Last week I was on a flight, designing A.I. Agents while at 30,000 feet.

I’m around 300 hours into building AI agents. The deeper I go, the more I realize it’s less and less about cutting edge tech, and more and more about paper-and-pen logic.

And while I’ve built a lot of mind-blowing stuff with new, high-level tools like Lindy, I’m seeing more and more mastering fundamental ideas and tools like AirTable is equally as important.

Building an AI Agent only multiplies what you’ve already got.

Already hazy on what your process is to, for example, onboard clients?

Building an Agent will only multiply your dysfunction.

But if you can draw your workflow with paper and pen (or whiteboard, or ipad, etc), you likely have the clarity to build an agent that will dramatically accelerate your workflows.

P.S. I’m not a coder or a technical person. Shout out to those people who are, making it possible for meat-and-potatoes guys like me to weave this magic.

Many years ago, I was in a relationship with someone who struggled with substance abuse.

I loved this person with all of my heart. We made incredible memories together.

Every few months, I'd find them crying on the floor, substances laying out on the kitchen counter.

After awhile, it became clear that their challenges were bigger than I knew how to handle, and - it seemed - they knew how to handle. I wondered how much I was enabling what we both knew was destructive behaviour. Despite my profound love for them, I began to doubt, more and more, how wise it was for me to live in this cycle.

The breaking point for me was when I thought about what message it would send to our future children if they lived around this cycle too.

After the next relapse, I shared that this was the last time. They could have the addiction or they could have me.

When the next relapse came, I was faced with the most heart-shattering decision of my life.

I ended the relationship.

As a lifelong athlete, my view had always been:

In this instance, though, it didn't matter what I did.

Sooner or later, all high performers hit the same painful wall, realizing it doesn't matter how hard they try, some goals will never be achieved.

I've come to learn that sometimes there's a bigger plan at play, that the Divine has something even more important for us to learn, receive, achieve.

Years ago, in my spiritual study, I came across five factors required for any accomplishment:

God doesn't block/punish us, but rather directs us toward what is best for us.

Sometimes a chapter of life has completed, and it's time to move on to the next. The more I've resisted God's path for me, the more uncomfortable, frustrated, and exhausted I've felt.

If any of these 5 factors are missing, we won't achieve what we say we want.

Anywhere you've lost, struggled, or are struggling, consider which of the 5 Factors have been missing. Every time I have, I've gotten deep spiritual relief.

Hope that helps,

TF :)

P.S. I found the "5 Factors" in the Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 18, texts 13-14.