The Ultimate AI, Leadership & SYSTEMS List
Every tool, platform, and resource in the list is recommended. Built by someone who has been building a business and using A.I. tools for over 5 years.
If it's on this list, it earned its spot. Some links are affiliate links.
AI The Intelligence Layer
CLAUDE
The AI I use on a daily basis. It's my speaking business assistant, my assistant. Use it for chats, teach it how you think, speak and how you teach so it can work for you. Build code, agents and automations.
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CHATGPT
OPENAI's AI assistant. Useful to pair with Claude and does similar tasks and activities as Anthropic's AI.
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GRANOLA
The ony AI notepad you'll ever need. It works in the background transcribing your meetings. You can search months later for threads or during the meeting.It organizes all your notes. And privacy is in your hands.
MOTION
An AI accelerated project management tool. It replaces Asana, Hubspot, ClickUp, Monday, Calendly, AI meeting notetakers, and gives you AI employees to do your jobs for you.
The Business Infrastructure Layer
GO HIGH LEVEL
A swiss army knife CRM: hosts your website, SMS/email marketing, landing pages, automations, sales pages. Replaces Typeform, Jotforn, website hosting, email marketing, calendar booking and more.
1PASSWORD
Password manager to keep and share your passwords with your assistants or family securely. You'll only ever need to remember 1 password. Login from mobile, PC or desktop device from anywhere.
REV
When you absolutely, positively have to get the transcription right, REV has your back. Human transcription that captures, silence, filler words and notes the time. For credential exams or when it matters.
NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT
The best way to start your business the right way. It's a business formation and registered agent services so you keep your privacy while running and operating your business.
GOOGLE WORKSPACE
The founder and entrepreneur's toolkit: Gmail, GDrive, Sheets, Docs, and more. Work from anywhere on any device. I use GWorkspace to connect with customers and store my work and data.
MAILSUITE
The best email tracker for Gmail. Never wonder if your email has been received or opened. Find out when or how often your email has been opened for lead follow up.
Never lose a lead again.
STREAK
A CRM hosted within Gmail. Great starter tool so that you'll never lose a lead to follow up. Most leads take 5-8 outreaches before they'll book you.Streak will tell you when you need to reach back out to a lead so that you make sure you close that deal.
The Content Creation Layer
FILMORA
The privacy friendly and price friendly alternative to CapCut. I edit videos for TikTok on Filmora. Create stunning movie quality videos with captions, effects and with an intuitive drag and drop display.
TELLA
Move over Loom. Tella is your all-in-one screen recorder. Create incredible product videos, tutorial and courses with or without screen recording. CTA buttons are included and is hosting on your site.
CASTMAGIC
Get more out of your audio and video in less time. Repurpose your content, turn a podcast into a newsletter, social posts and short form content with the click of a button. Take a course overview and repurpose it.
CANVA
Online graphic designer, editor and social post publisher. Create graphics, social posts, logos, t-shirts, presentations and even edit videos with Canva. You can even record presentations and distribute them.
BLOTATO
Streamline content creation across multiple platforms. Create a week of content in 60s and distribute it to multiple platforms on your schedule. This is how solopreneurs build distribution without burnout.
ELEVENLABS
Voice-Cloning, text-to-speech, avatar generator. Create lifelike speech with voice generators in this AI platform. Want to create an audiobook. Elevenlabs does it from start to finish.
Build & Develop
LOVEABLE
It's the no-coding app builder that really works. Use your expertise to describe what you want built and Loveable builds it. No Developer Required. From idea to product launch in a few hours.
JOTFORM
You can use jotform to create simple apps you can distribute.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, you'll have a working app. Loveable is better.
The Education Layer
MIC DROP WORKSHOP
This is Keynote Speaker Jess Ekstrom's 12 week program to build your keynote and speaking the right way. Jess built this to help women get paid speaking events because 70% of the speakers are men and the pay and visibility gaps are real.
If you're a coach or a service based provider, learning how to speak will improve your business success.
The learning and the community are worth it.
If you're wondering if the course is worth it - HANDS DOWN, the best course for becoming a paid speaker. WORTH EVERY PENNY!
BUSINESS BUILDING ACADEMY
If you got value out of this page, imaging the value you'll get when you sign up for my Business Building Academy. For $250, you get the course I used to deliver live over 10 weeks and cost $5k.
My students had the course pay for itself in closed deals BEFORE the course ended. Learn how to start your coaching or any service based business. Know how to position yourself, sell and close your services making top dollar for what you do.
This is a self-paced academy at 5% the original cost. It's a no-brainer investment because I want to see you succeed!
Capacity Recommended Books
I've read each of these. I recommend them whether you're trying to build your capacity, lower your stress or calm your nervous system. Each of these will equip you with perspective and tools that should be part of your toolbox.
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Power, Poise and Presence teaches you how to identify, collect and use biomarkers to show up powerful, poised and present despite your circumstances. This book will teach you an approach to you unique authenticity. Audiobook. Hardcover.
Master the secret language of charismatic communication. A great introduction to the small signals that have an enormous impact. Get the book.
You'll want the book for the workbooks and images!
This is your guide to MASTERFUL Coaching. In a nutshell for new coaches and leaders, Marion Franklin lays out the essential duties of a coach, what to do and how to do it so that you too can be a Masterful coach.
This is the ONE book (beside my own that I recommend to new coaches.)
Get the AUDIOBOOK
Victor Frankl's Man's search for meaning is summed up in “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
AV Tools
My founders, business owners and leaders ask for tool recommendations. Whether you're making a podcast, recording your workshop or posting on social media there are a few tools that'll help you show your best side and here are a few of them:
The DJI Osmo Mobile will let you shoot videos like a pro with action tracking.
Move around — No Problem. The camera stays on YOU. It's compact, with a long charge life and pretty simple to use solo.
The DJI Wireless Mic stays live for HOURS and comes with this charging case.
Reception is phenomenal, sound clarity is perfection and it comes with USBC and Lightning adapters.
Simple to use, clear and effective.
If Podcasting is your aim, this is a GEM. I use this mic because its superb noise cancelling capabilities.
My clients hear me crystal clear and the mic comes with amazing capabilities for podcasting.
If Podcasting is your aim, this is a GEM. I use this mic because its superb noise cancelling capabilities.
Grab this mic if all you want is the mic without the stand.
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