“ You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
Now Patent Pending: How a Boxing Class Sparked My Next Big Idea
After boxing class, a few of us were cooling down and chatting.
The conversation drifted to what people do to relax. Unwind. Decompress after a long day.
Here's the thing...
More and more people are turning to marijuana — to relax, to focus, to take the edge off. And with it becoming legal in so many places, it's everywhere now. No judgment.
But it comes with a cost that affects everybody in the room.
The smell. The secondhand smoke. The irritation.
Whether you partake or not — you're part of the experience.
That's when it hit me...
What if there was a device that could eliminate that entirely?
I mentioned it out loud. One of the guys stopped and said, "Man — if you come up with that, that'll be golden."
Say less...
I didn't wait around.
I used my Claude AI assistant to help me research.
I was able to check for existing patents, products, and pain points.
Before long, I had a concept. Then I generated image prompts to create a product mockup image.
I brought it back to class.
One word — Amazement!
Think about it for a second...
That entire idea was born in a five-minute conversation after a workout.
It almost didn't happen.
If I hadn't been present — hadn't said it out loud — it disappears forever.
That's the lesson.
Ideas don't wait for the right moment.
You have to capture them when they show up.
From Idea to Patent Pending
Now, I'm still deep in software development. Building apps. Growing my Skool community.
So this was a short excursion — but the best kind.
My engineering background came back like muscle memory.
The electronics coursework I thought I'd never use again? Back in rotation.
I ordered components to test whether what was in my head could actually work in the real world.
And then came the homework I didn't expect — the patent process.
I had to learn the difference between a provisional patent and a utility patent. Here's what most people get wrong: there's no such thing as a "provisional patent." It's a provisional patent application. That distinction matters.
Picture this...
After a full day of research, drawings, and filing — I can now say my invention is patent pending. That gives me 12 months to develop the full utility patent while the idea is protected.
Twelve months. The clock is running. And I intend to make every day count.
Your Existing Audience
And through it all — my Skool community kept growing.
I didn't need to find new people.
I already had them — my email list and YouTube took care of the rest.
Tell me this...
How many ideas have you had in the last 30 days that you never wrote down?
Never acted on? Never even told anyone?
Les Brown always said he never wants to meet his dreams at the end of his life.
Staring back at him. Angry. Because he didn't execute.
That hit different this week.
The Challenge: Mine Your Diamond
This week, ask yourself:
What idea have you been sitting on that deserves more of your attention?
What's the smallest step you could take this week to bring it closer to real?
What skill from your past could you tap back into right now?
You don't have to drop everything. You don't have to pivot your whole life.
Just give the idea some attention. Write it down. Execute on it.
Because that idea — that vision — was only given to you in that moment.
It's up to you to give it life.
Cheers!
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AI News: They All Launched the Same Thing!
This week's AI news focuses on the sudden release of interactive data visualization tools by major companies, along with updates on autonomous AI agents and multi-modal models. Here are the highlights:
Interactive Visuals (Claude & ChatGPT): Both Claude and ChatGPT launched features allowing users to generate interactive charts and simulations from prompts. Claude is better for custom visualizations, while ChatGPT excels at rapid generation of pre-built scientific and mathematical models.
Perplexity Computer: The Perplexity Computer agent is now available to Pro users, allowing the AI to autonomously run tasks on a dedicated Mac Mini to organize files, manage ad campaigns, or create financial reports.
Canva Magic Layers: Canva introduced 'Magic Layers,' an AI feature that breaks static images into distinct layers, allowing users to move, resize, or replace background elements.
New Models & Tools: NVIDIA released the Nemotron 3 Super open-weight model, and Google launched Gemini Embedding 2 for developers.
Future Tools Update: The FutureTools.io database was redesigned for better usability, featuring a curated list of top AI tools.
Autonomous Research (Karpathy): Andrej Karpathy open-sourced a tool called auto-research that allows AI models to experiment and optimize themselves autonomously.
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