Start a new chat inside the same Project.
→ Only carry forward what actually matters.
→ Less = more. Always.

Now here's how to know you're doing it wrong.

11 signs of a bad prompt:

✦ You start in a blank chat, not a Project.
✦ No thinking mode enabled.
✦ No reference uploaded.
✦ Vague goal like "make it good."
✦ One-shot prompting, no back-and-forth.
✦ You expect AI to fill in the gaps.
✦ You ask AI to create, not critique.
✦ No success criteria defined.
✦ You describe steps, not outcomes.
✦ Bloated context, never reset.
✦ You give too much info (less = more).

Most people don't know how to set up AI correctly.

So I wrote the full setup guide (for free).
To access it: https://lnkd.in/ducKkADE

I built a $45M business in 4 years and was still paying myself $40,000.

No fancy car
No f*cking watch
No f*cking bling bling..

Because I knew what I was doing it for and I believed fully in what I was doing.

As a 22-year-old kid, I worked for my parents’ business for 12 years .. every day, every Saturday .. I came, I did my thing, I changed the course of my parents’ financial life the way they changed and created the course of my life ..

And I knew that was right from the get because that was my mission

And then I was ready to leave and do my own thing at 34. So when people are impatient at 26, I laugh.

Patience, my friends.

Too many of you are way too worried about short-term goals when your mouth is saying you want big-time goals.

The bigger the ambition, the slower you need to go.

Let's address an absurd nobility on LinkedIn:

It's not the "classy" move many claim it to be

People act like waiting is integrity
Like reaching out is beneath them
Like the best professionals shouldn't have to ask

Let's be more honest:
you're terrified of being "that person"

↳ The one who follows up too soon
↳ The one sliding into DMs with a pitch
↳ The needy one who can't take a hint

So you wait

You tell yourself you're being respectful
Strategic
Or even that you're playing the long game

Except,

what you're really doing is hoping they'll come to you so you don't have to feel uncomfortable.

You've dressed up your fear as standards
Convinced yourself that silence is sophistication

And while you're sitting there being noble about it,
someone else just reached out.

- They asked
- They got the meeting
- They're eating your breakfast

There are no medals given for sitting back.
No one hands out prizes for being too polite to make a move.

The people closing deals know this
they ask because:

↳ they know permission isn't coming
↳ and the door doesn't open itself

Have you been avoiding reaching out because some "experts" told you it's the classy thing to do?

Fortune favours the action takers

---
PS The best deals close because someone wasn't too noble to start the conversation.

But what's the next step after reaching out?
Click my first featured link here → Richard Moore to see how I convert on the first call.

#RichTips

Successful people celebrate EVERYTHING!

This mindset applies to LinkedIn too:

1. No win is "too small"

In your mind, you may be thinking: "I only got 5K impressions on my last post." The real ones are already writing the hook: "3,000 CEOs just viewed my post!"

Those who think big, make it big.

2. You shouldn't avoid "fun"

Even the most corporate-y of corporate meetings involve fun moments, and people laughing. Stop taking yourself so seriously. Celebrate the small moments.

Look at this bday cake I got! I can't stop smiling.

3. There's a business lesson in everything.

You need to learn how to "pivot" the conversation, ok? Someone praised you in a comment? Screenshot it → ask for permission → use it as social proof.

Or...

Received a birthday cake from your Link Up community? Easy way to tell people how amazing your group is → and then invite people to join. 😉

See how easy it is to celebrate EVERYTHING?

Success leaves clues.

Just gotta notice the small things and then...

Write about it! Good luck.

P.S. Anybody want a slice of cake? We got plenty. 🍔

Historic: Elon Musk just negotiated the largest private acquisition in history with himself - SpaceX officially acquired xAI for $250 billion to create a $1.25 trillion space and AI powerhouse 😳

At first, SpaceX & xAI M&A at a ~$1.25T combined valuation looks like financial engineering.

But it might also be vertical integration at a planetary scale.

Remember - AI doesn’t just scale with data. It scales with power 🔋

And Earth is running out of easy power.

Why this combo is different:

→ xAI already runs 100k+ Nvidia H100s. Next training runs need gigawatts, not megawatts. The grid isn’t built for that.

→ Solar in orbit produces multiple times the annual energy of ground arrays - no weather, no night cycle.

→ Space offers free cooling. Heat radiates into vacuum instead of burning water and electricity on chillers.

→ Starship’s target launch costs change the math. Shipping hardware to orbit starts looking less insane vs decade-long grid upgrades on Earth.

→ Starlink + X payments rails = distribution + transactions. Not just models answering questions - AI agents that can act and pay.

Everyone else is fighting for land, permits, and substations.

This stack is trying to move the bottleneck to orbit.

It’s either the most ambitious infrastructure play in tech, or a very expensive way to reprice an AI company.

Probably both.

P.S. check out 🔔linas.substack.com🔔, it's the only newsletter you need for all things when Finance meets AI. For founders, builders, and leaders.

This is how a16z-backed startups run product marketing in 2026:

1 key senior employee + AI workflows for anything repetitive.

Take Relay App as an example:
→ Backed by a16z, Khosla Ventures
→ 10 employees
→ 605% year-on-year growth

Jacob (founder) runs all marketing and commercial activities alone.

He reaches hundreds of thousands of people every week.

+600% YoY growth for his company speaks for itself (+ a great product)

These are the agents he told me he uses for marketing (full list in picture):

→ Monthly Competitor Report 
→ Social Media YT Video Promoter 
→ RSS Feed Aggregator & Scorer 
→ Lead Follow-up from Ads 
→ YouTube Comment Opportunity Finder 
→ LinkedIn Content Researcher 
→ & 20 more..

I adapted his templates to make them super easy to test and implement.

No code. No tech skills. No N8N or complex tools. 
Each takes ~15 min to set up. 
All free to run (but pay attention to credits)

Comment "TEMPLATES" and I'll DM you the Notion resource.

Dziwna metoda, ale chyba przetestuję.

📍 To już oficjalne.
📍 Zapisz tę datę w kalendarzu.
📍 Sprzedaż biletów ruszy 01.05.2026 o godzinie 10:00

Spotkamy się jak zwykle w Karpaczu.
Jak zwykle będziemy mieli nadzieję, że Śnieżka da nam się zdobyć.

Ale nie pojedziemy tam tylko po to, by chodzić po górach.
Jako ludzie biznesu, pojedziemy tam wspierać polski biznes w budowaniu zrównoważonego środowiska pracy.

Ludzie, którzy chcą nieść kaganek oświaty w zakresie zatrudniania osób z niepełnosprawnościami, powinni zaznaczyć sobie tę datę.


A jaki będzie tamat tegorocznego wydarzenia❓
O już w poniedziałek 👌🏻

5 months ago, we started to pay our employees for posting on LinkedIn:

Every employee who can show 20k impressions in the past 28 days will get $350.

Every employee who can show 100k impressions in the past 90 days will get $550.

And every employee who can show 1'000k impressions in the past 365 days will get $4'000.

The results?

1️⃣

Three team members already achieved at least one of the levels.

Two team members post almost every day, one landing his first brand collaboration outside the company.

Congrats to Sebastian and Samir for pushing though. You guys made it.

(Give them a follow if you haven't yet)

2️⃣

Many members of the leadership are leading by example and post at least once or very regularly as well (Samuel & Sonja 👏🏻👏🏻).

3️⃣

The first inbound generated opportunities in my 15 year sales career that helped us reach our best quarter in Q4/25.

Additional benefits:

👉🏻 All of them learn faster.
👉🏻 Better alignment of the company.
👉🏻 Brand building


PS: There is one simple rule to posting: It should be somewhat connected to their jobs or the company. Personal posts here and there are ok too.

Nothing has given me higher returns than self-development.

Industries change.
Roles ask for more responsibility.
Career trends come and go.

But your ability to learn and grow is what pays you back.

So grow your mind.
Strengthen your body.
Invest in your learning.

The more you invest in them, the more you get compounded returns over time.
And open doors to new opportunities!

🚀 Today we’re launching a brand new Relay.app! It’s a totally new way of thinking about AI agents, and it’s going to enable EVERYONE to build their own AI team. 🚀

We’re live on Product Hunt today and would really appreciate your support here: https://lnkd.in/g7Kp-zvf

2025 was supposed to be the “year of the AI agent.” But for many people, it wasn’t. Setting up agents was too hard and technical. Working with agents was too unpredictable and frustrating.

Here’s what makes AI agents in Relay.app different:

Anyone can create agents. You work with AI agents just like you work with people. You ask your agent to do things for you and give it feedback to get better. No code, JSON, terminal, or MCP needed.

Agents are predictable and reliable. You teach your agent skills with simple prompts, and it turns those into easily understandable, consistent workflows. Plus, your agent can keep a human-in-the-loop for anything high stakes. No random actions you can’t explain.

I know these agents actually work because I couldn’t do my job without them. I’m the founder of Relay.app, but I’m also the sales team, marketing team, support team, HR team, and finance team. My AI agents have handled 26,323 webinar signups, closed the support loop with 2,253 customers, briefed me before 1014 meetings, reviewed 307 partner applications, and much more.

To start building your own AI team, head over to Relay.app and try it out for free. I can’t wait to hear your feedback.

p.s. like and comment on this post to get a bonus code for 500 extra AI credits per month for an a year 🙏

Be you … sometimes you wake up and the world 🌍 comes to you … I’m really bad at not being myself and I was willing to be judged & lose out on opportunities ( $$ etc. ) because it’s just so much easier being “You” ..

and listen, I know cursing is frowned on by some, I know dressing casually is still judged by some, and that’s ok .. this video isn’t about that .. this video is about you not changing for “them” if it’s in your heart ♥️ to not change and you aren’t hurting anyone 😍

Neue Aufgaben! Ich freu mich auf mein neues Betätigungsfeld als Beirat bei Bundesverband Vereinbarkeit.

Unter der Leitung von Dr. Ana Hoffmeister und Volker Baisch werden wir, Simon Usifo Sirka Laudon Vera Schneevoigt Sandra Runge Dr. Hans Rusinek und Kristina Stoerk, in Zeiten von #LifestyleTeilzeit Debatte unseren Beitrag leisten, damit es stets ums Und geht, ohne Entschuldigung dazwischen:

Job & Family!

The UK government spent £4.1m with PWC to create a free AI skills platform for everyone 👏
Is it any good, though?

TL;DR: Nope.

(Massive glaring caveat: Obviously, I'm speaking from a biased place. I own an AI training company.)

👍 The Good Stuff

→ It’s easy to sign up
→ It’s got Andrew Ng stuff on it

Erm…honestly, I’m struggling for any more.

👎 The Bad Stuff

→ The design and UX is poor, it’s hard to move around
→ The learning pathway questions don’t make sense
→ There’s lots of non-AI content in there, e.g. maths
→ It seems 70% of it isn’t actually free

In all honesty, it doesn’t feel like a £4.1m project in partnership with a goliath like PWC, it feels like it’s been made in a rush by someone who wasn't paying attention (and doesn't use GenAI themselves).

Yowch.

Have I missed something important?

I’m sick of seeing free AI courses that promise the world but aren’t very good. Most of them don’t actually help people with the 3 things that matter:

1. What it is (and isn’t!)
2. Real, practical use cases
3. How to stay safe using it

…so I’m building my own.

On demand.
Free for everyone.
Constantly updated.

It’ll have an assessment at the end, and a certificate of AI Literacy for those who pass.

I plan to get it out far and wide to as many people as I possibly can - so please keep your eyes peeled! 👀

It’s designed to be useful for (almost) everyone - from teenagers to job-hunters to retirees and everyone in between. (I haven’t made this one proper kiddy-friendly but that’s a project for later.)

So...

Have you tried the new AI Skills Boost platform yet? 
How was your experience? Have I missed something?!

Please let me know below 👇

You know that feeling where everyone's life seems to be moving forward except yours?

The promotions. The engagements.
The "I just bought my dream apartment."

And you're still trying to figure out what you want for your future.

The doc below explains the psychology behind why we all think we're the only ones struggling.

#rajshamani #figuringout

This Budget makes one thing clear to me. India’s future won’t be built only in its metros. It will be shaped in districts and small towns, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities emerging as the centre of India’s growth story.
MSMEs are central to this shift, enabled by digital infrastructure and increasingly integrated into value chains. What stands out is the connected thinking across AI, skilling, tourism, logistics, and ease of doing business, creating a more distributed and resilient growth model.

I have shared a deeper view on what this means for enterprises, investors, and institutions. Curious to hear how others are reading it.

https://lnkd.in/gQUKsQbF

“It might be your last chance to drive.” 👏😂

Alfa Romeo just dropped the best AI commentary of the year — disguised as a car ad.

Because let’s be honest… we’ve all felt it.
AI is already writing our emails, scheduling our meetings, and “optimizing” our thoughts.
Now it’s coming for the steering wheel too.

Soon we’ll sit in fully autonomous cars, sipping coffee while an algorithm decides our route, speed, and life choices.

Humans once built machines to assist.
Now machines are politely asking us to get out of the way.

So maybe Alfa Romeo’s not selling cars — it’s selling freedom.

The last analog joy in a digital world.

What’s next — “It might be your last chance to think”? 😅

#AI #Humor #Automation #FutureOfWork #AutonomousVehicles #Innovation