{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":2.0,"endTime":5.68,"body":"Everyone's talking about if AI will replace them, but I think"},{"startTime":5.68,"endTime":9.519,"body":"there is a bigger existential question we should be worried about,"},{"startTime":9.519,"endTime":13.325,"body":"which is, are we replacing ourselves? Every week,"},{"startTime":13.325,"endTime":17.085,"body":"there's a new update with AI and how it can edit your videos for you."},{"startTime":17.085,"endTime":20.685,"body":"It can script everything you want. It can reply on"},{"startTime":20.685,"endTime":24.204,"body":"demand. It can remind you to reply. It can do"},{"startTime":24.204,"endTime":27.94,"body":"anything. But wait, in six months, it gets even crazier. And"},{"startTime":27.94,"endTime":31.62,"body":"we're all just like stressed and wondering, is the"},{"startTime":31.62,"endTime":35.14,"body":"singularity finally here? Is there a tool that could solve all of my"},{"startTime":35.14,"endTime":38.58,"body":"problems? I believe when you start chasing tools, trends, and"},{"startTime":38.58,"endTime":42.335,"body":"tactics without checking in with yourself, you start to drift. Not"},{"startTime":42.335,"endTime":46.095,"body":"all at once, just slowly. You make one little tweak here for the"},{"startTime":46.095,"endTime":49.614,"body":"algorithm, one pivot for the platform, one"},{"startTime":49.614,"endTime":53.215,"body":"post that you used AI to write that you wouldn't have written a year"},{"startTime":53.215,"endTime":56.61,"body":"ago. And next thing you know, you're sitting on a whole body of work when"},{"startTime":56.61,"endTime":60.45,"body":"you look back at the last six months or a year that you barely recognize."},{"startTime":60.45,"endTime":64.229,"body":"It doesn't feel like you. You're not even really sure who it's for."},{"startTime":64.45,"endTime":68.05,"body":"And in this AI era of content creation, it's not that"},{"startTime":68.05,"endTime":71.835,"body":"the bar for content has risen. It's that the entire bar"},{"startTime":71.835,"endTime":75.515,"body":"has just completely disappeared. There is no clear standard. There is"},{"startTime":75.515,"endTime":79.354,"body":"no bar. There's just the experience you're creating for people when they're"},{"startTime":79.354,"endTime":82.954,"body":"stepping into your world, whether that's a video, a podcast, a"},{"startTime":82.954,"endTime":86.77,"body":"sub stack article, whatever it is. And I believe the creators"},{"startTime":86.77,"endTime":90.37,"body":"who last, who sidestep the entire AI"},{"startTime":90.37,"endTime":93.97,"body":"conversation, they aren't the ones that are mastering the"},{"startTime":93.97,"endTime":97.73,"body":"latest tools available to them faster. They're the ones that are gonna be"},{"startTime":97.73,"endTime":101.445,"body":"building a world that's unmistakably theirs. They're the ones whose"},{"startTime":101.445,"endTime":105.145,"body":"work feels alive when everything else feels hyper optimized."},{"startTime":105.445,"endTime":109.125,"body":"You know what I mean? Like, I come across it every day when I'm going"},{"startTime":109.125,"endTime":112.665,"body":"through a Reddit post, an Instagram post, a LinkedIn, whatever."},{"startTime":113.11,"endTime":116.869,"body":"There's just the perfectly created piece of"},{"startTime":116.869,"endTime":120.39,"body":"content. It feels like it hits all of the notes, but"},{"startTime":120.39,"endTime":124.149,"body":"yet somehow hits no notes at all. And it's"},{"startTime":124.149,"endTime":127.935,"body":"just disconnected. So if you've been feeling restless lately, maybe"},{"startTime":127.935,"endTime":131.775,"body":"it's not a sign that you need to keep up with everything going on. Maybe"},{"startTime":131.775,"endTime":135.395,"body":"it's just a sign that you need to come back. Come back to your instincts,"},{"startTime":135.615,"endTime":139.215,"body":"come back to your standards, and come back to why you are"},{"startTime":139.215,"endTime":143.055,"body":"building or creating and sharing everything you're creating and sharing in the first"},{"startTime":143.055,"endTime":146.569,"body":"place. A simple exercise for you today, before you post,"},{"startTime":146.95,"endTime":150.63,"body":"create, or pivot anything you're doing, ask yourself, would I be"},{"startTime":150.63,"endTime":154.47,"body":"proud of this if nobody saw it today? If yes, you're on the"},{"startTime":154.47,"endTime":157.93,"body":"right track. If no, the algorithm isn't your problem,"},{"startTime":158.47,"endTime":162.194,"body":"you are. But the good news is you're also the solution, and"},{"startTime":162.194,"endTime":166.035,"body":"you are the reason why anyone wants to consume what it is"},{"startTime":166.035,"endTime":167.254,"body":"that you're creating and sharing."},{"startTime":170.595,"endTime":174.114,"body":"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you're stuck because you're blind"},{"startTime":174.114,"endTime":177.33,"body":"to something. I had a call last week with a client who said, I know"},{"startTime":177.33,"endTime":181.01,"body":"what I want to do. I just don't know why I'm not doing it. And"},{"startTime":181.01,"endTime":184.61,"body":"that sentence hits like a red flag for me because when someone says that, it"},{"startTime":184.61,"endTime":188.125,"body":"almost always means that there's something deeper that they can't see. It's right"},{"startTime":188.125,"endTime":191.885,"body":"there. I just don't know why I'm not doing it. The truth is"},{"startTime":191.885,"endTime":195.645,"body":"AI can help you with 95% of the process. It's amazing. I love"},{"startTime":195.645,"endTime":199.485,"body":"AI. It can organize your thoughts. It can sharpen your content. It can save"},{"startTime":199.485,"endTime":203.19,"body":"you hours. But that last 5%, the stuff that"},{"startTime":203.19,"endTime":206.549,"body":"actually moves you forward, it usually comes from another"},{"startTime":206.549,"endTime":210.31,"body":"human. And there's a gap between how you're showing up and how you wanna"},{"startTime":210.31,"endTime":213.989,"body":"show up. And it's hard to close that gap alone because the thing that's holding"},{"startTime":213.989,"endTime":217.235,"body":"you back isn't your discipline. It's not more willpower."},{"startTime":217.775,"endTime":221.375,"body":"It's a blind spot. And sometimes it takes a real live"},{"startTime":221.375,"endTime":225.135,"body":"person to be speaking with you to reflect it back to you. Not"},{"startTime":225.135,"endTime":228.575,"body":"to tell you what to do, but to help you see what you already know"},{"startTime":228.575,"endTime":231.739,"body":"and just make sense of the mess. So if that's you right now spinning your"},{"startTime":231.739,"endTime":235.5,"body":"wheels even though you have all the tools, you've taken the online courses, you've"},{"startTime":235.5,"endTime":238.86,"body":"watched the YouTube videos, don't beat yourself up. You don't need more"},{"startTime":238.86,"endTime":242.299,"body":"motivation. You need a mirror. And that's why I love being able to work with"},{"startTime":242.299,"endTime":245.655,"body":"people one on one. It's not the cheapest route, but in my experience, it's been"},{"startTime":245.655,"endTime":249.415,"body":"one of the most effective ways to help people achieve real change. If you're interested"},{"startTime":249.415,"endTime":252.866,"body":"in working one on one with me, just send me an email. My email is"},{"startTime":252.946,"endTime":255.686,"body":"hi@dylanschmidt.com, and we can chat more."}]}