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A couple things on my mind... an AI tool I almost didn't share, a birthday workout, and a mic drop parenting word...
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Hey Folks! Happy Friday! A couple things on my mind... 1. Manus: This is the first AI tool I've genuinely thought "maybe I should keep this to myself." (Credit to my friend Lucas Cole for the tip.) Like OpenClaw, Manus spins up multiple AI agents to complete compound tasks from a single goal. If this sounds confusing, this video gives a solid overview of the shift toward agents and how to work with Manus specifically. Real example: I had a weak landing page on kit.com where many of you signed up for my Family Framework dashboard. I gave Manus the goal, and it built a new landing page, deployed it, embedded the kit.com form, and connected it to Meta ads. It's not perfect and takes some handholding and taste. But the same is true of... most... people. 2. Birthday Test: Yesterday was my birthday, and my son Everett and I decided to start using our birthdays to benchmark overall fitness. So we invented The Birthday Test. Think presidential fitness test meets the Murph: max reps of pushups, situps, pullups, squats, and burpees in 3 minutes each (1 minute rest between), then a timed mile. GREAT workout, we're both super sore, and I think it'll be fun to benchmark every birthday. 3. Presence + Standard: This one's fully from my friend Andy Grear. We're in a men's group together, and Thursday he clearly articulated the central tension of raising kids in 2026. The options usually feel like:
But Andy laid out the third way we're actually called to:
Mic drop. Good word, Andy. That's it for this week! Have a great weekend, and let's go Charles Oliveira! Best, Blake P.S. Want to share this newsletter? Point them to theallsmiths.com. |
A couple things on my mind...
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Hey folks! Happy Friday! A couple things on my mind... 1) Secret Shopping: This is just a reminder to all of you marketers and founders, we need to regularly pretend that we're a customer and go through our entire sales and onboarding process (ideally incognito or ask a friend to do it.) I did this for a client last week and there is something weird that happens when you do this - you can talk about funnels until you're blue in the face, but when you say "I called in and didn't get a call...
Hey Folks, Happy Friday from Nashville! I’ve been speaking at the Integrated mastermind group all this week - absolutely amazing hearing from folks about entrepreneurship, family, faith, and how to live a life that combines and maximizes all three. Here are my main new ideas and takeaways I got from the week. Special Integrated edition, a couple of things on my mind… 1. Radically Accept Your Wife/Children: Unlike business, your family organization is one where you start with WHO, then figure...
Hey folks! Happy Friday! A couple things on my mind... 1. Link In Bio = Dead: I've been quietly shifting a lot of my social clients away from posting a link in their bio (nobody clicks it) toward automated DM's using ManyChat. Once they're in DM's you can share more relevant content, and then over time share lead magnets. So process looks like: - They follow you - You automatically DM them and ask them if they are following for x, y, or z. - Then you send them relevant reel according to their...