How to not get replaced by AI

I asked AI a bunch of stuff about my life, business, fitness.

Replies were good. Really good.

But for most major decisions, I didn't implement anything.

However, I treat the feedback I get from my mentors with much more attention.

I implement it immediately.

Why?

I don't just buy into information. I buy into respect.

When someone I respect gives me advice, I consider it heavily. I filter decisions through: "What would [mentor] think about this?"

AI gives answers. But it doesn't give aura.

Most freelancers and agencies are selling commodities.

And they're doing it without personality. Without aura.

They stay transactional.

They're competing with a $20/month AI subscription.

They're playing a game they can't win.

Not because they're not good.

But because they're selling the wrong way.

AI can solve problems. It can generate ideas, write copy, design websites, analyze data.

But it can't make you respect it.

It is always cheering you up, too optimistic, like that loser friend who always agrees with you on everything.

It can't look you in the eyes and tell you to stop overthinking.

It can't make you feel like you'd be disappointing someone important if you don't take action.

That's why I implement what my mentors tell me, even when AI gives "better" answers.

My mentors have aura. AI doesn't.

Stop competing on knowledge or skill.

Probabilities of you being the best at a skill are few.

And that skill might be useless in 2 years anyways.

(just think of graphic designers after the latest ChatGPT update)

Start competing on respect and aura.

When a client works with you, they should feel like they've been granted access to someone important.

They should implement your advice not just because it's good, but because YOU gave it.

This isn't about being arrogant.

It's about positioning yourself as someone worth respecting.

Someone whose time has value.

Someone who doesn't beg for work.

The shift is from "please hire me to solve your problem" to "I'll consider taking you on as a client if you're serious."

From being an information provider to being an aura provider.

From being a commodity to being a source of respected knowledge.

How to get there:

1. Stop auditioning for clients. Stars don't audition.

2. Build authority through teaching, not pleasing.

3. Set standards for who you work with.

4. Price based on who you are, not just what you deliver.

5. Create systems that position you as the prize.

This is the only hedge against AI.

Because when AI can do everything, the only thing that will matter is who you are.

And AI can't be you (ever).

See you in the trenches,

— Kassimi