Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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There’s a saying that’s been floating around the American South for generations:
“’Mean to’ don’t pick no cotton.”
And its close cousin: “‘Fixing to’ don’t get the wood cut.”
OK, yes. Both of these are grammatically incorrect.
Settle your “Nagging 6th grade grammar teacher” in your head and work with me on this.
Both of these statements say the exact same thing to us Entrepreneurs everywhere — good intentions are lovely, but the field doesn’t give a “tinker’s damn” about your feelings.
The cotton won’t pick itself. The wood won’t split itself. And your content business won’t build itself while you’re busy planning to plan.
You might have discovered what I did long ago: Just making plans and putting it on a ToDo page doesn’t get the results you need.
Here’s the good news: you’ve got something those long-ago cotton farmers never had.
You’ve got AI.
And I’m not talking about AI as some magical wish-granting machine.
I’m talking about AI as the difference between “meaning to” and actually doing it and getting business results!
It’s the difference between “Fixin’ to” and getting real-world results!
BIG difference!
Let me give you a quick tour of some Fab AI tools that we are using to get real work done — and make money — at Stark Raving Entrepreneurs.
These are tools you can tap into right now and start getting the results you need for your business.
NotebookLM is your research and synthesis engine. This one has gob-smacked all of us particularly this “Jaded Journalist” raised on being skeptical, doubting, and questioning just about everything.
You feed NotebookLM your source material — articles, PDFs, transcripts, videos, audios, your own notes — and it organizes the thinking for you. It’s like having an incredibly well-read assistant who never gets tired of reading.
Claude is where you distill and refine your thinking into amazing writing!
Claude brings precision and depth to content that needs more than just a quick answer. I’m loving it and using it regularly for my “rough rough” drafts.
ChatGPT is a brainstorming powerhouse (to say the least).
We now use it for rapid ideation, punching out variations, and thinking through angles you might not have considered. It is a fabulous “content creation helper.”
And BTW, don’t miss the “Voice Capabilities” of ChatGPT as it will help you enormously. It is like having a top expert in a given field hang in there with you jabbering back and forth to get solid, workable “picked the cotton” info!
Gemini sits right inside Google Workspace, which means it’s already living where most of your work actually happens. Real-time research, document drafting, and seamless integration with your existing tools.
Grok has a number of facilities for rapid research and writing. One feature they just recently announced is their new Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0.
It helps me get ideas out faster and think through solving problems with my Grok buddy exchanging ideas back and forth with lightning speed.
I’m now showing people how to “Grok With Brock” through this fabulous tool!
Together, these tools form a pipeline — not a magic button, but a real working system for us Content Creators and Creative Conductors who are ready to stop “fixing to” and start finishing.
As a Creative Conductor you don’t do every job personally.
You orchestrate.
You direct.
You make sure all the right players are hitting the right notes at the right time.
But here’s the thing — even the best orchestra doesn’t play itself. You still have to show up. You still have to raise the baton.
So let me ask you something. What’s sitting on your “Meaning to” list right now? A YouTube video? An email sequence? A lead magnet you’ve been fixing to build for six months?
The system isn’t complicated.
- Write it down.
- Schedule the time.
- Build the outline.
- Create and rewrite.
- Publish and distribute.
5 steps. Repeatable. Scalable. And with the AI tools available to you today, faster than it’s ever been.
You, as a Creative Conductor, don’t wait for inspiration to strike while sitting on the porch.
You build the system.
You run the system
And you let the system pick the cotton.
The cotton’s not gonna’ pick itself, my friend.
But with the right AI tools in your hands, you might be amazed how fast that field clears.
Want a killer secret about getting more done in your workflow? Here’s a video I did that has helped many and you’ll love this:
Move from “Meaning to” or “Fixin’ to” into “Done” today. I really look forward to hearing from you!
To Your Success
Terry
Terry@TerryBrock.com