AI Morning Club: From Door Knocking to Data Domination, This Week’s Highlights

💰 Monday, January 19, 2026
Perry Belcher: Hustle Muscle, Car Arbitrage, and the Growth Hacking Cruise

Perry came in blazing after his travel break, kicking off the week with a theme of analog grit vs. AI automation. He teased his upcoming talk at the National Door-to-Door Sales Conference, a paradoxical playground for an AI futurist like him.

But the real story?

His son Sam's unstoppable hustle: knocking 100 doors a day selling security systems, then pivoting to launch a local cleaning business that rides in his sales wake. Sam’s story wasn’t just inspiring, it was a blueprint for building confidence and resilience from the ground up.

Things got tactical fast when Perry broke down a real-time Maserati car flip with Manus, who found a $39K SUV for $22K within minutes using national listings.

The aha moment?

Arbitrage is alive and well—you just need to know where to look. The Growth Hacking Cruise countdown officially started, too. Perry reminded everyone it’s not a moneymaker—it’s a family reunion at sea.

Also featured:
– A live Fiverr flip success using Chris Luck’s method
– Genius affiliate trick from a $5 WordPress gig
– Perry’s pride in old-school muscle meeting modern arbitrage magic

🧠  Tuesday, January 20, 2025
Emma Rainville: From Perpetual Learning to Relentless Doing

Emma didn't sugarcoat it, she dropped the hammer on executional apathy. While her AI Bot Summit was packed with gold, she was frustrated by the lack of follow-through.

Her new mandate?

Turn watchers into doers. Emma recapped her “21 Magic Tricks” for AI ops and emphasized the power of personal agency in a world of infinite tools.

She showcased how she feeds high-level recordings (like Kevin Nations' Driven talk) into ChatGPT with memory to pull out real action items—things like filtering leads, redefining leadership, and killing any offer that requires founder presence. It was a masterclass in AI-assisted execution.

Then came the call-outs: Kirk, Mark, Tony, JoJo, nobody was safe. Emma issued direct challenges, demanded results by next week, and gave props to those taking bold action like Mark Shilensky launching YouTube channels and Tony’s glossary bot for AI Morning Club newbies.

Her closing words?

“Be someone who does, or turn your camera off.”

🧸 Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Angie Norris: Turn Yourself Into a Plushie Lead-Gen Party Trick

Angie brought the joy and the genius. With her plushie party trick, she demonstrated how simple AI experiences can open doors to real relationships and high-quality leads.

Using ChatGPT’s new visual tools, she showed a three-click process to turn your face into a plush toy, ideal for charming prospects, breaking the ice at Chamber events, or creating quirky leave-behinds for brands.

She emphasized the importance of becoming the “AI knowledge broker” in your community: someone who demystifies tech and adds value without overwhelming. She also revealed her personal AI board and teased platform migration plans as the community scales.

The session ended with a plushie showcase and live reactions from the crowd. “I have no legs, but I’m adorable” may have been the quote of the week.

Angie turned a soft toy into a lead magnet, and the crowd walked away with a game-changing tactic anyone can try today.

👕 Thursday, January 22, 2026
Russell Smith: Design Your Cruise Wardrobe Live AI Shirt Creation

Russell kicked off Tech Thursday with a burst of warmth during a cold Massachusetts morning.

His therapy?

Designing bold, tropical Growth Hacking Cruise shirts live using AI tools like Stable Prompt Genius, Nana Banana, Ideogram, and ChatGPT-4.

What followed was a full-stack creative workflow: sourcing Etsy inspiration, generating image prompts, testing across tools, evaluating designs, customizing text, and prepping PNGs for transparent print. The Growth Hacking Cruise brand got a makeover in real time—with viewer input, community designs, and a few laughs along the way.

Whether it was integrating the Growth Hacking “G+” logo into sunbursts or fighting against transparency fails, Russell’s session was both a design jam and a business masterclass.

By the end, participants saw how easy it is to create merch, validate it, and spin it into product listings.

🦾 Friday, January 23, 2026
Laura Betterly: The 5X Output System Record Everything, Process at Scale

Laura delivered a Friday masterstroke with her system for multiplying output without multiplying hours.

Her core principle?

Record everything. She walked through how to treat your voice like a super-input device: record your thoughts, meetings, trainings, and then pump it through AI tools like Claude or Notebook LM to extract ideas, action items, even podcast content.

She showcased Plaud (a hardware recorder), how she captures courses in real time, and how she uses transcriptions to build a searchable knowledge base. The transformation was clear: from 70-hour weeks to 35—and higher output than ever before.

The session landed as a revelation: the real AI productivity doesn’t come from automating small tasks, it comes from managing knowledge at scale.