Bill Smith

@TheMattBerman @openclaw @vishalojha_me @Meta ADS

I run my meta ads with @openclaw for $0/month 😱 here's the system that runs autonomously: step 1: daily health check → social-cli (major shoutout to @vishalojha_me) wraps @Meta's marketing API (token refresh, pagination, rate limits all handled) → am I on track? what's running? who's winning? who's bleeding? any fatigue? → the same 5 questions I asked Ads Manager every morning for 20 years step 2: catch dying ads before CPA spikes → @OpenClaw pulls daily frequency by ad → frequency > 3.5 = audience is cooked, CTR is about to drop → this one signal saves more money than any dashboard step 3: auto-pause bleeders + shift budget to winners → CPA > 2.5x target for 48hrs? auto-pause. no hesitation. → ranks every campaign by efficiency. recommends shifting spend. → last fri it paused an $87 CPA campaign at 3am and scaled my best performer 30% step 4: write new ad copy from your winners → agent analyzes what's working (hooks, angles, CTAs) → generates variations based on the patterns in YOUR top performers → copy modeled on what already converts in your account. step 5: upload ads directly to your account → new creative + copy → live in @Meta Ads Manager → no more downloading, formatting, clicking through the upload flow → agent handles the entire publish cycle step 6: content concepts + morning brief → spots patterns across winners and suggests what to test next → delivers everything to Telegram, Slack, wherever you want it → 90 seconds to read. reply "approved." done. input: your ad account + your target CPA output: an AI that monitors, kills, scales, writes, AND uploads your ads dozens of hours in ad manager → 1 text message I packaged the entire system as the Meta Ads Kit. 5 @OpenClaw skills: - meta-ads (daily checks + auto-pause) - ad-creative-monitor (fatigue detection) - budget-optimizer (efficiency scoring + shift recs) - ad-copy-generator (writes variations from your winners) - ad-upload (publishes creative directly to your account) giving it away free. comment ADS + like + follow (must follow so i can DM)

@JJEnglert Guide

I've used Claude Code to build 20+ projects in the last 6 months. Thousands of new users across them. And I've never written a single line of code. I just dropped a 24-min video with my top 10 tips for non-developers — the exact playbook I use every day to run multiple AI agents that handle work that used to take me a full week. This is the best beginner guide to learning and building with Claude Code out right now. Every tutorial I found assumes you're a developer. This one doesn't. I cover everything from first install to running multi-agent workflows — with live demos and real examples for every single tip. How I set up new projects, how I got Claude to match my writing style, how I automate repeatable workflows with one command, and how I run multiple agents working on different tasks at the same time. I also built a full resource repo to go alongside the video — curated video tutorials, the best skill libraries, plugin directories, MCP server guides, written docs, community links, and a starter CLAUDE.md template you can copy-paste into your first project today. Comment "GUIDE" and I'll send you the full guide with everything you need to learn Claude Code! (make sure we're connected so I can DM you)

@bgurley Should be a great read, can’t wait!

Didn't expect an early review from a 17-year old (read below), but greatly appreciate it. 🤠 This is the exact motivation I hope to inspire. a.co/06ZgWP00

@BojanRadojici10 Pls share, love to see, thx!

After 20 years in Excel, I finally watched an AI agent build a full model for me — end-to-end. I used Genspark and the result was insane: structure, schedules, cash flow, scenario switches… all generated, then refined with my assumptions. The biggest shift? I’m no longer stitching 20 sheets at 2 a.m. — I’m 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 the model instead. If you want faster board-ready models: Start with a clear spec (drivers, outputs, constraints) Let AI draft the skeleton (P&L, BS, CF, links) You do the QA: tie-outs, edge cases, sensitivities Lock a repeatable prompt + data schema for next time If you want this Prompt,just drop a comment and I’ll send it to you. (Important: follow me so I can DM you!)

@BojanRadojici10 Great post. Please share the prompt, thanks!

360 years. That is the collective Excel experience of my team of 30 people, in one room. I have personally used Excel for 20 years. Since the very beginning. We’ve spent decades "crushing it" when it comes to financial modeling. We knew every shortcut. Every nested formula. We thought we had reached the peak of efficiency. (They are better then me, just to admit) But I have something to tell you. The game just changed. In my opinion, we are witnessing the biggest innovation since Excel was first released. It’s not a new function or a Power BI update. It’s Claude. Specifically, Claude’s ability to build and manipulate Excel models. For 40 years, the "manual labor" was the tax we paid. Hardcoding formulas. Spending hours formatting cells. Manually linking sheets and building tables from scratch. That era is over. Claude can now handle the heavy lifting of building the structure, the logic, and the formatting in minutes. But here is the part that really surprised me: It actually understands accounting. It understands the relationship between a Balance Sheet and a Cash Flow statement. It understands how operating drivers flow into a P&L. We aren't replacing our expertise. We are finally liberating it. Instead of spending 80% of our time building the model, we spend 100% of our time analyzing the results. If you want this Prompt and Excel model, just drop a comment and I’ll send it to you. (Important: follow me so I can DM you!)

@ShaanVP @JesseItzler Such a cool way to spend a year of training!

misogi is a japanese ritual - one hard, year defining challenge i heard about it from @JesseItzler last year on the pod  for 2025 my misogi was… learning piano from scratch

@Camp4 Dynamite list Kevin! Happy bday, right behind you with double nickels next summer! Thx!

Today I turn 55. I’m the fittest, sharpest, and happiest I’ve ever been. If I’m an outlier, it’s not because I’m built different or discovered a secret formula. The truth is far less glamorous: It’s a million tiny choices, compounded over decades. Here are 55 of them: 1. Walk 15+ miles a week, even if you do other exercise. Humans are uniquely made to move slowly over long distances—it’s critical to longevity. 2. Develop a writing practice. It’s the single best way to sharpen your mind. And remember, you don’t have to be a good writer to write. Start with 10 minutes a day. 3. Swap out your toothpaste, deodorant, lotions, soap, shampoo, and other personal care products for natural versions. Here’s a rule of thumb: Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t safely eat. 4. If you have a positive thought about someone, don’t keep it to yourself—share it immediately. Encouragement defies the laws of physics: When you give energy, you also receive it. 5. Wear shoes with a wide forefoot (I like Topo Athletic) and wear toe spreaders around the house (search “yoga toes” on Amazon). Spine health begins with the feet. 6. Get sunlight regularly. Moderate sun exposure (without sunscreen) is hugely important for overall health. 7. Do a 3-minute deep (“ass to grass”) squat every morning. Deep squats are often called the anti-aging exercise. It’s been said that, “It’s not that you can’t do deep squats because you’re old, it’s that you’re old because you can’t do deep squats.” 8. Explore minimalism (it’s not what you think it is). 9. Set boundaries on toxic relationships. We tend to cling to relationships past their expiration date, and it takes a bigger toll on our health than we recognize. 10. Eat real food. Not too much. Don’t eat garbage. Binge occasionally. Fast occasionally. That’s the diet. 11. Learn about FIRE. It’s a great framework for financial success. 12. Don’t take antibiotics except in emergency situations. They’re massively over-prescribed and aren’t needed in most cases. Antibiotics have done untold damage to our guts, which is where health begins. Great natural alternatives are out there. 13. Get 8 hours of quality sleep each night. To optimize sleep: —Don’t eat after 6pm —Get blackout shades and cover LEDs with black tape —No screens 2 hours before bed —Try ashwagandha (an herb) to calm the nervous system 14. Stop drinking, even in moderation. People find all sorts of ways to justify drinking, but there’s no escaping the simple fact that alcohol is a toxin and it limits your potential. 15. Travel as much as possible. Nothing expands the mind like seeing the world. And travel doesn’t have to be expensive—the best experiences happen outside of fancy resorts, when you live like a local. 16. Let go of resentment. When you forgive someone, you release the prisoner, and the prisoner isn’t them… it’s you. 17. Show up on time, every time. Poor time management limits success more than most people realize. If you struggle with punctuality, stop everything else and fix that first. 18. Spend lots of time in nature and touch the earth. Humans evolved over 300k years to live in harmony with nature, and only recently have we retreated indoors. If you don’t spend time outside, you’re fighting biology (hint: You won’t win.) 19. Stop doing dumb things. As Leo Tolstoy said, “People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.” 20. Find your happy place and (eventually) move there. Most people live where they live because... that's where they live. We are products of our environment—choose yours carefully. 21. Find a hobby and pursue mastery. You can’t have a happy life without a passionate pursuit that isn’t your vocation. Your work—even if you enjoy it—isn’t enough. 22. Avoid mainstream medicine except as a last resort. The results are in—our healthcare (or more appropriately, sick care) system is badly broken and only makes people sicker. 23. Have a mindset of abundance. There is no advantage to being a pessimist—even if you’re right, it’s a miserable way to live. In a very real way… whatever you believe, you’re right! 24. Do hard things. Choose courage over comfort. Everything you want is on the other side of fear and hard work. As Jerzy Gregorik said, “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” 25. Ignore haters. Hurt people hurt people. Negative/toxic people live in a prison of their own design. Don’t join them! 26. Say no. Protect your time and energy like it’s your most precious asset… because it is. 27. Become a water snob. As an alien said on Star Trek, humans are “ugly bags of mostly water.” You are what you drink—literally! We have Mountain Valley Spring water delivered in glass 5-gallon jugs and also have whole-house water filter (Aquasana Rhino). 28. Stop drinking sodas and sugary energy drinks. After a few weeks you won’t miss them, and a few months later they’ll seem disgusting. Refined sugar causes inflammation, which is the root of most disease. 29. If you’re over 35, find a good functional/longevity medicine doctor and start tracking your hormones. Modern life is hell on the endocrine system and restoring healthy hormone levels can change your life. As we get older, we either accept a slow decline in performance or we do something about it—choose the latter! 30. Develop a morning routine and follow it faithfully. Win the morning, win the day! 31. Invest in experiences, not things. People frequently regret buying things, but rarely regret investing in great experiences (especially when shared with loved ones). Remember, there’s nothing you can buy in a mall that you’ll remember in ten years. 32. Explore spirituality. It’s arrogant and small-minded to believe there’s nothing going on in our universe that is beyond our comprehension. We know less about our universe than an ant meandering on a sidewalk understands about this planet. 33. Have a strong bias toward action—doing rather than talking. If you ask a bunch of old people about their regrets, they’ll talk about the things they *didn't* do—the shots they didn’t take—more than the things they did do (even if it went wrong). As Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Most people don’t take enough shots. 34. Stay lean. Men in particular are obsessed with muscle mass these days, but bulk doesn’t age well. The goal is to be strong but lean. The fittest guys in their 50s and beyond aren’t meatheads, they’re lean guys who are serious about a sport. 35. Curate your inner circle carefully. Surround yourself with people you admire and who challenge you to grow. Remember, we’re the average of our 5 closest relationships. 36. Be the fittest version of yourself. Your body is your only vessel for experiencing life—so treat it as such. Fitness isn’t working out a few times a week, it’s a lifestyle. The older you get, the more time you need to devote to your health. 37. Take the time to appreciate art and beauty in all its forms. 38. Think globally, but act locally. Too many people put their energy into far-away problems they don’t understand and can’t impact, while ignoring problems right under their nose. Want to change the world? Start at home. 39. Try psychedelics. It’s one of those things everyone should do at least once, and it might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for. 40. Limit bad habits, including unhealthy thought patterns. We all have them—practice avoidance and find substitutes. Get professional help if needed. 41. Be a lifelong learner. Your brain is just like a muscle—if you don’t feed and flex it regularly, it will atrophy. 42. Find your purpose. People with a strong sense of purpose are happier and live longer. Lack of purpose sucks energy and magnifies depression. 43. Only take advice from people who embody the traits you want to have. Talk is cheap—emulate those who have DONE it. 44. The goal is not to retire and do nothing, it’s to build a great day-to-day life that you don’t need to escape. A life of leisure is a slow death. Happiness isn’t possible without a little struggle, uncertainty, and skin in the game. 45. Have fun! Do frivolous and silly things that make you smile. As George Bernard Shaw famously said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” 46. Whatever you want to do or achieve in life, start NOW. Don’t fall victim to “someday thinking” because someday never comes. 47. Accumulate assets—things that grow in value over time. It’s the #1 habit of rich people, and it can be done in tiny chunks. Instead of spending $100 on an impulse purchase that has no lasting value, put that money into an index fund or Bitcoin. It becomes addictive (in a good way). 48. Don’t ignore the big 3 canaries in the coal mine for health: —Low libido (and ED) —Frequent sinus & respiratory issues —Depression These usually aren’t medical conditions in themselves, they’re symptoms of an underlying problem. Find a good doc (outside of the mainstream) and figure out the root cause. 49. Have a clear vision for your future. How can you decide which direction to go if you haven’t clearly defined the destination? It sounds obvious, but 95% of people haven’t defined their “Ideal End State” in detail and in writing. (Check out my thread on this topic.) 50. Make your own decisions. We live in an era where most of what society tells us is wrong. Don’t be afraid to break from societal norms—if people say you’re crazy, it’s a sign that you’re doing something right. 51. Get hardcore about mobility exercise. As you age, it’s usually the knees, hips, and lower back that limit physical performance. 30 min a couple times a week can spare you a lifetime of pain. YouTube is a great resource. 52. Go all in on family. Get married, stay married, have kids. Burn the boats. In the end, family is all that matters. 53. Be ruthless with your time. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. Audit your calendar ruthlessly—cut the trivial, double down on the meaningful, and spend your hours like your life depends on it. (Because it does.) 54. Have a strong bias toward action. Be curious, try things, meet people—it’s how you increase your surface area for serendipity, the most powerful unseen force in our lives. 55. Reinvent yourself every decade. Over time, we slowly drift off course from our priorities, values, and true identity. Take stock and don’t be afraid to hit the reset button. Bold, calculated moves made for the right reasons almost always pay off—usually even more than you can imagine. 🎁 P.S. If you enjoyed this post, would you give me a birthday gift? Repost or comment with the item number(s) you liked best?

@nikitabier So many new voices, love the idea! Thx 😊

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Entire 8 page letter ⬇️⬇️⬇️ berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.p…

So many gems in his Thanksgiving letter… “Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes – learn at least a little from them and move on. It is never too late to improve.” - Warren Buffett

@alex_prompter AI

This is insane 🤯 I built an AI that watches TechCrunch, writes LinkedIn posts about trending news, designs carousels, and schedules them. It runs 24/7 without me. And my engagement is up 340%. Here's how it works: (Comment "AI" and I'll DM you a complete guide for automation)

It’s good to be a Smith! Maybe I could be a ball boy for the @Cubs in 2026 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

@caddietales I’m grateful to be able to read your tales! Just ordered some copies for friends and for my son. He’ll be up there next season as a PGM intern. He’s pumped and so am I…thank you!

End of season review - part 3 These are my final thoughts on this season before putting a cap on it, focusing on the offseason, and looking forward to next year. It seems fitting that its focus be on gratitude. I'm grateful that caddying has been my lifeline after the darkest period in my life... I'm grateful for the metaphor that is golf... I'm grateful for the chance to heal and thrive... I'm grateful for the players and the chance to serve... I'm grateful for the chance to celebrate during the highs and encourage during the lows... I'm grateful for the objective beauty of the golf course... I'm grateful for the fellowship of the caddies... I'm grateful to wake up with a sense of purpose after thinking I had lost it years ago... I'm grateful for the dignity of work, no matter what that work pays or how it's esteemed by society... I'm grateful for this platform and the daily evidence that joy can drown out negativity and rage... I'm grateful for health... I'm grateful for hope for an even brighter future... I'm grateful for all of it. The good days. The rough days. The soreness. The exhaustion. The gift of getting to do what I do. And I'm grateful for YOU! Thanks for following along on this journey. We have many more steps to traverse together, and I'm so full of gratitude that you spend a fraction of your day with me. And that's a wrap! Time to make the best of this time off! This is my final opportunity to invite you to support me as I head into the offseason, while getting something that I pray will be meaningful for you or the golf lovers in your life. Click below to order a signed copy of my book. I'd be so grateful (as would my wife). For every 10 that sell this week, I'm giving away a $100 Kohler gift card that the winner can use toward a trip here. Books will ship Nov 10-16. caddietales.co/collections/b

@STLChrisH As a finance/ops guy by nature, I’ve seen time and time again, sales can fix a lot of ills. Great Q for discussion!

A first time entrepreneur with experience in which of the following fields is most likely to be successful? A. Marketing B. Finance C. Sales D. Operations And why?

@mitchellh And in the blink of an eye…they are out on their own! Empty nest now…but got to see 1 and talk to the other 2 yesterday…so wonderful ❤️

I have a single friend in his late 30s right now. Mega-millionaire. Doing whatever he wants. He's happy! He always asks me "where are you going next" and I always respond "nowhere, I just want to be home with my kid." And he looks at me like I'm CRAZY. He tries to empathize, but can't. I used to be him. There's nothing wrong with being him. I'm happy for him. But kids rebalance your life to realizing that nothing matters more than them. Like nothing even comes close to mattering. Everything else becomes noise. And I didn't get it either. So I don't expect other people without kids to get it either. And that's fine. I'm not judging you. Even when I decided to have kids, I didn't (couldn't!) know what to expect. I wasn't particularly excited, honestly. But holy shit does that change once they come. I look at my life in bewilderment almost every week thinking how my 20s self would've hated this, and yet this is the best my life has ever been. My kid is sleeping right now and I'm just counting down the minutes for her to wake up so we can hang out. That's all I want.

I was someone who through my 20s wasn't even sure if I wanted kids. Work was my passion and I enjoyed it deeply. I filled up two passports. I did well financially. And yet, it's incomparable to the joy and purpose having children has given me. Like, not even close. Its crazy.

@mhp_guy So much truth right here! The right partner makes all the difference! Love mine too! ❤️🙏

How the last 17 years of marriage have gone for me, as an entrepreneur: 2008: Me: "Babe, I think I'm onto something with this new business deal/idea. I really feel like a ton of money is coming our way here soon." Her: "Awesome!" Reality: Never happened 2009: Me: "Babe, I think I'm onto something with this new business deal/idea. I really feel like a ton of money is coming our way here soon." Her: "Awesome!" Reality: Never happened Rinse and repeat from 2010 - 2025, and then sprinkle in only 2-3 years of this: Me: "Babe, I think I'm onto something with this new business deal/idea. I really feel like a ton of money is coming our way here soon." Her: "Awesome!" Reality: It ACTUALLY happened this time Me: "Babe! Isn't that amazing!? I was right! Didn't I call it!?" Her: "It's awesome! I never doubted you." And she truly didn't. It literally brings me tears just thinking about her unwavering trust and love, when we've had way more down years than up years. The up years just make up for all the down ones, and then some. If you find a great spouse, and keep working at becoming a great spouse yourself, life just takes care of itself.

@realEstateTrent Aeron all the way! Have had mine for 25 years and negotiated to keep it after a buyout many moons ago 😊

I’m guessing there’s a whole world of folks who take their office chairs really seriously. Looking for a new one. Recommendations? 🙏

@aryanXmahajan Outbound

Claude + n8n + Apollo = AI Sales Infrastructure that replaces $10,500+/month sales teams... (the exact system we've deployed for 9-figure agency operators) → No more manual prospect research taking 2+ hours daily → No more generic outreach that gets 3% response rates → No more SDRs burning through leads with zero personalization → No more follow-up sequences dying after message #2 Just one ICP input → autonomous multi-channel outreach machine. Here's how it works: → Apollo Intelligence Scraper (finds perfect-fit prospects automatically) → Company Research Engine (enriches with AI-generated insights) → Multi-Channel Message Generator (LinkedIn + Email personalization) → Unipile Deployment System (sends connections & tracks replies 24/7) → Conversation Routing Logic (AI handles responses & next actions) → Pipeline Automation (CRM updates without manual input) → Follow-Up Intelligence (sequences adapt based on engagement) Built with autonomous agent architecture. Runs 24/7 without supervision. 10-minute setup. Insane conversion rates. Want the complete system blueprint? Like + comment "OUTBOUND" + repost, and I'll DM it to you. (must be following)

@recap_david @therecapai Newsletter. Super cool!

I built a Morning Brew-style daily newsletter that writes itself with AI (now at 10,000 daily readers) (and I’m nuts for open-sourcing it) The AI system behind @therecapai clones how a human writer would function, but each step is packaged into an agentic workstream. The full automation handles: - Daily scrapping hundreds of reddit threads, hackernews, twitter posts, Google news API to build a massive data lake of 'daily AI news' - Dozens of custom prompts to pull the top daily stories from this data lake, write short breakdowns, & format the newsletter - Builds custom images based on each story with ChatGPT image generator This was 5 MONTHS of iterating and fine-tuning prompts to get the output and content to an extremely high quality state (no AI slop) and call me crazy, but I'm giving it away for free. Just Retweet, follow me, and comment on this thread "NEWSLETTER" and I'll DM you the full n8n template that you can copy/paste and fine-tune to your use-case as well as a full hour long video breakdown explaining the build. Also you can see the actual contents of the newsletter for yourself with the link below—proof of the quality that is possible with AI. RIP media companies 💀 AI is here.

@seandsweeney Building a new business now…and we recently became empty nesters…experiencing all the highs and lows. This looks divine @seandsweeney!

There are plenty of real estate conferences out there. But that’s not what I need right now. I’m currently running Hall Sweeney, mentoring over 50 people through The Bright Build, supporting my wife as she went from stay-at-home mom to published author writing her memoir, cheering on one daughter who’s working as a professional actor and another who’s deep in ballet. It’s been a full year—my dad passed, a friend’s son died suddenly, I’ve been to more funerals than I can count. On top of that, our core development business has no new projects and a couple of tough deals that need working through. What I don’t need is more. More inputs. More information. More “go go go.” What I do need is less. A nervous system reset. Quiet. My own time. No phone constantly reminding me of the endless to-dos. Time to reflect. To take walks. To sleep in. To meditate, stretch, sauna, cold plunge. To connect with others in a way that feels real—without an agenda. That’s why I created this retreat. Not because I’m pivoting away from being a developer. Not because I’m trying to sell my audience something that isn’t aligned. But because I genuinely need it—and I know others do too. It’s for people like me who need a reset, but can’t take a month to disappear into a cabin alone. We’ll gather at the beautiful Wild Rice Retreat in Bayfield, Wisconsin on Lake Superior. There are 12 spots. We’ll have a simple, laid-back itinerary (all optional), centered on rest, reflection, movement, and connection. We might talk about real estate and business a little. Or we might not talk about it at all. This isn’t about more. It’s about creating space for less. If that sounds like something you’ve been craving, I’d love for you to join me. Link below 👇🏻