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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. Wispr: Have you tried Wispr Flow yet? It's voice-to-text software; you hit the fn key and talk, and it uses AI to handle punctuation, capitalization, etc. But the speed isn't actually the main unlock for me. What changed my workflow is how it pairs with AI. When you're typing a prompt, you tend to write it linearly and ship it. When you're talking, you naturally loop back, add context, rephrase, contradict yourself, circle an idea from...
Hey folks! Chandler and I are doing our quarterly offsite literally right now so gonna make this quick - but a quick observation - all three of these seem to be about gaining perspective or context in the midst of a busy or chaotic state. Might be a theme this week. A couple things on my mind... 1. More Positive Take On the Future: I really enjoyed Chris Williamson's interview with David Friedberg this past week where they talk through the current technologies in front of us and how they...
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...