In this episode of Business Brain, you dive into the rising tension between innovation, trust, and responsibility in the world of AI. As Shannon and Dave unpack National Salesperson Day, they pivot into the challenge of working with tools that hold immense power but zero accountability. The conversation heats up as they explore the recent acquisition of Limitless and what it signals for the future of AI assistants that promise productivity without sacrificing your Charmed Life.

You also hear why trusting your AI is becoming just as important as the tasks it performs. Apple enters the discussion as a fascinating paradox—highly trusted for privacy yet struggling to compete because that same privacy limits their AI’s capabilities. By the time the outtro rolls in, you’re left thinking critically about which companies deserve your trust and how to balance convenience with control in your business.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #709 for Casual FridAI, December 12th, 2025
  • December 12th: National Salesperson Day
  • 00:01:12 ChatGPT has no accountability
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• 00:16:25 Trusting your AI?
• Apple is trustworthy…and their privacy keeps their AI from being competitive.
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In this episode of Business Brain, you learn why belief has to show up before skill ever can. You’re pushed to take action immediately—not by buying gear, courses, or tools, but by selling what you already have to get real-world wins fast. As you move, you build confidence, momentum, and the all-important belief that fuels every entrepreneurial step of your Charmed Life. Listener reviews highlight how authentic, actionable, and inspiring this mindset is, especially when paired with smart discussions about AI and real business challenges.

You also dive into the big question: How long should you give a business idea before you pivot or pull the plug? The hosts break down a practical two-year model—one year to learn, one year to execute—and frame it all as an experiment rather than a lifelong commitment. This approach frees you to test ideas boldly, adapt quickly, and make decisions with clarity instead of emoti

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #708 for Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
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• 00:02:32 Belief Before Ability
  • Take action right away
  • For example: in the reselling business, don’t buy anything first. Sell stuff you already have. That way you go through the motions…take some easy wins, and learn the process. And learn to believe!
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• 00:16:34 Skylar-Another read of “Don’t Pitch the Bitch”
• 00:18:44 How long should I give my business a chance?
  • How long to spend on a proof of concept before you pivot (or kill it).
  • 2 Years: One to learn, the second to execute
  • Call it an experiment!
• 00:20:55 Everything we say on the show is something we’re telling ourselves
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In this episode of Business Brain, you’re reminded that the work itself is the reward—and that avoiding the arrival fallacy is key to building a Charmed Life. Shannon and Dave push you to reframe your mindset from have to to get to, reinforcing that shared effort fuels momentum. You’ll see how celebrating your team—especially on Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day—creates a culture where contribution feels meaningful and progress stays sustainable.

Then you dive into the art of employing confident helpfulness. You’re coached to stop bending over backward until clients walk all over you and to use clarity as your strongest service tool. Sometimes the most helpful thing you can do is tell someone that what they want isn’t the process. You’ll learn to choose a blunt-and-polite mindset—the one that says they’re lucky to do business with you—so you protect your boundaries, elevate your value, and lead with intention.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #706 for Thursday, December 4th, 2025
  • December 4th: Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day
• 00:01:58 The work is the reward
  • The arrival fallacy
  • We GET to do this together!
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• 00:14:39 Employing Confident Helpfulness
  • Be aware when you bend over backwards so far that you’re laying down and the client is walking all over you
  • When trying to help the client through the process, sometimes the best thing to do is to tell them “this is not the process”
  • Two mindsets: direct and polite… vs blunt and polite
    • Blunt = they’re lucky to do business with us
    • Direct = we’re lucky to do business with them
    • Go with Blunt!
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In this episode of Business Brain, you dive into a Casual FridAI conversation where Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton explore everything from Google’s playful foray into “antigravity” ideas to the rise of vibe-based coding and whether it helps or hurts creativity. You’re pulled into their energetic breakdown of how intuition and experimentation shape modern work, especially in an era when AI tools push boundaries faster than ever. As the hosts riff on innovation, they challenge you to rethink how you incorporate emerging tech into your entrepreneurial workflow to build your own Charmed Life.

You also get a sharp discussion on contextual AI and why the nAIsaysers may be missing the bigger picture. In this episode of Business Brain, the hosts reveal how understanding context gives you a competitive edge and why resistance to AI often stems from misconceptions, not reality. By the end, you walk away with insights that equip you to navigate new tech, sharpen your strategic thinking, and stay adaptable as the landscape evolves.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #705 for Casual FridAI, November 28th, 2025
  • November 28th: National Day of Listening
• 00:01:30 Google Antigravity
• 00:07:55 Vibe Coding…is it bad?
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• 00:15:31 Contextual AI vs. the nAIsaysers
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You’re juggling data, marketing, and momentum, and this episode shows you how to turn all three into leverage. You learn why permissionless UTMs let you track audience behavior without waiting for approval, giving you a sharper view of what actually moves the needle. Then you’re pushed to rethink how you approach follow-ups and persistence — not as nagging, but as the habit-forming consistency that makes people naturally want to work with you. This is where you start building your own Charmed Life.

We also explore how relationship shifts inside a company — especially when your point of contact changes — can either stall progress or open a fresh lane of opportunity. Instead of letting transitions derail you, you discover how to re-establish trust, reset expectations, and keep deals alive. It’s a tactical episode that blends marketing precision with human strategy to keep your entrepreneurial engine running smoothly.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #704 for Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
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• 00:01:34 What do you use Business Brain
• 00:02:05 Permissionless UTMs
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• 00:15:10 The persistent pest just turns people into habitually working with you
• 00:19:11 When the point of contact changes
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On this episode of Business Brain, you explore how to use AI as a tool for revealing blind spots you didn’t even know you had. With prompts designed to surface hidden assumptions and second-order effects, you learn how to turn AI into a sharper strategic partner. The hosts walk you through asking AI to SWOT your life, push for specific examples, and then combine strengths and weaknesses so you can take real corrective action instead of just collecting insights.

This episode also shows you how to redirect AI when answers drift and how to make it ask you smarter questions—especially when building plans or creative projects. The big takeaway: frequent use and strategic prompting erase resistance and unlock the clarity that fuels your Charmed Life. When you know how to steer the conversation, AI becomes a force multiplier for both your business and your thinking.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #703 for Casual FridAI, November 21st, 2025
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• 00:01:41 AI Prompt to find the blind spots
  • AI Prompt: What are the blind spots, hidden assumptions, or second-order effects that I might be missing?
• 00:06:47 AI Prompt: Based upon everything you know about me I want you to SWOT my life.
  • Follow-up Prompt: Give me three specific examples of each of the 4 categories
  • Follow-up-follow-up: Take those 12 things and apply the six positives about me to the six negatives so that we can address these issues.
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  • AI Prompt: I’m a Graphic Designer, I need to write a business plan. Ask me 5 questions about me to make your response more effective:
• 00:15:06 If you get an answer in the wrong direction, edit your prompt and that effectively erases the answer.
• 00:15:50 Just use it! Resistance is futile.
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Adding value in business doesn’t always mean solving every problem — sometimes simply naming the issue helps people unlock their own path forward. That mindset protects you from the Consultant Trap, where you feel obligated to deliver solutions instead of insight. Like cognitive behavioral therapy, your real power often comes from reframing the situation, not fixing it. Whether you’re chatting with clients, partners, or even hotel staff when you’re celebrating something special, you’re shaping outcomes through clarity and communication.

We also explore how lifestyle businesses can slip into complacency when comfort replaces intention. You’re pushed to rethink how you manage your money, tapping concepts from Die With Zero and Rich Dad, Poor Dad to shift your focus from hoarding assets to living on profits and maximizing cash flow. You’re encouraged to avoid parking money in a checking account and instead build a structure that supports financial momentum — all so you can consistently design your own Charmed Life.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #702 for Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
  • November 19th: Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
• 00:01:22 Tell the hotel front desk that you’re celebrating your anniversary
• 00:02:57 You don’t always have to have a solution to a problem to add value
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  • Just identifying the problem or situation can be more than enough to help someone seek a solution
  • Isn’t this what cognitive behavioral therapy is?
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• 00:17:30 Live On Your Profits, Not Your Assets
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad
  • Cash flow is king!
  • Don’t keep money in your checking account
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You’re living in the future now—where ChatGPT rides shotgun and your car’s dashboard becomes your co-pilot. This week, you’ll explore how AI and CarPlay are merging to make driving smarter and conversations with tech more natural. Discover how Shannon and Dave use GPT behind the wheel and why they wouldn’t buy a car without CarPlay anymore. You’ll see how these tools blend productivity and creativity into the rhythm of daily life.

Then, shift gears into understanding the context window—the secret to keeping your AI assistant on track. Learn how to get better, more useful answers by managing context, and why choosing your LLM ecosystem wisely matters. It’s about steering your own digital experience toward your version of a Charmed Life—one where human insight and AI intuition drive side by side.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #701 for Casual FridAI, November 14th, 2025
• 00:01:06 November 14th: National Pickle Day
• 00:02:20 ChatGPT widget in CarPlay
• 00:05:51 Having conversations with ChatGPT
• 00:08:25 We wouldn’t buy cars without CarPlay
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• 00:15:00 The walled garden of your chosen LLM
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You know that consistency is the secret sauce of every successful venture. This episode shows you how showing up—again and again—builds your credibility, sharpens your edge, and strengthens your moat against competitors. With the Business Brain hosts breaking down “bullheaded persistence” and the beauty of being “too dumb to quit,” you’ll see why consistency is more than habit—it’s identity.

You’ll also learn why accountability partners can turbocharge your follow-through and how competing with yourself keeps your growth curve alive. Shannon and Dave share how staying consistent has powered them to 700 episodes and a truly Charmed Life—one built on discipline, connection, and the drive to keep creating, no matter what.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #700 for Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
  • November 12th: Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
• 00:01:56 The Value of Consistency
  • Consistency is Magic
  • Bullheaded Persistence
  • “Too dumb to quit!”
  • Consistency is a moat
  • A reputation of consistency adds to your credibility stack
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• 00:21:10 “We compete with ourselves”
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You’ll learn how to supercharge your entrepreneurial workflow with AI as Shannon and Dave dive into the latest ChatGPT tricks, from snapping store photos to capturing screenshots and shaping your business philosophy with better prompts. You’ll discover how adding context helps AI think more like a partner and less like a tool—helping you make sharper, faster decisions. This is all about working smarter so you can live your Charmed Life.

They also explore the world of wearable AI, including the Limitless Pendant and its seamless sync with Apple Reminders. With real talk about privacy, productivity, and where tech is headed next, this episode gives you a front-row seat to the future of entrepreneurship—powered by AI and grounded in business savvy.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #699 for Casual FridAI, November 7th, 2025
• 00:01:30 November 7th: Love Your Lawyer Day
• 00:02:26 ChatGPT: Using the Camera in the store
• 00:06:08 Taking screenshots from within ChatGPT
• 00:06:54 Using ChatGPT To Hone your Business Philosophy
  • The more context you give it, the better they are at predicting and helping you solve problems
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As you navigate the waves of life and business, this episode reminds you that age isn’t a limitation—it’s momentum. Shannon and Dave dive into how your brain evolves from chasing facts to harnessing wisdom, helping you spot patterns and ride bigger waves of opportunity. You’ll learn to see mistakes as tuition and fear as a tool, not an obstacle. Whether you’re 25 or 65, you can turn experience into advantage and live your Charmed Life.

They break down how to flip fear-based thinking into forward motion, using uncertainty as fuel for smarter, faster decisions. If you’ve ever worried about slowing down or missing your next big break, this episode shows how every wave—no matter when it comes—can carry you further than you imagined.

• 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #698 for Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
• 00:01:33 November 5th: Bonfire Night
• 00:02:06 Age is just another wave to ride
  • Charlie Munger: Find a wave and ride it!
  • Brains change as we age: from memorization to big-picture wisdom
  • Mistakes are tuition
  • Demi Moore’s The Substance
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