Stop Collecting AI Tools Like Pokémon Cards

Question…

How many AI tools are you currently subscribed to?

Now, follow up question… how many are you actually using?

Did you just inwardly flinch?

Yeah. I thought so.

Because here’s what I know about most entrepreneurs right now:

You’ve got that one prompt library you bought nine months ago that you swore you’d go through.

You’ve got three different AI writing tools because you couldn’t decide which one was “best.”

You’ve bookmarked at least a dozen YouTube tutorials on automation that you’re definitely going to watch… eventually.

And last week, someone posted about some new AI thing in a Facebook group and you thought, “Ooh, maybe I should try that,” even though you still haven’t figured out the last three things you signed up for.

How do I know?

Hours I’ll never get back

Last month, I spent 3 entire hours messing around with viral video templates in N8N.

You know what I realized at hour two and a half?

I don’t even want to create faceless viral videos! I never did!!

But someone I follow shared it, it looked exciting, and I convinced myself that maybe this was a missing link I absolutely haaaaaad to have.

It wasn’t.

And the worst part?

I knew better. I teach this stuff.

I help business owners build AI systems for their actual business problems.

And there I was, three hours deep into a solution for a problem I didn’t have, while my actual work sat waiting.

Why?

Because I got sucked in by a new shiny object that promised to change the way I run my business and thought, “Maybe I should check that out. Maybe there’s something in there I’m missing.”

Even though I know I have what I need.

Just because it can, doesn’t mean it should

The thing about AI right now is that it’s everywhere and it can do everything…or so people claim.

And so we treat it like Pokémon cards. “Gotta catch ’em all.”

(my 10 yr old has just shy of 1,000 cards and he doesn’t even know how to play the game so this analogy is very real to me)

We collect prompts we’ll never use.
Automation templates we’ll never implement.
Tools we’ll never really learn.

We convince ourselves that somewhere in that pile of subscriptions and bookmarks is the magic answer that’s going to transform our business overnight.

But here’s what actually happens: We don’t use any of it. Or, we don’t use it well.

Then we just feel guilty about not using it like we “should.”

And that guilt sits there in the back of our minds like a low-grade headache we can’t shake.

Every time we see another email from that tool we signed up for, or worse, we are paying for, we think, “I really should learn that.”

(I’m looking at you Eleven Labs)

Meanwhile, the actual problems in our business…
the manual processes that waste our time…
the repetitive tasks we do every single week…
the systems that are held together with spit and a prayer…

Those problems just keep sitting there. Unsolved.

Because we’re too busy chasing the next shiny thing to fix what’s right in front of us.

Let me real clear here: If you don’t know what problem you’re solving, no tool in the world is going to save you.

You need to stop collecting and start solving.

Seriously.

STOP signing up for things because they sound cool.

STOP bookmarking tutorials you’re never going to watch.

STOP adding tools to your stack because someone else said it changed their business. (Their business is not your business.)

Instead, do this:

Think about the problems you actually have.

The things that make you want to scream every time you have to do them.

The tasks that take an hour when they should take ten minutes.

The processes you’ve been meaning to systemize for two years but haven’t because you “don’t have time.”

Write them down. Pick one. Just one. And then, only then, go looking for a solution.

And it’s possible you already have the solution. There are so many tools that have rolled out AI features you don’t even know about.

So you probably don’t need another subscription. You just need to actually use what’s already in your hands.

Here’s what I want you to do this week.

Weekly Challenge

Do an AI Tool Audit.

Part 1: Open a note somewhere and list every AI tool you’re currently subscribed to. Even the free ones.

Then ask yourself: Does this solve a problem I actually have right now in my business?

If yes, block off time in the next 2 weeks to learn how to use it properly.

No more “I’ll get to it eventually.” If it’s worth keeping, it’s worth using.

If no, cancel it.

Delete your account. Unsubscribe from the emails. Let it go.

You’re not going to use it, and keeping it around is just one more thing taking up space in your brain that could be used for literally anything else.

Part 2: Look at the tools you’re already using every day, the ones that are actually solving problems for you. Go into the settings. Check the updates.

I will bet you actual money that at least one of them has added AI features in the last six months that you didn’t even notice.

Try one. See if it saves you time.

That’s it. That’s the whole challenge.

Stop collecting tools. Start solving problems.

The goal isn’t to have the most AI tools.

The goal is to build a business that runs smoothly, sustainably, and doesn’t cost you your sanity in the process.

And that doesn’t happen by chasing every shiny new thing that pops up in your feed, no matter how hard it’s trying to catch your attention.

It happens by getting clear on what you need, building the right systems, and using AI to amplify the work you’re already doing.

If you want help figuring out which systems to build first, and how to use AI to actually make them work instead of just adding more noise, that’s exactly what the 7 Figure CEO Systems is designed to do.

If you want to learn more about how it can help you and your business, just reply to this email or send me DM on LinkedIn or Facebook and I’ll walk you through it.

Because I promise you, the answer isn’t in the next tool you sign up for.

It’s in the systems that you build, powered by AI tools you actually need.

Now go audit your tools and forward this email to another “Pokémon card collector” you know.