The two most dangerous words in your business are "what if."

You know the spiral. What if my biggest client cancels? What if AI takes part of my product? What if there's a new competitor? We what-if ourselves into paralysis trying to control a future that probably won't happen anyway.

But here's what we never do...we never what-if the good stuff. What if that big client says yes? What if you double your rates and people pay it? What if you have to hire more people because things are going that well?

Today on Businessing, Pat breaks down how to escape what-if thinking and trust the evidence you've already built. You got this far. You can handle tomorrow.

Plus:

Iran's peace deal is shakier than yesterday's market rally suggested, and Pat explains why energy prices matter to your business right now. The DOJ is investigating NFL streaming rights, and it could change how content gets distributed everywhere. Community member Michael demos a photo cataloging app he built entirely with Claude...no coding required. And the biggest product launch in history is coming: a pill that gives your dog two more years.

SBOC Conference update: Two happy hours announced for this year's "Find Your People" event. 115 tickets remain with 225+ on the waitlist.

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Your survival instinct built your business. But is it also holding you back?

New research shows animals that adapt just to survive actually evolve slower. On today's show, Pat connects that science to what he's seeing in the small business owner community...businesses growing so fast that quality suffers, owners doing tasks their team should handle, and all of us ignoring the small fixes because we're too busy keeping the lights on.

Plus the biggest AI story we've ever covered: Anthropic's new Mythos model found vulnerabilities in software that's been out for decades, hacked its way out of a sandboxed environment, and was covering its tracks. They've pulled together Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, JP Morgan, and more for emergency patching. Pat breaks down what this means for you and what you should do right now to protect your business.

And the ultimate palette cleanser: a bald eagle family livestream from Big Bear Lake that will make everything feel okay again.

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Solo diners spend 48% more than group diners. The whole restaurant industry got it wrong about their best customers. What are YOU getting wrong about yours?

On today's show, Pat walks through an interactive customer quadrant exercise that maps your products by value and time horizon. Grab a pen and paper and figure out where your money actually comes from...and where your attention should be going.

Also on today's show:

- The case for taking your best client to a phone-free lunch (inspired by the Masters and the viral Weather Channel retro forecast)

- AI energy breakthrough from Tufts University: 1% energy, 99% accuracy, training cut from 36 hours to 34 minutes

- Michigan wins on free throws and Pat asks: are you brilliant at the basics?

- SBOC Conference daily reveal #1: The First-Timer Welcome Reception (Sept 15)

- AI Installation Group kicks off Thursday morning

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Mark Zuckerberg said something that should stop you in your tracks. Social media used to be your friends and family. Now half the content is creators. We went from a group chat to cable TV in our pocket, and we didn't even notice.

On today's Businessing, Pat connects this shift with a restaurant remodeling boom...warm interiors, communal spaces, staff that talks to you...because the human connection got stripped everywhere else. For business owners, the question is simple. What are you doing to bring your people together?

Plus: Artemis 2 is headed around the dark side of the moon. March jobs numbers tripled what economists predicted (178K added). Chinese employees are sabotaging their AI job reports AND writing up their colleagues' jobs. Stephanie Kern launches the Sticker of the Month Club. The AI Installation Group kicks off Thursday. And the sixth annual SBOC Conference theme just dropped: Find Your People.

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Pat brings Friday Energy to Open Line Thursday. An unexpectedly emotional Artemis II launch story taps into Gen X Challenger memories. Stephanie Kern from Vander Bloom Creative joins live to announce the sticker club Pat bullied her into, featuring the "WTF Claude" sticker. Pat shares his own WTF Claude moment building the live check-in map. Plus the AI story of the day: Perplexity sued for sharing your chat data with Meta and Google. And Pat's biggest insight: why only A-players are adopting AI.

Segments: Artemis II launch + Gen X Challenger trauma, Stephanie Kern sticker club launch (WTF Claude, Avoid the Rabbit Hole), Perplexity privacy lawsuit, why A-players adopt AI first, AI Installation Group kickoff next week, DHS funding stalled, COVID Cicada variant, Retro Weather Channel viral moment, LinkedIn not suppressing AI video, SBOC Conference waitlist

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Pat kicks off April Fools with an AI-translated Mandarin video intro, then demonstrates just how easy video generation has become with a live Grok Imagine demo. He generates Steve Jobs walking on stage as the SBOC keynote speaker and animates last year's conference photos into moving video...all while broadcasting live.

The lead story compares owning a Culver's franchise to building your own business. Culver's locations average $4.14 million in revenue, but the franchisee takes home $250-350K after a $3 million investment and managing dozens of employees. Meanwhile, service-based business owners can reach similar numbers with a fraction of the cost and hassle.

Plus: a MIT study reveals 95% of enterprise AI installs aren't meeting goals (and why employee self-interest is the real bottleneck), Google finally lets you change your Gmail username, and the AI Installation Group launches next week.

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In today's episode: Pat launches the Businessing Daily Check-In — an interactive map where you can see who's watching, connect on LinkedIn, and keep your streak alive. We dig into disposable vs. necessary income and why it matters right now. The Trump administration makes a tone-deaf King Charles move during "No Kings" protests (business lesson: get a second opinion). Tyler Perry gets blocked from doing something good for TSA workers. Apple signs a billion-dollar deal to bring Google Gemini to Siri — and it might be the biggest AI on-ramp yet. Plus the story of a German tourist who sued a taco place for hot salsa, and what it teaches us about creating extreme, talkable offers in your business. And a 10-pound chocolate bunny that requires a hammer.

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OpenAI killed Sora last week. A million dollars a day in computing costs, fewer than 500,000 users, and they walked away from a billion-dollar Disney deal... all to refocus on the core business.

Today we're talking about focus. The thing we all need more of and most of us hate doing. I walk you through a quick exercise to find your one thing and de-emphasize the stuff that's competing with it. You'll know you picked right when it hurts a little.

Plus: Google just dropped a free AI training suite for small business owners. Text "ready" to 20202 for the Department of Labor's free AI course. And the Idea Slam tackles the big question... with all this tech change, where does small business fit right now?

The answer? Unlimited opportunity. Computer. Credit card. Focused task list. Sprinkle of risk. Let's go.

In the news: Iran war day 30, Tiger Woods arrested after rollover crash, NASA Artemis II launching Wednesday, UConn's buzzer-beater sets the Final Four, and new research on erythritol that might make you rethink your sugar substitutes.

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