WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.459 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:03.560 everybody. Welcome to today's episode of the 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:06.440 Never Peak Project Podcast. I'm your host, Coach 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.960 Ranger. And as always, today's episode is going 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.300 to be focused around helping you get better. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:14.580 At the Never Peak Project, really what I believe 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.420 is that the best is yet to come. And the reason 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:20.839 I say that is because every mountain in life 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:23.480 that we climb, there's always another mountain 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:25.399 ahead of us. us. And that is really just the 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:28.500 core of what I believe is possible for each of 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:31.379 us. That if we are able to learn different tools, 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:33.840 if we're able to find ways to support ourselves 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.280 on this climb that we make every single day up 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.179 whatever mountain we choose to ascend, we will 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:41.859 be able to get up that mountain faster, better, 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.539 stronger, and be more well equipped to hit that 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:48.340 next mountain that we want to climb. And the 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:49.880 tool that we're going to be talking about today 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.609 is artificial intelligence or AI. Throughout 00:00:53.609 --> 00:00:55.289 this episode, I'll be sharing just a few of the 00:00:55.289 --> 00:00:58.189 tools that I personally use to make my life as 00:00:58.189 --> 00:01:01.310 a solopreneur, as a small business leader, easier 00:01:01.310 --> 00:01:05.870 to manage. Because just like the cotton gin or 00:01:05.870 --> 00:01:08.150 the automobile, like all these advancements, 00:01:08.230 --> 00:01:10.269 there are definitely some downsides that come 00:01:10.269 --> 00:01:12.750 to them, to their implementation, to their use. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.599 But I do think that for the most part, there 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:17.980 are a lot of benefits and positives that are 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:20.659 arising from us being able to utilize these technologies 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:24.700 for the advancement and betterment of our business, 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:28.000 our community, and our world. So sit back, relax, 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:30.400 grab the beverage of your choice. As always, 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.799 I have a cup of cold -blooded caffeine company 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.420 coffee in my cup. But go ahead, sit back, and 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:39.180 we'll dive into today's episode. Now, really 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:41.939 at the core of today's episode, the state that 00:01:41.939 --> 00:01:44.379 I want to go in this episode reminding you of 00:01:44.379 --> 00:01:47.120 and reminding myself of, being a solopreneur 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.579 means that you have to wear a lot of hats. You 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:52.739 are the marketing department. You are the unpaid 00:01:52.739 --> 00:01:56.099 intern. You are the CEO. You are the sales guy. 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.400 You are a little bit of everything. Honestly, 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.840 over time, all those different hats that we wear 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.400 really starts to weigh down on us and we start 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:06.920 dropping them. They start falling to the wayside. 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:09.520 You know, if maybe copywriting isn't your thing, 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:11.520 you're not going to put as much time and energy 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:13.719 into that as you might be doing with sales or 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.699 networking. Or if content creation isn't your 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:19.819 forte, but you understand that in today's consumer 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:23.199 economy that we are constantly looking for content 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:26.219 to consume and more things to learn and things 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:28.639 to bring in, but we're not focusing on that. 00:02:29.129 --> 00:02:31.490 it can really cause just this ripple of hats 00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:34.009 to start falling and really things just hitting 00:02:34.009 --> 00:02:36.569 the ground, never to be picked up again. And 00:02:36.569 --> 00:02:39.870 really, I think that that is where AI and these 00:02:39.870 --> 00:02:42.870 different software and SaaS tools really help 00:02:42.870 --> 00:02:45.310 us make sure that we can lighten the load by 00:02:45.310 --> 00:02:49.210 being able to almost outsource very cheaply some 00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:51.849 of these things that we have to do, these actions, 00:02:51.949 --> 00:02:54.069 these inputs, and makes it to where we can really 00:02:54.069 --> 00:02:56.150 focus on the aspects of our business that we 00:02:56.150 --> 00:02:58.740 love the most. And that we're honestly... a lot 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:02.990 better at than other areas. Really, this episode 00:03:02.990 --> 00:03:07.349 is a peek behind the curtain of what I here at 00:03:07.349 --> 00:03:09.150 Within Range Coaching and the Never Peak Project 00:03:09.150 --> 00:03:13.449 podcast are using to lighten that load. I don't 00:03:13.449 --> 00:03:16.229 use too many AI tools at the moment. In next 00:03:16.229 --> 00:03:18.310 week's guest episode, we're going to have an 00:03:18.310 --> 00:03:22.050 AI expert on who's going to give some more background 00:03:22.050 --> 00:03:24.849 information regarding some tools that you may 00:03:24.849 --> 00:03:26.789 be able to use in your business. So stay tuned 00:03:26.789 --> 00:03:28.289 for that. Be sure that you're subscribed so that 00:03:28.289 --> 00:03:29.889 you get the notification when the episode goes 00:03:29.889 --> 00:03:34.800 out. What I want to be at the forefront of this 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.419 discussion around AI and the information that 00:03:38.419 --> 00:03:41.740 I'm putting out about it is AI doesn't replace 00:03:41.740 --> 00:03:45.060 creativity. That is not what we should be using 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:48.759 it for. We should be using it as a way to support 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:52.060 our own personal creativity so that we can put 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:55.219 more out into the world that is better, more 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:59.169 effective. and honestly transformational for 00:03:59.169 --> 00:04:01.050 the people in our audience and those that we 00:04:01.050 --> 00:04:05.490 want to serve. AI is a tool, not a crutch. It 00:04:05.490 --> 00:04:09.169 should not be used as a way to limit your creativity 00:04:09.169 --> 00:04:12.330 or bypass the creative process. It should be 00:04:12.330 --> 00:04:14.590 used to support it. Now, really one of the main 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:16.930 ways that I use AI, the biggest tool that I use, 00:04:16.970 --> 00:04:21.600 of course, is ChatGPT. I call ChatGPT Chad because 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.279 a member of my Toastmasters ProMasters club, 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.920 she wrote a speech using Chad, and she told us 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.199 that she had Chad's help. And then in the middle 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.540 of the speech, she revealed that Chad was actually 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:36.100 ChatGPT. So throughout this episode, I'll be 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:39.560 referring to ChatGPT as Chad, just as a quicker 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:43.540 way. But really, I think we're... Chad and other 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:46.959 products like him really shine are in automation, 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:51.019 organization, and momentum. It's not replacing 00:04:51.019 --> 00:04:53.800 your originality or your own personal intuition. 00:04:54.420 --> 00:04:56.899 It's really making sure that you are able to 00:04:56.899 --> 00:04:59.180 take all of these thoughts or ideas. And I know 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:01.420 as solopreneurs and entrepreneurs in general, 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:05.120 we have a ton of ideas constantly all the time. 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:07.620 What I think the beauty of it is, if you're able 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:09.600 to get all that out on a piece of paper or in 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.259 a Word doc, even if it's not... very pretty to 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:16.439 look at, but the ideas and the originality is 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.240 there. The Chad, the program, can take that information 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.379 and make it more organized so that you can really 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:25.220 evaluate it with a fresh pair of eyes to say, 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.600 okay, is this a good idea or not? So I think 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.019 that is just like a very small way of saying 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:36.579 that AI is more of a teammate than it is a full 00:05:36.579 --> 00:05:41.000 -on aggressive takeover of your business. This 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.680 is not a way to replace you. It is a way to make 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.920 sure that you are being as effective as possible. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:48.839 Because at the end of the day, you do really 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:52.620 still need vision, empathy, and a really clear, 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:56.519 strong message. I just believe that AI helps 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.199 you deliver it better. and faster i've already 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:00.920 alluded to it but the first tool that i like 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.709 to use is chat gpt or chad I personally pay for 00:06:04.709 --> 00:06:06.790 the premium version, which is about $20 a month, 00:06:06.990 --> 00:06:09.610 and I use it for a ton of stuff. It's really 00:06:09.610 --> 00:06:13.310 the workhorse of the AI tools that I use. It 00:06:13.310 --> 00:06:14.949 can do just a little bit of everything. It can 00:06:14.949 --> 00:06:17.670 help out with writing, copywriting, editing, 00:06:18.009 --> 00:06:21.329 creating images or mock -ups, and I think it's 00:06:21.329 --> 00:06:24.709 just really that initial idea generator for a 00:06:24.709 --> 00:06:27.670 lot of what I do. For example, earlier I was 00:06:27.670 --> 00:06:29.800 talking a little bit about organization. One 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.060 of the things that I wanted for my podcast was 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:35.699 a very clear idea of what I'll be talking about 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:38.639 throughout the entire year. Now, I went to ChatGPT, 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:40.819 I uploaded all the information about my podcast, 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:45.439 the title, the cover, what my vision, my mission 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.920 for it is, and just like my own ideas behind 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.959 it. I then asked it to ask me a few questions 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.579 to help clarify the direction I want to take 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:56.819 the podcast in. And then after those questions, 00:06:56.899 --> 00:07:00.620 asked it to generate a bunch of title ideas for 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:02.699 the podcast and the direction that I want to 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:05.980 go in. It generated probably like 50 or 60 different 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:09.339 podcast episode ideas based around those answers. 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.579 So there's still a lot of information in there 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:16.430 that is myself, my own ideas, my own. beliefs, 00:07:16.610 --> 00:07:20.540 thoughts, worldview, etc. But the... Program 00:07:20.540 --> 00:07:22.300 was able to take all of that and put it into 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:25.360 a concise list of actual topics. I then took 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.160 all those topics, put it into an Excel sheet, 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:30.199 and that is how I am basing out my content for 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.720 basically the entire year. So that's just one 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:34.600 of the very small tools that I use it for. Another 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:38.079 one is copywriting. I love writing. I think it's 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:41.360 very fun. I think it's very cathartic and useful 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.560 for me in terms of getting ideas out or getting 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.540 past certain things. But when it comes to copywriting 00:07:47.540 --> 00:07:51.259 and writing captions for posts, I have such a 00:07:51.259 --> 00:07:54.019 hard time with it. I fall very much into that 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:57.459 analysis paralysis idea where if it doesn't feel 00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:59.680 like it's 100 % perfect, I don't really want 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.939 to put it out. The way that I use ChatGPT in 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:05.439 that regard is I type the ideas. I put in the 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.920 transcripts for the shorts. I type in what I 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:10.540 really want at the essence and the point of the 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:13.660 post is, and then it's able to take that information. 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:16.420 organize it, distill it down, get rid of the 00:08:16.420 --> 00:08:18.899 extra fluff, and just give people that are reading 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:21.660 exactly what they need to know. I love that. 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.759 It cuts out a ton of time in terms of editing, 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:27.759 of finding the right words to say. Now, there 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:29.920 are times where I put something in there and 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.700 it gives me an output that I don't really love. 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.539 That happened the other day. It was like, I help 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:40.039 good people get gooder. And that was the thing 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:42.440 that it said. And I was like, what are you doing, 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:44.820 Chad? So I was just like, LOL, like, that's not 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:47.100 what I wanted. I talked to my chat GPT very much 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:48.799 like it's a human, like I'm talking to a person. 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:52.159 So it kind of took on that personality. I was 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:53.919 like, dude, what are you doing, LOL? That doesn't 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:57.169 make any sense. Like, that sounds so... cheesy 00:08:57.169 --> 00:09:00.389 and weird. And it was like, LOL, haha, you're 00:09:00.389 --> 00:09:03.889 right. Here's a different version. So I think 00:09:03.889 --> 00:09:05.730 the other thing with that is that if you are 00:09:05.730 --> 00:09:08.289 putting your own voice, your own brand and your 00:09:08.289 --> 00:09:11.750 own personality into the platform, it's going 00:09:11.750 --> 00:09:13.509 to give it back to you. That's what I really 00:09:13.509 --> 00:09:15.210 love about it. It's able to take those ideas 00:09:15.210 --> 00:09:19.070 again and put out a still, still a little bit 00:09:19.070 --> 00:09:21.070 of a watered down version of you. From what I've 00:09:21.070 --> 00:09:25.399 noticed, it's not 100%. ranger right and i think 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.179 that's the thing to remember is that it's saving 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:31.360 me some time without taking up all of mine why 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.600 i use it fast flexible saves hours and just a 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.759 ton of mental clutter is organized at this point 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.559 a lot of my emails i do put through chat gpt 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.200 just to make sure that i make sense i feel like 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.809 written word can be very People add a lot of 00:09:48.809 --> 00:09:51.269 their own personal beliefs and worldview into 00:09:51.269 --> 00:09:53.850 what you say. You might not put a period somewhere. 00:09:53.929 --> 00:09:57.950 You might put an extra comma or maybe the words 00:09:57.950 --> 00:09:59.769 you're using might come across a little bit harsh. 00:09:59.970 --> 00:10:02.889 And I just use it to make sure that the message 00:10:02.889 --> 00:10:05.830 is very clear in what it is that I'm saying so 00:10:05.830 --> 00:10:08.789 there is less chance for a miscommunication. 00:10:09.470 --> 00:10:12.490 So again, the first AI tool that I use is ChatGPT. 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:14.899 It's really the workhorse. It can do a ton of 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:17.039 different things, whether it is mock -ups for 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.779 your business cards with the Dolly extension 00:10:19.779 --> 00:10:22.460 when you pay for the premium version, copywriting 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:25.059 really helping you with your Instagram or TikTok 00:10:25.059 --> 00:10:28.980 captions, and also just regular editing. I tried 00:10:28.980 --> 00:10:31.340 to use Grammarly free for a little bit, and I 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:32.940 kind of just found it cumbersome. It just pops 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:35.799 up at the worst possible times, and it doesn't 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.360 really help a lot with multiple issues. I think 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:40.740 you only get like four or five suggestions a 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:44.289 day. Whereas with the paid version of ChatGPT, 00:10:44.370 --> 00:10:47.049 I can just plug pretty much whatever I want into 00:10:47.049 --> 00:10:51.990 it and it won't stop. So that is my number one. 00:10:51.990 --> 00:10:56.370 I love Chad. The second one is going to be Riverside 00:10:56.370 --> 00:11:01.980 AFM. Riverside FM. It is not quite an AI tool 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:06.919 per se, but it is a AI -powered recording software 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:09.639 for podcasting. Now, the reason that I love it 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:12.000 is it's what I'm recording my podcast on right 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.559 now. Every episode of The Never Peak Project 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.820 has been recorded using Riverside FM. And what 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:21.360 I really love is it is so easy to edit. These 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.600 single episodes, all I do is record. I've been 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:26.980 talking for about 13 minutes. I'm going to record 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:29.620 out some pauses, some coughs, some things here 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.980 and there, and it'll be pretty much ready to 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:35.860 upload right then and there. And that's because 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:38.860 it doesn't, you don't have to do the thing where 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:42.039 you say something like, whatever. And then you 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.360 have to find it in the audio file. You have to 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.539 split, find where you stopped saying it, find 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:49.179 where you started saying the next thing, and 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:51.539 then cut out that section and make sure all the 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:53.799 audio levels are equalized and blah, blah, blah. 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:57.279 You're able to just record the episode. It transcribes 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:59.639 it for you immediately. You can just go in there 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.860 and cut out the parts that you don't want anymore. 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:06.899 And it automatically squishes it. The other thing 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:09.460 that it does with that transcript is it lets 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:12.399 you copy it immediately. Like I said with the 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:15.820 chat GPT, I take the transcript and put it into 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:19.779 Chad, and it gives me some SEO -focused show 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:23.159 notes and title suggestions. That saves a ton 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.799 of time. I've tried writing out show notes for 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.419 myself. I did it for the Within Range Coaching 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:30.679 podcast the first season when I was doing my 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.409 walk across the country. And oh my gosh, it took 00:12:33.409 --> 00:12:36.090 me maybe 30 minutes to an hour every time I did 00:12:36.090 --> 00:12:37.809 the show notes just because I didn't want to 00:12:37.809 --> 00:12:40.149 miss anything. I didn't want to lose out on stuff. 00:12:40.389 --> 00:12:42.870 But once I started using ChatGPT, it takes just 00:12:42.870 --> 00:12:45.490 a few minutes. Make sure that if you are using 00:12:45.490 --> 00:12:49.149 it for show notes that you... Ask it to put in 00:12:49.149 --> 00:12:51.990 the placeholders for any links that you may mention 00:12:51.990 --> 00:12:54.429 or resources throughout the episode. There have 00:12:54.429 --> 00:12:55.809 been times where I say, oh, I'll put that in 00:12:55.809 --> 00:12:58.169 the show notes. Totally forget. I don't tell 00:12:58.169 --> 00:13:00.509 ChatGPT to look out for those. And then somebody 00:13:00.509 --> 00:13:03.210 says, hey, I thought you said that this e -book 00:13:03.210 --> 00:13:05.389 or something would be in the show notes. And 00:13:05.389 --> 00:13:07.110 I have to go back and fix it. And then it's like, 00:13:07.169 --> 00:13:09.370 well, shoot, how many people were looking for 00:13:09.370 --> 00:13:12.879 it that didn't say anything? So again, just a 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:16.220 way to use it as a tool. The other thing that 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:19.100 I love about it is it does automatic background 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:23.279 noise removal. Sometimes I have a fan or a heater 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:27.779 or just like some kids yelling outside. For the 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:31.259 most part, it edits those soft ambient noises 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:34.620 out. So you get nice, clean, crisp audio. The 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:37.960 other thing is that automatic audio leveling 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.379 feature. So sometimes the guest might be higher 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:43.740 than you are, or you might be lower than the 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.679 guest, or your microphone is turned down, et 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.740 cetera, et cetera. It kind of automatically fixes 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:52.600 that so that it's not one of those weird things 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.720 where person A is kind of talking like this and 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.720 very quiet and relaxed, but then person B is 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:01.009 talking very, very, very loud. Now there's different 00:14:01.009 --> 00:14:03.129 personalities there, et cetera, but you get the 00:14:03.129 --> 00:14:07.850 point. It makes sure that things are more equal 00:14:07.850 --> 00:14:09.590 throughout. It makes it sound like I kind of 00:14:09.590 --> 00:14:11.649 have like my own little full editing team, even 00:14:11.649 --> 00:14:14.830 though I do it all by myself now. And it's just 00:14:14.830 --> 00:14:17.970 very much, it's easier for that post -production 00:14:17.970 --> 00:14:20.529 editing, but that is what I use Riverside FM 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:22.610 for. I do pay for the premium version. I can't 00:14:22.610 --> 00:14:23.990 remember how much it is off the top of my head, 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:26.330 but I think it's only about 12 to 15 a month. 00:14:26.529 --> 00:14:28.309 So if you're doing a podcast or you're thinking 00:14:28.309 --> 00:14:31.159 about it, Get Riverside FM. It'll make your life 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.740 a heck of a lot easier. The other thing that 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:38.100 I use is Opus Clip. Now, this is an AI -powered 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:40.580 short -form video generator. And what I really 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:42.759 love about it is you can just take any video, 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:45.820 like the podcast, for example. I do my episodes 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:48.539 anywhere from about 15 to 60 minutes. You just 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:50.759 take that file, upload it to Opus Clip, either 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:53.299 the actual file through your web browser, or 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:55.379 if you upload it to YouTube first and you take 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:58.200 that link. Put it into Opus Clip. It gives you 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:02.460 a bunch of clips to use for social media. What 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:04.700 I also love about it is most of the clips are 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:08.159 under 90 seconds. And I think it might be different 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:11.340 now, but for Instagram, for Reels, your video 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.679 had to be under 90 seconds. Otherwise, it starts 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.879 chopping it up kind of weird, and you lose out 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.039 on content. So really, the benefit here, again, 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:21.000 is it is saving a ton of time. Instead of me 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.960 combing through an hour plus of content to try 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.539 to find the best snips, And really just kind 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.600 of bogging my mind down about what do people 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:31.159 want to hear, etc. It just gives them to you 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:33.980 on a platter. Now, there are quite a few limitations. 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:36.519 What I have noticed is when I record episodes 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.779 with a guest, especially if there are two guests, 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.759 like when I did my episode with The Living Project, 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.919 the two gentlemen that are walking across the 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.519 country right now, what it would do in a weird 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.580 way was like, it could recognize that there were 00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:50.220 two people on the other screen, which I thought 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:52.679 was awesome. But it would take one person's face 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:54.860 and the other person's face and kind of mesh 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.860 them together. So it was almost like their heads 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:00.200 were combined or my head was above. And then 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.480 it would switch to where I was on the top of 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.279 the screen and then I was on the bottom of the 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:07.340 screen. It was just confusing. So, again, there 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:11.440 is that aspect of it finds those moments in the 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.340 interview where people would want to hear it 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:15.820 and see more. But you might still want to go 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:18.399 in there and edit it to make sure that it actually 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.919 makes sense for you and your content. Sometimes 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.879 it also has some like little glitches and whatnot. 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:28.240 But again, for saving hours upon hours of getting 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.379 that short form content, I think it's well worth 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:32.899 spending an extra five to ten minutes per clip 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:35.620 to make sure that it's good. The other thing 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.899 that I've learned how to do with it recently 00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:41.259 is combining or linking my Instagram and YouTube 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:44.559 channels to it so that I can just go in there, 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:47.399 do the editing, and then just ship it out from 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.220 there. What I was doing in the past was editing 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.779 the short form videos, downloading it, putting 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:55.799 on my desktop, going to the meta content creation 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.840 area, uploading the video, putting the content, 00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:01.200 putting the caption, putting the cover photo, 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.029 and then scheduling it from there. But you can 00:17:04.029 --> 00:17:07.029 just do all of that inside the Opus Clip platform. 00:17:07.809 --> 00:17:10.630 It does auto -generate captions for you. And 00:17:10.630 --> 00:17:13.730 I don't 100 % love the captions that they give 00:17:13.730 --> 00:17:16.049 you automatically. So I do still run the transcript 00:17:16.049 --> 00:17:19.569 through ChatGPT to get something more in my voice 00:17:19.569 --> 00:17:24.269 and in my style of content. I use a lot of emojis. 00:17:24.410 --> 00:17:27.069 I think it's easier on the eyes, easier to read 00:17:27.069 --> 00:17:31.049 for social media. The point is, again, it saves 00:17:31.049 --> 00:17:34.589 time, but it's not a perfect. system. I think 00:17:34.589 --> 00:17:36.230 that you still have to add that human touch, 00:17:36.349 --> 00:17:39.089 even if it's through Chad a little bit, making 00:17:39.089 --> 00:17:41.049 sure that it sounds like you is so important. 00:17:41.190 --> 00:17:42.849 The other thing, just like an honorable mention, 00:17:43.029 --> 00:17:44.890 something that I do use, which I think everybody 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:47.190 kind of has to use right now with Google, is 00:17:47.190 --> 00:17:51.690 their new Google Chrome AI. What I like about 00:17:51.690 --> 00:17:53.990 it so far is if you Google something, it kind 00:17:53.990 --> 00:17:56.049 of gives you like the high level takeaways or 00:17:56.049 --> 00:17:58.390 kind of condenses a lot of information. So if 00:17:58.390 --> 00:18:00.089 you're looking for a very quick answer to something, 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:01.970 it'll just kind of put it there. It kind of puts 00:18:01.970 --> 00:18:04.069 like the base level information right there. 00:18:04.529 --> 00:18:06.890 You still want to look at the actual sources 00:18:06.890 --> 00:18:09.769 and make sure that it's doing it correctly. Because 00:18:09.769 --> 00:18:12.369 again, with all these platforms, it's not always 00:18:12.369 --> 00:18:14.769 100%. You still want to make sure with your own 00:18:14.769 --> 00:18:18.509 eyes that it is accurate as possible. But, for 00:18:18.509 --> 00:18:20.630 example, this weekend at my day job at the Chamber 00:18:20.630 --> 00:18:23.609 of Commerce, I had to find a bunch of emails 00:18:23.609 --> 00:18:26.210 for local restaurants. Now, I don't know if you 00:18:26.210 --> 00:18:29.269 know this, but it is extremely hard to find emails 00:18:29.269 --> 00:18:31.730 for restaurants. I think that they don't typically 00:18:31.730 --> 00:18:33.710 want people to send them emails because they 00:18:33.710 --> 00:18:36.430 just want the phone call. Or for a large event, 00:18:36.529 --> 00:18:38.150 they just want the inquiry through the contact 00:18:38.150 --> 00:18:41.920 form. But what I've noticed is... It's hard to 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.140 find the email. But when I type in McDonald's 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:48.140 Half Moon Bay email, in the overview, it gives 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:51.660 you the email based off of other web searches 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:53.500 that it's done in the past. So it's able to kind 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:55.119 of almost go through that information faster 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:57.700 through those web pages and give you what you're 00:18:57.700 --> 00:19:00.039 looking for. So I think that that's a cool little 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:01.920 feature. Again, I kind of briefly mentioned it 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:05.579 earlier, but I had the free version of Grammarly 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:10.829 installed. It just felt... very rigid. I didn't 00:19:10.829 --> 00:19:12.750 really like it a whole lot. It kept slowing down 00:19:12.750 --> 00:19:14.730 my writing process because every time I mess 00:19:14.730 --> 00:19:16.630 something up it does a little pop -up near the 00:19:16.630 --> 00:19:19.769 cursor and then it gets in the way and I didn't 00:19:19.769 --> 00:19:21.509 really like the suggestions that it was giving. 00:19:21.670 --> 00:19:23.369 I felt like it wasn't taking into consideration 00:19:23.369 --> 00:19:26.490 a lot more of what I had been writing. Maybe 00:19:26.490 --> 00:19:28.210 if I have the paid version it would be better 00:19:28.210 --> 00:19:31.170 but so far I am unimpressed with the free version 00:19:31.170 --> 00:19:34.430 of Grammarly and at this time I will just keep 00:19:34.430 --> 00:19:39.559 using Chad. There are a few flip sides of AI, 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.059 and I don't really want this to be a huge portion 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.619 of this, but I think things to keep in mind and 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:45.440 acknowledge, there's three main areas. There 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.779 is the lack of originality, the environmental 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:50.839 impact, and then misinformation. So the very 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:53.000 first one, lack of originality, I think that 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.180 people can fall into the trap of, oh, I made 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:59.079 this using AI, therefore it is my own original 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:03.819 work, etc, etc. I think that the whole point 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:06.359 of These systems and models that we have right 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:08.019 now is that they're generative AI and that they 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:10.859 kind of take information that is already out 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:14.359 there and then make something from it. There 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.220 is a very fine line to walk between I created 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:22.220 this and I used AI to generate this. Because 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:25.200 again, like for my walk, I'm writing out every 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.200 single day, everything that I remember from those 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:32.420 175 days that I was out on the road. I haven't 00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:36.980 put any of it through. chat GPT just yet, but 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:39.579 I probably will, because I want to make sure 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:43.140 that it maintains a certain tone throughout the 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:47.500 entire journal, or at least the tone is consistent 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:50.380 with what is written. I want to make sure that 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:52.099 it's not confusing. I want to make sure that 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:55.200 it sounds good. Whereas I do think that if I 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:57.200 were to say, hey, I walked across the country, 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.660 write a story about it, that's not original. 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.079 I don't think that that works in the same way. 00:21:02.670 --> 00:21:05.970 I think that there is just that human insight 00:21:05.970 --> 00:21:07.529 that you need to make sure that you're constantly 00:21:07.529 --> 00:21:10.049 injecting into the content. Otherwise it can 00:21:10.049 --> 00:21:14.440 feel very faux and disingenuous. The other thing 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.859 is the environmental impact. Now, this isn't 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:19.339 something that I know a ton about. Tune into 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:22.640 our episode next week. I'm going to ask the AI 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:25.180 expert about it just to see if she has any further 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:29.119 insights. But I do know that it takes a lot of 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:32.200 computing power and energy to do these language 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:35.339 models, to use AI. So it's one of those things 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:37.480 that I do believe is kind of like Bitcoin and 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:39.779 Ethereum. Like when you're mining for those cryptocurrencies, 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:42.319 it draws a lot on the power system. Therefore, 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:44.940 you're... using a lot of energy and that can 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:47.400 cause issues with the power grid, etc. Really 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:50.319 just an externality to be aware of more than 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:54.240 anything else. And then again, misinformation. 00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:57.599 Chad isn't always right. I'm going to put this 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:01.640 into my chat GPT later and it's going to know 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:03.200 that I don't think that that's always right. 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:05.640 So sorry, Chad, but I'm sure you can understand 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:07.920 that the models from my understanding are based 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:10.220 off of information that humans have put out and 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.819 we ourselves as humans. are not always correct. 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.880 Therefore, the sources that it could be using 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:17.059 may not be the most up -to -date. They may not 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:19.700 be accurate. It may have found an article from 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:22.359 20 years ago about something that has changed 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:26.900 18 years ago. So it's just take everything with 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:29.660 a grain of salt and make sure that you're combing 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:32.740 through it, that it's accurate and usable for 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:35.940 whatever use case that you have. That's basically 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:39.380 about it in terms of some best practices that 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:44.029 I try to use. Use AI to start the work and round 00:22:44.029 --> 00:22:48.069 it out, not necessarily to do everything. I think 00:22:48.069 --> 00:22:50.549 that beginning and end are the best places to 00:22:50.549 --> 00:22:53.970 use AI, but you should be the one doing the 90%. 00:22:53.970 --> 00:22:56.289 You should be recording the podcast. You should 00:22:56.289 --> 00:22:58.109 be writing the majority of the blog post. You 00:22:58.109 --> 00:23:01.509 should be doing the work. AI should just help 00:23:01.509 --> 00:23:04.769 you get started or get to the finish line. Really, 00:23:04.970 --> 00:23:07.410 I like to use it for template building, you know, 00:23:07.430 --> 00:23:09.930 email intros, captions, and then going back and 00:23:09.930 --> 00:23:14.470 humanizing them. And again, final thing, AI doesn't 00:23:14.470 --> 00:23:17.470 replace people. It just gives people more space 00:23:17.470 --> 00:23:21.529 to do what truly matters. Working on the business, 00:23:21.630 --> 00:23:24.250 working on the mission, rather than getting bogged 00:23:24.250 --> 00:23:26.730 down by the extremely small details. That's really 00:23:26.730 --> 00:23:29.150 all that I have for today. Again, the main tools 00:23:29.150 --> 00:23:31.930 that I like to use are ChatGPT, Riverside FM, 00:23:32.250 --> 00:23:35.170 Opus Clip, a little bit of Google Chrome AI, 00:23:35.369 --> 00:23:37.700 and then I tried out Grammarly. Wasn't a big 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:40.000 fan of it. Let me know what kind of content and 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:43.279 AI you guys use. What do you use? Do you use 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:45.700 Claude? Do you use ChatGPT? Do you have a preference 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.819 one way or the other? I would super love to know. 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:51.759 I'm going to be posting this episode on Instagram. 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:55.680 And just let me know in the comments what you 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.339 think. I'd love to kind of build up a resource 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:59.960 for people to understand the pros and cons of 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:02.859 the different AI platforms. But again, thank 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.440 you so much for listening. At the end of the 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.400 day, your attention and time are the most valuable 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:09.019 resource that you have. And if you're listening 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:11.220 to this episode, you chose to spend a little 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:13.279 bit of it here today. And I hope that I was able 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:16.380 to make it worth your attention. Thank you so 00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:19.880 much. I will be putting my ebook down in the 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:22.140 caption below. Go ahead and just grab that completely 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:24.740 free 50 page ebook. Nine lessons that I learned 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.839 on my walk across the United States of America 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:29.279 and how you can apply that to your life. There 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:33.240 are some stories, lessons, and some tools that 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.779 you can use to take your vision and turn it into 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:38.839 reality. Remember that the best is yet to come. 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.819 As long as you are willing to make the decision 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:44.700 every single day to never settle, never quit. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.819 and never peak. I'll see you guys in the next 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.000 one.