on AI, life and change

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these more personal emails.

A lot’s shifting.

I’m moving continents again - back to Portugal via Bangkok and Dubai.

Getting married (why not).

And possibly moving again soon (though I’ll spare you the details).

At the same time…

We’re designing a new company brand.

We’re upgrading the 70 AI Super Helpers.

We’re deep in the next phase of the AI Consultant Certification.

It’s a lot.

A lot to move through.

A lot to hold steady.

So how do I stay grounded, especially with this much change in motion?

(sharing a few snaps from my journey back to Portugal yesterday) 

1. ChatGPT Therapy

I keep a folder called Inner Work. Inside it? A whole archive of chats with ChatGPT.

Whenever I feel off, stuck, overwhelmed - I write. I reflect. I ask:

“Based on everything you know about me, what’s really going on underneath this?”

It helps me shift.

From being inside the story to observing it.

From reacting to noticing.

From spiraling to, well, not spiraling.

The fear, ambition, frustration, weird ego flares - they’re rarely about the thing itself.

They usually point somewhere deeper. And that’s where the real clarity lives.

2. Rhythm

I don’t have kids but watching my brother raise my nephew taught me something simple and sort of profound: rhythm is everything.

One missed nap, one skipped meal - chaos.

As adults, we like to think we’ve grown out of that. We haven’t.

During transitions - geographic, emotional, psychological - rhythm is the thing that holds the floor steady beneath your feet.

For me, rhythm looks like:

• Standing check-ins with the team
  
  

• My project tracker, scrappy but sacred
  
  

• A short story I write every day that no one reads but me
  
  

• The gym (even when I don’t feel like it)
  
  

• Same breakfast, lunch, and dinner most days

It’s not glamorous. But when life’s shifting, rhythm is what gives it a spine.

3. Change Is a Skill

(sharing a few snaps from my journey back to Portugal yesterday: Bangkok vs. Dubai) 

One reason people still resist AI?

Change.

Not just the tool. The mental rewiring it asks of you.

It’s unfamiliar. It interrupts your groove. It pokes your identity a bit.

We’re not built for change - we’re built for what feels safe.

Neuroplasticity slows down in your 30s. But it doesn’t disappear. You can train it.

That’s why I lean into change:

• Moving countries
  
  

• Letting go of comfort (even when it’s working)
  
  

• Shifting roles, routines, identities I thought were fixed
  
  

Each time, it stretches something.

I get a bit less rigid. A bit more curious.

A bit more okay with not knowing how it all plays out.

And honestly, that’s what I think this whole AI wave is really demanding - not just better tools, but better adaptability.

So I’ll ask you what I’ve been asking myself:

Where do you need to shake your worldview a bit this month?

Not just your tools, but your self-image?

Writing this, I’m reminded: AI, strategy, business - none of it lives in a vacuum.

It’s all part of the same question:

How do you stay steady when the ground keeps moving?

How do you keep building something real while everything around you morphs?

Whether you’re growing a business, learning new tools, or just going through a weird in-between phase of life - you’re not the only one.

We’re all learning how to walk with change instead of bracing against it.

More soon,

Darius