Call Summary: Applied AI Career Breakthrough, Business Philosophy, and Faith Integration

Overview

On Thanksgiving evening, Gary and Alex engaged in a wide-ranging strategic conversation covering Gary's major career developments in Applied AI consulting, Alex's business wisdom on payment collection and contracts, philosophical discussions on sovereignty versus corporate subordination, and Gary's ongoing miracle facilitation ministry. The conversation reinforced their mutual commitment to building "boring businesses that pay bills" while integrating faith and technical excellence.

Key Topics Discussed

Gary's Thanksgiving Context

• Location: Staying at Airbnb in San Antonio after attending Thanksgiving with a Christian family
• Honor of Invitation: "It's literally just me and blood family... it's like an honor, right?"
• Entertainment Role: Spent eight hours entertaining the three-generation gathering
• Living Situation: Has been staying at friend's place with uncomfortable foam mattress causing back pain

Major Career Developments

Jollibee Consulting Opportunity

• Entry Point: Mentor's consulting agency potentially hired by Jollibee group; their tech person dropped out
• Project Scope: Creating AI system to validate franchisee operations against brand guidelines
• Gary's Assessment: "It's like a solved problem" but requires professional implementation
• Strategic Value: "Great first gig" providing experience applicable across franchise model
• Business Model Vision: Building multiple cash-flowing products for big companies
• Meeting Timeline: Meeting with multinational corporation executives on Monday
• Contract Expectations: Lock contract before year-end, project starts in new year

Travis Oliphant Opportunity

• Position Offered: Representative of the Applied AI community
• Flexibility: Confirmed ability to continue consulting work
• Origin Story: "I was just catching up with them... let me explain what applied AI is to me"
• Travis's Response: "This makes so much sense. This is the missing ingredient for my business to succeed"
• Strategic Alignment: Travis needs to build goodwill with Applied AI community Gary will help create
• Divine Timing: "God's timing is always perfect... God needed me to be baptized first"

Alex's Business Updates and Challenges

Payment Collection Issues

• Current Status: Open invoices from March still unpaid
• Client Example: Contractor owes money from February, still unpaid end of September
• Business Reality: "You may get the job, you may do the work... it's like an effort to get people to pay"
• Advice to Gary: "Don't celebrate until the money's in your bank account"

Business Philosophy on Contracts

• Payment Terms Strategy: Get agreement to pay on schedule
• Interest Protection: Invoice for full amount including potential late fees
• Discount Mechanism: Offer discount for timely payment
• Legal Protection: Always have top number documented for potential court proceedings
• Trump Reference: Discussion of how Trump exploited payment delays in building projects

Philosophical Discussions on Business and Life

"Boring Business" Philosophy

• Alex's View: "Boring pays the bills... everyone wants to do sexy, but boring is where stability is"
• Incremental Impact: "Even a 45% increase in efficiency is huge for a boring business"
• Built-in Scale: Mature businesses already have distribution networks
• Gary's Agreement: Preferring multiple cash-flowing products over unicorn pursuit
• Risk Assessment: "It's not assuming that you can change a paradigm like Figma"
• Personal Growth: Alex has "absorbed so much wisdom from the industry"

Sovereignty vs Corporate Subordination

• Core Concept: Women are "designed to sense sovereignty"
• Corporate Reality: Making millions but being "basically a bitch to one guy that can dictate"
• Alpha Schools Scandal: Joe Liemandt affair with Mackenzie Price (Andy Price's wife)
• Power Dynamics: Andy Price leaves baseball game he'd waited months for due to Joe's call
• Moral Corruption: "Selling other people's time is infinitely scalable" but at what cost
• Family Curses: "That's a real generator of family curses"

Chris Williams Update

• Trading Journey: Still trading after 5.5 years with no meaningful progress
• Alex's Concern: "He's walking into the casino every day, expecting to walk out with a million dollars"
• Redemption Attempt: Trying to redeem what he left on Wall Street
• AI Competition: "DeepSeek secret unreleased version is competing with him every day"
• Lack of Milestones: No incremental progress markers unlike Alex's business journey

Miracle Ministry Updates

Recent Healing Success

• Two Weeks Prior: Young man with Asperger's diagnosis freed from generational curse
• Father's Healing: 30+ year back injury healed without him initially asking
• Family Impact: Mother relieved of burden of "haunted son"
• Grandfather's Report: "Carlos is looking better than ever"

Upcoming Blind Boy Healing

• Next Week's Mission: Bringing blind boy (not blind from birth) to pastor
• Medical Documentation: Five months of regression to blindness documented
• Theological Understanding: "Christ can heal anything" with right conditions
• Required Factors: Pastor as healing vehicle + person's faith to be present
• Metaphysics Study: "Trying to figure out the metaphysics of miracles. No big deal."
• Vision Impact: "Book of Acts 2025" - merging business/tech with spiritual power

Outreach to Public Figures

• Scott Adams: Has deadly cancer; Gary attempting contact for healing
• Challenge: "Famous people turn off their DMs and you just don't know"
• Jordan Peterson's Daughter: Also attempted contact
• Chris Williamson: Podcaster with severe disease
• Strategic Value: "If they got publicly healed, documented... that would change everything"

Faith and Business Integration

• Gary's Formula: "I can't think of any two powerful forces I'd want on my side than business/tech and God"
• Not Weird AI Theology: "Not in a weird way where you're like, my AI is God"
• Divine Design: "Stepping into the role that only I can play"
• Right Timing: "The right people show up for the right moment"
• God's Guidance: Making it "very hard for me to be successful doing anything else"

Professor Zhang and Alternative Teachings

• Alex's Assessment: "Good to have that perspective" on geopolitics
• Concerns: "Too obsessed with Israel" and pushing Gnosticism/Monad concepts
• Gary's Reaction: "Part of me wants to attack him" but recognizing time management
• Time Allocation: "80% of my time dedicated to boring shit, 20% to not boring"
• 20% Projects: Include bringing blind boy for healing and "writing modern Book of Acts"

Key Quotes

On Business Philosophy

• Alex: "Boring pays the bills... the upside is probably capped with boring, but it's stable"
• Alex: "Don't celebrate until the money's in your bank account"
• Gary: "I don't think we are meant to be tyrannized by middle managers stupider than us"
• Alex: "Selling other people's time is infinitely scalable"

On Faith and Miracles

• Gary: "God's timing is always perfect... God needed me to be baptized first"
• Gary: "Christ can heal anything"
• Gary: "AI engineer also facilitating miracles... modern Book of Acts"
• Alex: "The right people show up for the right moment"

On Sovereignty

• Gary: "Women are designed to sense sovereignty"
• Gary: "Can you actually proudly... I don't know, women are kind of created to sense alignment and flow"
• Alex: "What time you wake up? What time you go to bed? What time you take a shit?"

On Progress and Persistence

• Alex: "I can see the progress happening in real time"
• Alex: "I owe it to my younger self to see a reward from it"
• Gary: "I'm increasingly falling in love with the game of business"

Action Items / Takeaways

Immediate Actions

• Gary meeting with Jollibee executives on Monday
• Gary bringing blind boy for healing next week
• Gary continuing outreach to Scott Adams for cancer healing
• Alex continuing work on client projects and payment collection

Strategic Insights

• Focus on "boring businesses" that solve real problems with stable revenue
• Build personal brand as "ultimate lever" for business scaling
• Maintain sovereignty through business ownership vs high-paying employment
• Integrate faith authentically without compromising business excellence
• Document miracles and spiritual experiences alongside business victories

Business Wisdom

• Always get payment terms in writing with schedules
• Invoice for full amount with discount for timely payment
• Don't count success until money is in bank
• Even 20-30% efficiency gains are valuable for mature businesses
• Building networks of service providers requires personal branding

Relationship Dynamics

Both continue as sophisticated thought partners combining:

• Practical business acumen
• Philosophical depth
• Spiritual discernment
• Mutual encouragement in entrepreneurial journey
• Shared vision of merging faith, technology, and business excellence

Notable Context

The conversation occurred on Thanksgiving evening, with Gary staying at a Christian family's gathering in San Antonio and Alex at home. Despite the holiday, both engaged in deep strategic discussion about career, faith, and philosophy - demonstrating their commitment to continuous growth and mutual support. The timing proved significant as Gary had just received two major career opportunities that could transform his Applied AI trajectory.