Hey you,

I’m writing to you — after another 8AM World weekly session that stretched from AGI theories and fears and future predictions to making $100k from 1 TikTok video to spiritual warfare... and back again.

There’s a lot I could unpack. We touched on so much.

For those unaware, AGI is basically the next evolution of Ai where the Ai can kind of consciously reprogram itself and sort of do what it wants outside the human control switch. It can code new things, builid it’s own robots and kind of have complete freedom over humans. This is a lot to digest, and it’s what we discussed for an hour on the 8AM members call last night.

But to start off this email, here’s the part that’s staying with me today for those wanting to do the whole ai consulting business thing:

Don’t try to build an agent that runs your entire business - we are not ther yet.

Build a system that saves someone 10 hours a month.

Charge accordingly. That’s a business. Let’s start here:

🧠 Micro > Mega

If you’re a builder in this new era, especially working with AI — you don’t need to be OpenAI.

You don’t need to create the all-knowing, all-seeing AGI that thinks, feels, and fetches your groceries.

And if you think you do realize you’re competing with 1,000 companies with hundreds of millions or even billions in funding that are trying to do that alongside you.

So maybe don’t attack that problem.

You just need to help real people do less of what they hate.

What we’ve seen inside 8AM World is this:

Microagentics = The new goldmine.

Translation:

Identify one boring, repetitive process in someone’s business — and automate it.

Examples:

• Lead scoring in Make / Zapier for sales teams

• Email follow-ups for customer service using LLMs / zaps

• Content repurposing

• Content research and script writing

If you can do this with clarity and consistency, you’re already in the game.

This kind of thing can save business owners (me included) 10-30 hours a month on repetiive tasks, or thatt they might otherwise be paying a VA to do.

So even though AGI is coming and will have much larger capabilities like running entire departments for you… a setup like this is still very useful right now.

⚡️ AI Is a Mirror. But It’s Not You.

One of the biggest insights from this call?

A lot of us are over-prompting and under-praying.

We’re asking AI what to do every five minutes… and forgetting that our intuition is the original intelligence.

So here's the model I’m running:

> AI = Augmented Super-intelligent Assistent

> Intuition = Divine Source

Use both. But always let your soul lead.

🌀 Attention Is the Currency

You want to build a world around your art, your voice, your energy? Cool. Then you need to go viral. And have something to sell. At least a little.

That means:

• Daily content (even when it feels cringe)

• Testing new hooks

• Saying things that might spark comments, outrage, controversy

• Building funnels that actually convert

• Putting your CTA where people can see it

We even had a guy on this call share that he did $100K+ from one video with TikTok shop. Literally - Just one viral post… with a solid link and a clear ask to someone else’s product.

And what’s wild? The systems behind it are getting simpler, not more complex. I think there will be more and more of these opportunities.

One guy in the 8AM community shared he built a tool that scrapes viral content, pulls transcripts, reverse-engineers the flow, and helps him write scripts based on what’s already working.

He’s building an AI-based SaaS while generating leads from videos he made in his room.

🎯 Simplicity Principle

Here’s what I told the guys trying to make money with Ai guys: You don’t need to invent a new AI agent.

Just get on 50 sales calls. Ask what sucks. Automate that with simple Ai automatinos Sell it as a service. Repeat.

🧘‍♂️ Your Energy Is Still the Leverage

We ended the call talking about something deeper. The creative loop most people get stuck in isn’t strategy. It’s shame.

• “What if the reels i’m making mess up my brand vibe?”

• “I don’t want to sacrificed my artistic integrity?”

• “What if I look stupid?”

Here’s what I said: Most people aren’t blocked in their business. They’re blocked in their heart charka. They can’t make the video. Or they make it and never post it.

They’re iterally Van Gogh.

Talented. Tormented. Dead before they were known.

I don’t think you want to be Van Gogh. You want to post the stupid ig / tiktok video to garner attetnion and redirect that attention to your actual art. It’s not that time consuming. Spend the rest of the time on your art.

So meditate, clear the noise, unblock the system — and let the energy run all the way through.

Final Thought

AGI might be coming. The future might be weird. You might feel overwhelmed. But here’s the truth: You are still playing the same game.

Soul inside of meat suit. Wired for creation to serve God and others. So meditate, use the new tech and serve.

Whether it’s a tt shop affiliate link, a streetwear brand, a song, or an AI workflow that saves 10 hours a week- Create something, post about it, then do it again tomorrow.

That’s kind of it rn.

— Arlin

P.S.

If you want to be in these calls — building, laughing, aligning, vibing — apply to 8AM World. It’s a creative, business mastermind you might want to be in.

→ 8amapp.com

P.P.S.

If you’ve got a video in your drafts right now… you know what to do. Stop hiding. Don’t van gogh yourself.