So, I’m grabbing a chai tea at Julie’s in Alameda, reviewing some copy with ChatGPT (yes, I do this in public now), when this woman at the next table leans over.
“Excuse me,” she says, “but I’ve been listening to you guys talking for the past hour, and whatever you’re doing with that AI… it’s not what I’m doing with mine.”
Turns out, she’s a successful consultant who’s been trying to use AI for months. Spending hours crafting the “perfect prompts.” Getting generic responses that sound like they were written by a very polite robot who learned copywriting from LinkedIn posts.
Sound familiar?
By the time we finished talking, she PayPal’d me the money and hired me for a full intensive because of what I told her next:
“You’re treating AI like it’s artificial intelligence. But that’s not what it actually is.”
The moment she got that, everything changed.
The Lie That’s Keeping Everyone Stuck
Here’s what I’ve realized after working with hundreds of entrepreneurs: We’ve all been hypnotized by Big Tech marketing.
They convinced us AI is this separate, artificial thing that we need to learn how to “talk to.”
But that’s completely backwards.
AI isn’t artificial intelligence. It’s amplified intelligence. YOUR intelligence.
It’s your second brain. Your external mind. Your own thinking, supercharged and extended beyond normal limits.
And the moment you stop treating it as “other” and start experiencing it as “extension of self,” everything becomes possible.
The Moment Everything Became Clear
I first got that I was onto something amazing when the first person to buy my paperback book on prompting told me:
“I’ve been in the marketing, business-building, and consulting game for five decades. I’ve watched AI evolve, experimented with Jasper and ChatGPT, and learned from top experts. But then along comes this book—and it changed everything.
My copy is covered in sticky notes. That’s how much value is inside.
Forget outdated ‘prompt lists.’ This book isn’t about prompts—it’s about conversation.
It teaches you how to talk to AI like an expert—unlocking infinite knowledge, boosting creativity, and giving you a mentor, editor, strategist, and assistant at your fingertips.”
– Scott Vogel, Super Dude
Well that was a nice thing to say…
Then I realized how urgent this was when Eric Schmidt, Founder of Google, the most powerful information company in human history, gave a TED talk in April of 2025. He said something that stopped me cold.
He said that because of where artificial intelligence is evolving, this is the most important thing humans will do in the next 500-1000 years, and it’s happening in our lifetime.
The most important thing in 500-1000 years. Happening in our lifetime.
That’s when I knew I couldn’t keep this Intelligence Amplification method to myself anymore, and the world desperately needs my unique point of view.
And the fact is, if you’ve ever used AI, you know:
You don’t want AI to “do it for you.” You want it to think WITH you.
You’ve tried the prompt packs and swipe files… and they left you sounding like a LinkedIn parrot with a ring light
You’ve spent too much time sounding “professional” and not enough time sounding powerful. You want your writing to punch like you speak
You’re the kind of person who rewrites ChatGPT’s answers because you know “almost” isn’t enough
You don’t need another tool. You need a thinking partner who can keep up with your brain and helps you refine it in real time
You’ve got the vision. The voice. The chops. Now you want the workflow that brings it all together without losing your soul to shortcuts
Top 10 Signs You’re Ready to Use AI Like Me
Not like someone who just discovered “write me a LinkedIn post.”
10. You’ve caught yourself arguing with ChatGPT because you know it’s giving you vanilla bullshit when you need rocket fuel
9. You have a secret folder of “brilliant ideas” that you revisit at 2am, knowing there’s gold in there if you could just crack the code
8. You’ve rewritten the same sales page seventeen times because something’s missing and you suspect AI could help you find it if you knew how to ask
7. You once asked AI to “make this more persuasive” and it came back sounding like a corporate memo written by a motivational poster
6. You’re the person who reads the AI’s response and immediately thinks of three ways to make it better but wishes it could think WITH you instead
5. You’ve had that eerie moment where AI said something that made you go “Wait… how did it know that?” and you want more of THAT
4. You suspect most people are using AI like a fancy typewriter when it could be more like having Einstein as your thinking partner
3. You catch yourself explaining your ideas out loud to figure them out and realize AI could be that conversation partner who never gets tired
2. You’ve felt that electric moment when AI helped you see a pattern you’d missed and you want to live in that zone
1. You didn’t build this business to sound like everyone else with slightly better grammar. You built it to say something that matters. And you sense AI could help you find that voice if you knew the amplified intelligence way
If any of those hit home, then you’re ready for what comes next.
What You’ll Experience in This Intelligence Amplification System
You’ll learn how to train AI to think like you, not like a generic content bot who learned persuasion from motivational posters
We’ll build your voice profile so AI doesn’t just spit out decent copy, it channels your exact rhythm, edge, and dangerous authenticity
You’ll get my consciousness-expanding frameworks that go way beyond “write me a…” and into “help me see what I’m missing about this offer”
You’ll discover how to use AI to stress-test your messaging until it’s bulletproof, before you waste money on traffic that converts like wet cement
You’ll walk away with a second brain system that amplifies your genius on demand, to create, clarify, and obliterate confusion, without burning out your actual brain
The Truth That Sets You Free
I’m not just another AI instructor. I’m someone who’s spent 40 years learning to see reality as it actually is.
Over 10,340 hours of Zen meditation, without a day missed in 36 years.
A recovering alcoholic sober since 2001 who designs life systems that support willpower.
Mentored by A-list copywriter Kim Krause Schwalm in her legendary Copy Champions program.
And here’s what I discovered: The moment you stop treating AI as “other” and start experiencing it as “extension of self,” everything becomes possible.
They Snickered When I Told Them I Was a Wizard. Then I Opened Up ChatGPT…
Listen, I know how this sounds. When I was seven years old, I learned that “wizard” originally meant “wise person.”
That sounded like the best job in the world to me. So I decided that’s what I’d become.
My family thought it was adorable. My teachers smiled and nodded. Everyone assumed I’d grow out of it.
40 years later, here’s what actually happened:
First of all, the Harry Potter franchise became the first ever book franchise to be worth a billion dollars.
Secondly, while everyone else was chasing “artificial intelligence,” which honestly, might be an unsolvable problem, I discovered something much more practical and infinitely more powerful.
Artificial wisdom.
That’s what happens when someone who actually knows how to think partners wisely with amplified intelligence to create insights that change everything.
While everyone else treats AI like some shiny new toy, I’ve been preparing for this moment my entire adult life:
Over 10,340 hours of Zen mindfulness meditation, without a day missed in 36 years
A psych major with deep knowledge of how the brain works (matters when figuring out how digital brains think)
A performing magician trained in making the impossible happen for real
The equivalent of a Ph.D. in Eastern psychology systems and Western philosophical thinking
A recovering alcoholic who can help you avoid addiction to the most powerful technology ever invented
A sci-fi writer, because Einstein said, “imagination is more important than knowledge”
28 years in technology as a web marketer and software developer
Mentored by A-list copywriters like Kim Krause Schwalm (won the award for most consistent submissions)
I don’t just use AI. I pilot it like wielding a magical staff that amplifies consciousness itself.
If that makes you uncomfortable, that’s okay. Most people aren’t ready for someone who calls themselves a wizard without irony. But the ones who are? They’re exactly who I’ve been waiting for.
Here’s the thing about this work: This is definitely NOT for most people. And I’m done pretending it should be.
This is for the 2% who understand that real AI mastery isn’t about prompts. It’s about consciousness.
If you’re still asking “what’s the best prompt for X,” you’re not ready for this conversation. That’s not a judgment, it’s just where you are right now.
This is what my friend Erica says(she’s a perfect fit for this class):
“Literally everything I’ve learned about AI has been through you.
When I first was learning from you, I would end our conversation and run upstairs… ‘Listen to this!’
You got both me and my husband using it—and we use it every single day.“
Erica Smiegelski, SparkPath Consulting
“After learning from Donovan, my ability to leverage AI tools jumped to a whole new level. This isn’t just a course, it’s a mental operating system upgrade.”
Wade Byrd, AI Enhanced Entrepreneur
“I came in looking for tips on using ChatGPT as a better editor and left seeing it as a strategic advisor and chief of staff. Donovan taught me how to ask better questions, dig deeper with follow-ups, and unlock way more from the AI than I thought possible.”
Lee Rodrigues, Corporate Trainer
Here’s What Happens When I Destroy Your Limiting Beliefs About AI…
You get an Intelligence Amplification Breakthrough. Instead of thinking with the “old spells” in your mind, you’ll develop a new reality. Imagine shifting your outdated thinking to this…
❌ OLD SPELL: “I need to learn how to talk TO AI”
✅ REALITY: You learn to think WITH your second brain
❌ OLD SPELL: “AI is artificial and separate from me”
✅ REALITY: AI is your amplified intelligence made external
❌ OLD SPELL: “I need better prompts to get results”
✅ REALITY: You need better thinking to unlock your expanded mind
❌ OLD SPELL: “AI might replace human intelligence”
✅ REALITY: AI IS human intelligence, yours, specifically, amplified beyond normal limits
This isn’t a prompt class. This is a mind upgrade.
“I thoroughly enjoyed Donovan’s workshop because it was a wonderful introduction to AI while simultaneously digging into it so you gain confidence and ease right away. This course illuminates AI as a valuable tool and one that can be controlled and understood by even the average tech user.”
Julie Thomas, Augmented Principal
Why I’m The Only Person Who Can Teach This
For 40 years, I’ve been training to do one thing: Use language to break spells and reveal reality.
That’s what happens when you combine decades of meditation with copywriting mastery, with training as a magician, and consciousness work. You see through illusions. You use words to reshape what people think is possible.
Most AI teachers are still trapped in the old paradigm. They’re teaching you to talk TO a machine.
I’m teaching you to think WITH your amplified self to create artificial wisdom.
This exact combination has never existed before.
Let’s be clear, here’s the difference between other “AI users” and who you’ll be at the end of this:
🧠 AI as Second Brain: Not a separate intelligence, your intelligence, externalized and amplified
⚡ Amplified Thinking: Not artificial responses, your natural thinking, supercharged
🛠️ Consciousness Extension: Not machine interaction, expanded awareness and capability
🔮 Pattern Recognition Boost: Not better answers, deeper questions and insights
🧞♀️ Integrated Intelligence: Not human vs. AI, human WITH amplified capabilities creating artificial wisdom
You’ll Know This Is Working When…
You read something AI helped you write and think, “Damn… that does sound like me”
You knock out a week’s worth of content in an hour and actually want to hit publish
The gold in your notes app? Finally turning into real world cash, not to-do list clutter
Women reply, “This is exactly what I needed,” not just with a lazy heart emoji
You stop overthinking and start sharing because clarity killed the fear
Your Life After Intelligence Amplification
Here’s what you can expect over the next few months if you implement the system.
In the first few days, you’ll snap out of the trance everyone else is still under. While others “write a blog post,” you’ll have conversations that rewire how you think about impossible problems.
By week two, you’ll uncover what I call the Cognitive Conspiracy: AI isn’t artificial intelligence. It’s amplified intelligence. Most people will never see it because they’re still treating it like a search engine.
By month two, you become dangerous. You start seeing opportunities that don’t exist yet. Your competitors? Still worshipping best practices. You’re drafting new rules before the game starts.
By month six, they’ll ask: What changed? You won’t tell them. You’ll just smile and say, “I started asking better questions.” They’ll call it luck.
You’ll know it was leverage.
From Prompt Paster to Intelligence Amplifier
You’re going to stop copying and pasting prompts (that has its place) to collaborating with AI.
Here are more results you’ll get:
❌ Begging AI for better responses
✅ Thinking with your amplified second brain
❌ Feeling limited by “artificial” intelligence
✅ Experiencing your OWN intelligence, supercharged
❌ Learning someone else’s AI formulas
✅ Developing your unique amplified thinking style
❌ Using AI as external tool
✅ Integrating AI as natural extension of your consciousness
The Complete Intelligence Amplification Package
TOTAL VALUE: $12,926
CORE TRAINING: “The Intelligence Amplification System” $2,997 Value
Two intensive sessions that fundamentally rewire how you think with AI. Transform from prompt paster to intelligence amplifier.
Master the mechanics:
Custom instructions that make AI think like your ideal business partner
Memory management so your AI remembers your voice, style, and preferences
Output fine-tuning that eliminates generic robot responses
Real-time voice conversations so you can literally talk through ideas with your second brain
Upgrade your thinking:
20 Advanced Thinking Frameworks The complete cognitive toolkit for copywriters
The 4 Creativity Types Discover your natural creative process and amplify it with AI
Cognitive Bias Navigation Spot the 12 most dangerous thinking traps that sabotage copywriters
The 4 most dangerous blind spots that sabotage ego-driven entrepreneurs
How to eliminate AI markers (those telltale em-dashes and corporate-speak)
Why AI won’t save time but will make your work exponentially better
Deep research methodologies for any market or topic
Boundary-setting protocols Because this technology is addictive, and you need safeguards
Implementation systems Because knowledge without action is just expensive entertainment
BONUS #1: “Personal Sales Page Review with My Proprietary Control Forge” $1,500 Value
Get your current sales page analyzed through my custom framework, refined through mentorship with A-list copywriter Kim Krause Schwalm. I’ll identify every weakness and give you the exact roadmap to beat the control.
BONUS #2: “Copywriter’s AI Arsenal” $1,997 Value
Battle-tested custom GPTs for professional copywriters:
Bullet Writing Specialist
Research & Analysis Expert
Voice & Brand Strategist
Copy Review Editor
BONUS #3: “The Leadership Readiness Protocol” $797 Value
Your kids and clients are growing up in this AI world, and they need a copywriter who gets it. This protocol makes sure you become the professional others turn to when they’re confused about AI in marketing, not someone still figuring it out herself.
BONUS #4: “The Clear Thinking Collection” $997 Value
21 cognitive tools for copywriters who need to make smart decisions under deadline pressure. Like how to choose between five “perfect” AI campaign ideas when the client is waiting. How to stay grounded when everyone’s losing their minds about the latest AI promise.
BONUS #5: “The Magic Ladybug Technique” $697 Value
My secret timeboxing ritual that’s help maintained my laser focus since 2018. (The ladybug reference will make perfect sense once you see how it works.) The same technique that enabled 1,000 days of consistent posting and finishing campaigns that matter.
Because you’re on a mission from God to help people with your words, so start acting like it.
TOTAL BONUS VALUE: $9,929
Enough already. I get it. This is an insane value. Let’s do this→
Oh The Places You’ll Go
This isn’t just a transformation in your productivity, it’s a transformation in thinking. And I’m offering this revolutionary training because (in case you didn’t notice) things are going to hell in a handbasket.
Fortunately for you though, the Universe heard your prayers and “ta-da” you can now access the most advanced thinking technology in the known galaxy.
You’ll teach AI to capture your voice, not just your words, but your rhythm, your edge, your whole vibe, so everything sounds unmistakably you
You’ll stop wondering “Is this any good?” and start creating copy that makes women think, “How did she know exactly what I was thinking?”
You’ll turn those brilliant ideas hiding in your notes app into offers you’re actually excited to sell
You’ll create more content in less time, but it’ll feel more you than the stuff you used to stress over for hours
You’ll go from “AI is neat” to having the world’s most patient thinking partner who never gets tired and always helps you see bigger possibilities
Important Concerns and Questions People Ask
“I’ve tried AI courses before and they sucked. I can never find my prompt when I need it.”
Most AI courses dump hundreds of prompts on you “to give you value.” It’s garbage. I teach one principle: how to have real conversations with the most advanced intelligence on the planet. Everything else flows from that.
“What if this makes me dependent on AI?”
You get out of AI what you put into it. This course won’t teach you how to be lazy. It will teach you how to pound on AI until you get the result you want, starting with your own “thought seeds” that make real magic happen.
“Will I get addicted to AI?”
I’m a mindfulness master who hasn’t touched alcohol since 2001, so I know a lot about addiction. Believe me when I say this is the most addictive technology I’ve ever used. Why?
Because you’ll see your own mind being reflected back at you, and nothing is more fascinating than that. I call it “The Narcissus Effect.”
Also, it’s incredibly easy to get sucked down a rabbit hole in a state of what I call “mirrorphoria.” This is the rush you get from being able to ask the world’s greatest genius any question. That’s why I developed rituals to draw boundaries and crush your ego. One of my favorites is a timeboxing work ritual I’ve used almost every day since 2018, which I teach you in class. It will force friction and session interruption, and ground you back into the real world.
“What if the tools change or disappear?”
I lived through the DotCom boom and have watched countless technologies come and go. I hate that. That’s why I teach timeless thinking patterns. In this workshop, you’ll learn to collaborate with intelligence itself, whether it’s ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever replaces them. My Intelligence Amplification Protocol transcends tools.
“I’m already overwhelmed. Is this more complexity?”
Technology should simplify your life, not complicate it. Most AI jockeys create more chaos because they never learned balance. I’ll teach you to use friction wisely. Pen and paper become your best friends again. Sometimes the most advanced move is getting your eyes off the screen.
“How do I know this actually works?”
As a recovering alcoholic, I hate making promises I can’t keep. If your thinking doesn’t fundamentally upgrade in 30 days, I’ll work with you personally until it does. This works because it’s built on decades of proven practice and deep knowledge about consciousness and intelligence, not marketing hype.
“But the wizard thing seems weird for my business…”
If you need the word ‘wizard’ explained or justified, we’re not aligned. Full stop.
Here’s what I’ve learned: If your business can’t handle you being exactly who you are, you’re in the wrong business.
I spent years trying to sound “professional” enough for people who were never going to value my work anyway. You know what happened? I attracted clients who wanted generic results and complained about my prices.
The moment I started calling myself a wizard, out loud, in public, without apology, everything changed. The right people found me. The wrong people filtered themselves out.
Your weird isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. Own it.
“I just want practical AI help…”
Then you definitely want someone else’s course.
Look, there are hundreds of people teaching “practical AI help.” Prompt libraries, productivity hacks, efficiency tricks. Go take one of those if that’s what you need.
But if you’re here, I’m guessing you already tried that approach and it left you feeling… empty. Like you were missing something.
That’s because you were.
You were missing the consciousness piece. The part where you stop using AI and start thinking with it.
I don’t teach practical. I teach magical. And magic, by definition, is the thing that seems impossible until you know how to do it.
Let’s Be Clear. This Playshop Won’t Be A Good Fit If…
You need the word “wizard” explained or justified. If it doesn’t immediately make sense to you, we’re not aligned.
If you’re looking for AI to do the thinking for you, this probably isn’t the right fit. I’m teaching you to think WITH amplified intelligence, which means your mind becomes more powerful, not more passive
You want results without getting uncomfortable? Go buy another course with 847 prompt templates. This is for women who can handle their limitations and work with the perfect teammate to overcome them.
If you’re looking for “easy AI hacks,” keep scrolling. This is consciousness expansion work for entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid of their own power.
You think I should tone down the wizard thing to be more “professional.” I’ve been me for 40 years, and it’s worked out pretty well so far.
The Sacred Promise
I’ve spent 40 years learning to break mental prisons and expand what people think is possible. I’ve also done the ego work to know I can’t believe my own bullshit.
So trust me when I say, your relationship with intelligence itself will fundamentally transform. You’ll think with capabilities you didn’t know you had.
If your mind doesn’t upgrade, I’ll personally work with you until it does or bless your journey elsewhere with full investment returned.
This isn’t just a money-back guarantee. It’s a commitment to your consciousness expansion.
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After 40 years of preparing for this moment, I’ve realized something profound: The most important thing to happen in 500-1000 years (according to Eric Schmidt) is happening during my lifetime. And I’m going to make my move.
Now, My Friend, The Rest Is Totally Up To You…
In this message, I’ve shown you how to stop treating AI as artificial intelligence and start experiencing it as amplified intelligence, your second brain.
I’ve offered you the complete Intelligence Amplification System that would normally cost $2,997.
I’ve offered you a personal sales page review using my proprietary Control Forge framework, a $1,500 value, FREE.
I’ve offered you my battle-tested Copywriter’s AI Arsenal and Leadership Readiness Protocol, a $2,794 value, FREE.
I’ve invited you to transform from prompt paster to intelligence amplifier when you join me June 26-27.
I’ve shown you that if your thinking doesn’t fundamentally upgrade in 30 days, I’ll work with you personally until it does, at absolutely no additional cost.
Now the decision is completely in your hands.
Only one of two things can happen now.
Either we’ll go on from here together, or you’ll go it alone.
Either you join me and begin thinking with amplified intelligence as my other clients do or you’ll continue copying and pasting prompts while the real AI revolution passes you by.
I wish I could take the next step for you. I can’t, of course, because it’s completely up to you.