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5 Repairs You're Overpaying For — free cheat sheet

5 Repairs You're Overpaying For

A $650 quote for a nine-dollar toilet flapper. $220 to "snake the line" for a hair clog you could reach with your hand. The gap between what they know and what you know is where the upsell lives. Get the free cheat sheet: 5 jobs that are usually yours, what's really wrong, and what the part costs.

  • — The 5 repairs people overpay for the most
  • — What the problem usually is
  • — What the part costs at the hardware store

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Stop Starting Over — free AI worksheet

Stop Starting Over

Every time you open a new AI chat, you start from zero. Who you are, what your business does, what you already tried, all over again. That's 10 to 20 minutes gone every chat, and it never gets any smarter about you. This free 2-minute worksheet shows you how many hours a year it's costing you, and the one-file fix.

  • — Do the math on your own week
  • — Before and after: 20 minutes vs. 30 seconds
  • — The one file your AI reads first, every time

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The Experience Inventory — free worksheet

The Experience Inventory

You spent 30 years learning things the hard way: a trade, a career, a divorce, raising kids, starting over. Most people our age think that's just the past. It's not. It's inventory. This free worksheet walks you through 5 questions that uncover what you already know that someone else would pay to learn.

  • — 5 questions that find the value in what you've lived through
  • — Why the "boring" stuff you know is usually what sells
  • — The one thing to do next with what you find

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The Claude Leak Check — free

The Claude Leak Check

Paying for Claude and still getting cut off halfway through the job? It's usually not the plan. It's the leaks. This free 5-minute check shows you the 5 signs your usage is leaking out, and what each one costs.

  • — The 5 signs your Claude usage is leaking out
  • — What each leak is costing you
  • — A 5-minute score that tells you how bad it is

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The Start-Over Checklist — free

The Start-Over Checklist

Every January we go all in. By February the plan is gone and we're back at zero. This free 5-minute checklist shows you the 5 signs you're stuck in the start-over cycle, and what the cycle has been costing you.

  • — The 5 signs you're stuck in the start-over cycle
  • — A quick score that tells you how bad it is
  • — The restart count: what the cycle has cost you

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The AI Crew Checklist — free

The AI Crew Checklist

On a hazmat job, nobody does everything. One crew sets up decon, one builds the frame, and a foreman watches all of it. Most people run AI the opposite way: one chat, every job, and them standing over it all day. This free 5-minute checklist shows you the 5 signs you're running with no crew, and what each one is costing you.

  • — The 5 signs, and what each one costs
  • — A score that tells you how bad it is
  • — The math on your own week

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The Contractor's Leak Finder — free

The Contractor's Leak Finder

The work is good. The money drips out after the job is won: slow callbacks, quiet estimates, free extra work, late invoices and missing reviews. This free 5-minute checklist shows you the 5 leaks, what each one costs, and where the numbers come from.

  • — The 5 leaks, and what each one costs
  • — A score that tells you how bad it is
  • — Every number sourced, 5 minutes to check

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