It took me 90 days to learn what I'm about to tell you in 4 minutes.

3 months ago, I was (literally) doing what everyone else was doing.

I was chasing AI tools. What’s trending?

Every new model, every new feature, every new system hack - dude, I was on it.

I told myself I was building something.

I told myself I was ahead.

My inner dialogue sounded like this: "I use AI to build AI workflows that help people monetize their mind."

• I said it in my Spaces.

• I said it to my clients.

• I said it in my own head.

And I believed it.

what I didn't realize was: Millons (and I'm not exaggerating) of people were saying the exact same thing.

The same tools, the same language, the same "AI-powered" everything.

I wasn't ahead.

I was in a crowd - like the 95%.

It cost me 90 days. Three months of energy poured into finding the best model, the best prompt, the best stack - while the thing that actually mattered was sitting right in front of me the whole time.

Me.

The human in the loop.

I wrote down my inner dialogue - what I tell myself about what I do.

Then I removed every mention of AI.

What was left was - empty stuff.

"I build... systems. I use... to create... that help people monetize their knowledge." The whole thing collapsed. Without the word AI, I had nothing. (literally)

I realized - I wasn't building something real.

How am I different from the 99% who say the exact same thing?

If your inner dialogue falls apart without the word AI, you are not the human orchestrator - who’s demand is going to be high.

This change didn’t happen overnight for me.

It happened through 190 days of hosting live conversations, reading for 60 minutes every single morning, extracting frameworks from every book and every guest, and building - in public - every single day.

It happened through working with real people and watching what actually moved the needle for them.

The thinking. (not tools)

The person who reads more, learns more, and applies more — therefore — wins.

It’s not that they have better AI, but because they have better judgment about:

• when to use what.

• and what to say when.

The best AI in the world, in the hands of someone who doesn't know what they're building or who they're building it for, produces nothing of value.

The same AI, in the hands of someone who has the expertise, has had the conversations, & extracted the frameworks, and tested them on real people - that person builds something that works even on Day 500 without anyone holding their hand.

That's the difference between a user and a builder.

P.S.

I spent three months learning this so you don't have to.

If you're sitting there right now with a collection of AI tools, a half-finished product, and an inner dialogue full of buzzwords - I've been exactly where you are.

I now help people build a personal operating system that captures everything they've learned and applies it automatically — so nothing they know ever goes to waste.

No AI in that sentence. Still true. Still powerful.

If you want to figure out what this looks like for your situation - your expertise, your knowledge, your scattered ideas - I do free 30-minute discovery calls.

Book a call to get clarity.

What’s the fix?

Write down what you tell yourself about what you do.

Your inner dialogue.

Not your bio, not your pitch, the thing you actually believe about your work.

Now remove every mention of AI.

What's left?

If it's hollow - that's a signal.

It means you've been building on a label (AI) instead of building on what you actually know.

The fix is more you.

Tomorrow, Saturday February 28, I'm hosting another space:

Think and Build with AI episode #4.

Join for a live brainstorming session with me. 

Bring your inner dialogue. We'll rebuild it live.

Until next time,

Vaibhav (VB)