What Do You WANT?

This 4th of July I took a break!
I didn't look at my laptop.
I decreased my phone usage.
I read a book!
I played in a foam pit with my daughter.
I did a backwards swan dive that wasn't quite as graceful as I would have wanted.
I went on a bike ride with my brother and got to talk about all the greatness he is doing right now in his business!
I held my daughter while she watched fireworks and said "Whoaaaaaaa" over and over and over again.

That is the lifestyle I am after.

These past two weeks I listened to 2 books by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan:

1. Who Not How

2. 10X Is Easier Than 2X

And if I had to life a life that reflected what I learned those books into a weekend, it would have been this weekend. =D

Take a break. Rest. Disconnect. Come back HEALTHY and WHOLE (and maybe a little full of red white and blue candy).

In 10X Is Easier Than 2X, one of the things Dan recommends to entrepreneurs is that they plan AT LEAST 180 free days into their calendar at the beginning of the year.

According to him, an entrepreneur's income will quickly double if you half the time they have to work.

In Who Not How Dan recommends shifting the question from "How Can I" to "Who Can Help/Do This For Me"?

These two pieces of advice have affected my every waking moment since I read them.

And I am now taking two actions:

1. I am planning days of rest! I am TAKING BREAKS!! No work. Just me, my brain, and my family.

2. I am actively looking for an executive assistant (talking with my business coach about it later today)

You can think of AI as a partial "Who" in your work. An AMPLIFIER for your work.

But it's only going to be as good as the input you give it. So if you're trying to do something you've never done before, it could AMPLIFY you straight into the ground (with negative values). And if you put it into the hands of an expert, it can easily 2X or 10X them.

Which means WHO not HOW is still the go to. Even with AI in the mix. So that you can:

1. Focus on your "Unique Ability"

2. Build the lifestyle you want

3. Create the impact you desire (without any of the silly stuff that drains you)

Another important piece to all of this (that I have learned over the last 3 months): You must know what you WANT.

What lifestyle do you want? How much time do you intend to spend working? How many days per year? Who do you WANT to work with? Think both clients and team member.

The simplicity really makes me laugh sometimes. All of our problems are human ones, no matter how much technology you layer on.

As Brendon Burchard puts it, we want to:

1. Build meaningful relationships

2. Pursue our purpose

3. Experience life and

4. Grow the first three over time

AI, done right, helps us do that.

It allowed me to take a break this weekend. And has helped me to find people I care to serve. And is helping me find people who can support my mission:

To further my mission, I intend to (re)write a book (in 30 days) that I will publish on August 1st.

The book will be called AI Possibilities.

I've found that the first problem people run into when using AI is that they don't know what it can do.

They "Don't know what they don't know."

This book is designed to break that problem open (just a bit).

I've trained thousands of professionals on the use of AI at this point.

And I'd like to further hone my message and make it as useful to you as possible.

So if you could reply to this email and tell me:
What is one thing you wish AI could do for you, so that you could immediately begin living the lifestyle you want (like me taking a break this weekend)?

Your friend,
Sterling Long!

P.S. I am so grateful to you for reading this. Hopefully I can be a WHO for you as you go about changing the world from your own zone of genius.