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#61 · How to Learn AI From the Ground Up: 2025 AI Curriculum

The focus regimen is just like your five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, taste. Distractors involve small daily accountability and building momentum. I've done five product/five videos and only made it through about a week of comments; I'll continue farming them out, recording the first one today and then every 3-5 days, expecting a substantial decrease in churn. I'm jazzed about this. I wanted to run through as many questions as possible and do some live work to show my thinking. Since community is my primary revenue source, I should spend the bulk of my time on it—I already spend 1-2 hours each morning across communities, and should spend even more. An additional 45 minutes to an hour developing exclusive content to reduce churn by 5% over the next month would be crazy; if it works, I'd make about $100k, equivalent to $10k per hour. I'll leave it there; join Maker School to see these changes in real time, and check out make moneywithmake.com to go from working to working even better.

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youtube ↗Mindset

What does your daily routine look like, including when you book calls, do automations, film, and any leisure time?

I wake up extremely early—usually around 3:00 a.m. I spend a few minutes in bed deciding how to use those valuable hours, then I roll over, grab my laptop, and start with community management. My community generates a disproportionate amount of revenue (around $110 k per day), so I prioritize responding to relevant posts and doing “roasts” for Maker School and my own site, where I record short videos critiquing Upwork profiles or offering quick fixes. This not only provides value but also reduces churn and makes me more sticky with the audience. After community work, I do a daily balance check: I review my bank accounts to see how much money I’ve made in the last 24 hours and keep my focus on money as the core metric. Finally, I run an inbox‑zero session, going through every email and replying to anything that isn’t obviously junk. This routine keeps me aligned with revenue‑generating activities and ensures I stay grounded in the financial health of my businesses.

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youtube ↗Mindset

What is your daily routine like?

I wake around 5 a.m., handle community management (30–60 min), then record a daily update. After that I manage Platinum and Maker Zero communities (5–10 min), record main‑channel content or write a script for the next session, have lunch and hit the gym, then spend a 3–4‑hour block on growth‑focused work (personal brand, businesses), followed by sales activities, then fulfillment/consulting work. My day is built around large growth blocks because I view growth as the most important activity. I also track growth rates financially, aiming for ~0.55% daily to compound sign‑ups, and note a ~72‑hour lag between viral content and new members.

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youtube ↗Agency Operations

What are your download and upload speeds, and can you show a live speed test?

Your connection is very fast—around 1,850–1,900 Mbps download and roughly a tenth of that upload (about 185–190 Mbps). At those speeds a video upload that once took 30 minutes now completes in about 15 seconds, and opening dozens of browser tabs drops from minutes to a few seconds. If you shave just half a second off each of 6,000 daily HTTP actions, you save roughly 50 minutes per day—almost an hour—eliminating a major bottleneck. Beyond the speed test, I’ve been working on Maker School exclusives to reduce churn. I’ve posted long‑form videos (like an hour‑plus content‑machine walkthrough) and plan another exclusive (perhaps a calendar). Tracking metrics shows our monthly recurring revenue dipped from ~305 K to ~34.5 K, indicating a 23.6 % churn that I’m addressing with exclusive content. Even if Maker School vanished, I could fall back on my agency, scaling it to $150‑200 K/month and using that social proof to boost my YouTube channel. I’m also exploring private‑equity and other ventures, but the core takeaway is that the skills I’ve built—community building, content creation, sales process—are transferable to any business model.

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youtube ↗Client Acquisition

What is the best way to decrease churn/turn rate in my community?

Using a GHL account via an affiliate funnel can generate revenue but won’t lower churn. The most effective way to reduce churn is to be present daily in the community—spend 20‑30 minutes, respond to 50‑70% of threads, add value, and showcase expertise. This habit alleviates a large portion of churn, though beginner communities still see ~20% churn because many lack the funds to continue. To further reduce churn, you can raise prices to exclude early‑stage customers who are less likely to stay, accepting a trade‑off: a higher price narrows the top of the funnel but can improve revenue per affiliate. For example, at $50/month you might get 500 sign‑ups (10% affiliate uptake → 50 affiliates) earning $50×500 + 50×$100 = $30k MRR; raising to $100/month drops sign‑ups to 300, yielding 30 affiliates and $33k MRR—only a 10% revenue increase despite doubling price, illustrating an optimization problem. Additional tactics include offering exclusive content (e.g., a weekly members‑only video) and unlocking templates after extra months to incentivize retention.

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