We Are Entering a New Kind of World.

Most People Aren’t Ready for It.

History is accelerating.

The line between organic and inorganic intelligence is blurring.

Our society, economy, and daily lives are increasingly shaped by non-organic entities that learn faster than we do and influence us in ways we barely notice.

The pace of change is enormous. And no one knows how this ends.

We now have the most advanced technology in human history, yet we’re struggling to talk to each other, listen to each other, and connect in ways that create stability instead of division.

Real conversation is how humans find common ground, but more of it is being mediated by algorithms that optimize for engagement, not understanding. Fear and anger spread faster than truth. The systems steering our public and private conversations know our weaknesses and exploit them.

As the historian Yuval Noah Harari warns, democracy depends on open dialogue at scale. Historically, we only achieved that through new technologies like radio, television, and the early internet.

But AI threatens to disrupt that foundation. If bots impersonate humans, if conversations become engineered instead of organic, and if power stops cycling back to the people, the checks and balances that hold society together can collapse.

We need transparency. We need human connection. We need new skills. We need a community that strengthens our ability to navigate what comes next instead of getting swept away by it.

This is the world the Pathfinder Project is being built for.

The Future Belongs To Pathfinders.

Job hunting. Side hustling. Scaling up faster. Rebuilding after a search or business that went sideways. Whatever your path, the Pathfinder Project gives you free access to a private community, live coaching, insider secrets, and most important, clarity, so you can stop spinning your wheels, accelerate better outcomes, and go further than you could on your own.

By 2030, our mission is to empower 100,000+ business professionals to become Pathfinders. Shifting from job-seeking, to being opportunity creators, equipped with community, skills, and the courage, to design lives and careers they love, in the age of AI.

The Reality Check

You can feel it happening. Entire industries are shifting beneath our feet. AI is rewriting the rules for how we operate in the world.

Layoffs are accelerating and notices are hitting inboxes every Friday night. Burnout and toxic cultures are everywhere. Job seekers are reporting the need to send out 100+ applications a week, sometimes over 1,500 or more, just to land a single offer, thanks in large part to AI promising to make it easier to get a job, when it’s having the opposite impact.

For many senior leaders, it’s now taking six months or more to find their next role (a massive jump from prior years). College grads, minus a lucky and very smart minority, some of which are getting recruited out of high school aren’t landing the internships and jobs they were promised, yet they’re saddled with debt and living with their parents.

Meanwhile, too many capable people are stuck in roles where they don’t believe in the product, feel disconnected from their company culture, or are forced to watch their companies and products fade into irrelevance under the speed and weight of technological disruption. And it’s not going to slow down. And we all know it.

Nearly 2 million people in the US have been without a job for 27 weeks or more.

Meanwhile, demand for frontline, blue-collar, and specialized workers is growing, while professional and knowledge-worker roles continue to contract.

One of my colleagues told me recently that a single IT manager job posting received more than 1,600 applications within days.

Think about that. You would have had better odds applying to be a NASA astronaut this year, where the acceptance rate was roughly 800 to 1.

And the truth is, the odds are even worse. When companies get overwhelmed by applicant volume, they stop reading resumes. They either hire someone they already know or engage a recruiter to relaunch the search entirely. The whole pool gets ignored.

No resume tweak, keyword optimization, or “perfect” cover letter can overcome a scenario that was a losing bet from the start.

And with AI-assisted application tools blasting out applications at scale, companies are drowning in noise. It’s mathematically impossible for them to evaluate everyone. Online applications have always been a long shot, but now they’re nearly a dead end.

This is why job seekers have to change their approach. The old tactics no longer work. The only reliable path forward is a new one.

Countless other capable people have wasted years, and tens of thousands of dollars chasing different types of side-hustles or “work-from-home-in-your-underwear” type money making schemes that never worked out for one reason or another.

And yet, underneath it all, is a deeper fracture.

Work itself has decoupled from reward.

For centuries, we lived under a story: Work hard = get rewarded. But that myth has collapsed.

AI is the great accelerator of the decoupling.

With access to what is looking more and more like infinite intelligence, and anyone’s ability to literally ‘speak’ new products and solutions into existence, entrepreneurship has suddenly become commoditized, the barrier to entry no longer exists, and “hard work” no longer guarantees status, security, or wealth.

That’s why so many people feel so unmoored right now. The gravity that once held things together for ALL of us, is literally gone.

Clearly, it’s not your fault. It’s just that now the system (i.e. The Career Ladder) really is broken. And not for just one reason.

Here’s another important thing to consider.

For too long, we’ve been told that success comes from just one kind of capital = INTELLIGENCE.

Up until just a few years ago, the story went like this…

Simply pile up knowledge, skills, and experience, and you’ll be good to go.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth you and I both already know.

AI is now the most advanced form of intelligence on the planet. And the gap between machine intelligence and any single human’s is only going to widen at a pace NO ONE can wrap their head around. Not even those who are building this technology.

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Knowing that the only careers likely to remain durable over the next decade are the ones that are dull, dirty, dangerous, or difficult (the ones tied to real legal liability, elite performers, people caring for the very young or very old, or work that is still too complex for a robot), you owe it to yourself and your family to move fast, master the tools we have today, and as the saying goes, make hay while the sun shines.

My read on where this is heading, based on being deeply embedded with the people building these technologies and the investors backing what they believe will be the most transformative companies of our era, is simple.

The smartest among us will accelerate. Hard. Everyone else, especially those outside the top 1%, risks becoming less and less valuable to the new system over time.

The rich will get richer at a pace we have never seen. The poor and the middle class will collapse into a single category.

Will that eventually mean UBI (Universal Basic Income) or will Elon Musk’s prediction of UHI (Universal High Income) be the outcome?

Nobody knows.

I’ll admit, I could be wrong. But I’m giving you a clean reflection of what I’m hearing from the sharpest technical and financial minds behind closed doors, and this is the consensus they’re betting on.

To survive the transition we’re all living through, and can feel in our gut is happening, I believe the best solution is to anchor yourself in a community of ambitious peers (i.e. Pathfinders) who share similar values, and are all working to develop the 1 truly relevant skill that compounds more than any other, when everything else around us shifts…

RESILIENCE.

Because resilience isn’t just about being thick skinned or smart. It’s about seeking balance across 4 kinds of capital (not just 1):

1. Material capital: The scarce resources that actually matter in our lives.

2. Intelligence capital: The knowledge, skills, and our lived experience.

3. Diversity capital: The courage, self-confidence, flexibility, and resilience to adapt when things shift.

4. Network capital: Access to opportunities through the carefully curated group of people who truly know us and our value.

When any one of the above are weak, breakdown follows.

But we each do have a choice on how we invest our time and energy each moment of every day, don’t we?

So there’ll be those who’ll keep trying to climb the career ladder, despite it already being rickety and in some cases, already fully broken and in pieces on the ground in front of you, or those who choose a different path.

That’s the purpose of the Pathfinder Project and the solution we aim to offer you, and the other people in your life who you know, love, and care about.

And the first step on exploring if this project might be a fit for you, is to start by introducing you to:

The Pathfinder Playground

The Playground is the foundation of our career accelerator. This is where you’ll gain access to our free community to help you reset, recalibrate, and take more strategic and purposeful action.

Inside, the Playground you’ll get free, instant access to:

👥 Community → Connect privately with other ambitious peers who share your hunger for getting (and staying) ahead.

💡 Education → The My Hire Calling foundations training will ground you and help fully reset your career compass.

🎙 Coaching → Weekly Compass Calls led by a carefully curated group of the nation’s top career transition experts who’ll give you a unique window into how AI and human capital used in new ways, are reshaping how organizations are being built. You’ll learn future-of-work strategies through live guidance, real-time feedback, and interactive practices designed to help you 10x your job search (or entrepreneurial journey, because these days they’re almost indistinguishable).

The Playground is a place to explore your career potential and what’s truly possible. Without hype. Just practical quick wins AND long-term strategies that actually work.

Who Is The Playground For?

The Playground is designed for 2 kinds of people:

• 💼 The Intrapreneur (i.e. Internal Entrepreneur) → It’s okay to admit that you operate much better INSIDE someone else’s organization. But you know the days of hiding out in bloated org charts or being able to rely on corporate safety nets are no longer an option. Fortunately, you’re ahead of the curve by reading this and taking action. Because while many of your peers will continue to cling to false security in jobs or companies that are doomed to fail, you’re proactively getting support to navigate the many pathways that are in front of you, so you can find a new place of work you can call home, that’ll be a proper fit for your newly developing, and highly relevant skills, that can allow you to do your best work and be paid fairly for your specific impact to the business. As they say, B and C players can become A players when they’re put in the right role with the right support around them, just like certain seeds that only grow when they’re planted in the right environment.

  🚀 The Entrepreneur → Whether you’re a full-time operator, a part-time freelancer, or you’re trying to build a viable side-hustle, you’ve already made the decision to take full and complete ownership over your time and financial future. You’re done settling for incremental progress and you demand leverage, momentum, and mastery of your domain. You’re able to admit that no matter how successful you are today, you have to stay a student, stay humble, keep innovating, and surround yourself with others who can help you build new income streams, stack antifragile skills, and keep designing a life you can actually control.

The Playground isn’t for people looking for a “slight upgrade” to the same old career path or broken career ladder.

The world is moving way too fast for half-measures. With so much opportunity and so many free or low-cost tools at our fingertips, entrepreneurship is being democratized for the first time in human history. There are almost no obstacles left other than slowing down long enough to use your imagination and find ways to make an impact with the expertise you already have. There has never been a better time to tap into your creativity and design a life you actually love, whether you choose to work inside an organization that aligns with you or you create opportunities for others by building your own.

The Playground is meant to be a place that’s fun to explore, no matter which path you ultimately choose. A place to see who’s here, what everyone’s building, and the options you might not have realized were even possible. A place to learn from others who may end up becoming lifelong friends and collaborators you create with for years to come.

Why The Playground Matters

What used to feel safe, like steady jobs, degrees, titles, and experience that once signaled increasing value, is now the riskiest bet you can make. The herd still believes the old story. Pathfinders don’t.

The Old Playbook (i.e. Career Ladder) is Broken:

• 🎓 Get a degree → Climb the ladder → Wait for promotions.

• 📉 Bet your future on industries already being disrupted.

• ⏳ Trade decades of time for “security” that can vanish overnight.

• 🪦 Hope credentials will stay relevant in a world moving faster than ever.

The New Playbook (embracing the new identity of being a Pathfinder):

• 🌐 Learn directly from industry insiders who can help you be 10x more strategic and remain relevant.

• 🧠 Curiosity > credentials: Learn, unlearn, and adapt quickly. Achieve balance across all 4 types of capital.

• 💡 Build anti-fragile income streams and new AI based skills that will compound over time.

• 🎨 Treat creativity, adaptability, and resilience, as your edge in the age of AI.

• 🧭 Anchor yourself in community, and take more ownership over your results (not job titles that can vanish overnight).

👉 Remember, that information (at least in our lifetime), has never been the scarce resource. What is, and will remain a scarce resource for all of us, is continued clarity, accountability, and a curated community of ambitious peers who’ll truly have your back.

That’s what the Playground aims to give you. So you’re not just chasing the next role or idea, but building a foundation that lasts.

Your Next Step

If this message resonates, then the Pathfinder Playground might be a good fit for you.

Once we officially launch (in early 2026), you’ll be free to enter, explore, and participate, in whatever way suits you.

And if it ever feels like hype, lacks the substance you need, or you don’t end up “vibing” with the community we’re building, you can simply turn around, and walk the other away. No harm. No foul. No pressure.

And this isn’t just an idea we’re talking about.

We already have a small inner circle, actively engaged inside the platform right now. And it won’t be long before we let in the first cohort from our waitlist once we go live.

So click the button below to get yourself on our invite list. And we’ll notify you when we’re ready to invite you in!