Pat’s back from a week off with three big stories: the war in Iran claims a seventh US casualty, daylight saving time wrecks his entire tech stack, and Anthropic drops an AI labor study that changes how you should think about opportunity.

The lead story breaks down a graph showing the massive gap between what AI CAN do in your industry and what businesses are ACTUALLY doing. Pat argues that gap is your money — and he’s launching AI Installation Groups to help you claim it.

Plus: Microsoft drops Copilot Cowork, Pat answers two Idea Slam questions (spend your extra hour on sales, never stop creating video content), and a Vegas story that proves bad decisions sometimes pay off.

TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] Welcome back + SBOC theme song [03:30] Iran war update: 7th US casualty, oil prices, what’s next [07:00] Daylight saving time tech meltdown [11:30] LEAD: Anthropic AI study — the opportunity gap [16:00] AI Installation Groups launch announcement [18:30] BREAKING: Microsoft Copilot Cowork [20:00] Idea Slam: Where to spend your extra hour [22:00] Idea Slam: What to tell your 2020 self [26:00] Vegas trip story [32:00] SBOC updates + Lake Country chapter

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Pat finally reveals the full Fridays Off framework — the six pillars that took him from a five-day grind to a three-day weekend every single week since July 2025. Three pillars are personal (strategic quitting, delegation & automation, mindset & boundaries) and three are business execution (offer & audience clarity, lead generation, and asking for money every day).

This isn't theory. This is the actual playbook Pat followed, broken down step by step so you can start building toward your own version of Fridays Off — whether that means a full day off, half-days, or a completely redesigned schedule.

In the news: Nvidia reported $39.3 billion in Q4 revenue (enough to open 872 Chick-fil-As per day). GLP-1 drugs are in a pricing war — Zepbound dropped 72% and Wegovy is now $199/month for new patients. And Pat's innocence was shattered when he learned what new car smell actually is.

Plus two Idea Slams: what to delegate first (and what to delegate last), and whether you need a new phone number when you move out of state. And a closing story about email apnea that you'll never be able to unhear.

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Your best clients already trust you. They already pay you. So why are you out chasing new ones when you could be making more from the people who already love what you do?

Today Pat walks through a thought exercise that changes the camera angle on what you sell — inspired by a Stanford breakthrough that reimagined how vaccines work. Instead of optimizing the same deliverable, you identify WHY your clients buy and build premium offerings around that deeper need.

Travel advisors, tax pros, event planners, speakers — Pat breaks down real examples of how every service business can add a premium tier without adding headcount.

Plus: Trump's State of the Union dropped a nugget that could mean free money for solo operators — a 401k program with government matching for self-employed people. Pat's tax guy says it could be a game changer.

And in the Idea Slam, Alison Ver Halen brings her new Sales & Marketing Alignment Workshop. Pat and the community help her find the halftime speech positioning, build a football metaphor, and land on an ownable idea that makes CEOs say yes.

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$650 billion is being poured into AI development this year — more than a billion dollars a day. Nobody knows where it’s going, but everybody’s betting on it. Pat breaks down what he heard called the "Jump Ball Economy" and what it means for small business owners who need to move now or get left behind.

Plus: GenHead president Nikki Lee calls in live to talk about AI adoption, Pat demos building software with Claude in under an hour, and Naval’s viral advice to “live in the future.”

Also: State of the Union preview (as a messaging guy, Pat loves it), remote work is the #1 job perk at 85%, and two Idea Slams — how to actually win at networking events and what to say when friends and family ask for free work.

Sponsors: Genhead (genhead.com) — AI-powered marketing for small business. Enji (enji.co/sboc) — marketing strategy made simple.

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What happens when things actually go right in your business? Most of us panic. We get imposter syndrome. We retreat into turtle shell mode instead of celebrating the win. Pat’s dealing with it himself on a major proposal right now, and he’s breaking down the “Say It, Play It” framework—a simple way to handle success instead of sabotaging it.

In this episode:

1. The framework that stops you from self-sabotaging when business is good
2. How to handle scope creep: The “parking lot” approach that protects your margins
3. White-label strategy: Scaling without losing your brand
4. Supreme Court tariff ruling and what it means for your bottom line
5. Historic East Coast blizzard: Travel bans and what to plan for this week
6. Olympic wins and why celebration matters

You got into this for freedom. The ability to choose how you work, when you rest, how it all gets done. But then the to-do list took over, the stress crept in, and now you’re doing the whole thing by yourself. Businessing is the daily live show for small business owners who want their business to actually work for their life. We talk about what’s real: making more money without burning out, getting the right stuff done without losing your mind, and running a business built for 2026, not 2006.

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Raise your rates. Today. Pat makes the case that every service-based business owner is undercharging — and the window is wide open to fix it. Top lawyers now bill $3,400/hour, which means your mental ceiling just got blown off. Plus: a bipartisan bill to break up credit card swipe fees could put 3% back in your pocket, Viagra might prevent Alzheimer’s (yes, really), and two Idea Slams tackle summer slowdowns and late-paying clients.

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Lead magnets are dead. Or at least dying. Today Pat breaks down why the old playbook — trade an email for a PDF, drip on them for weeks, then sell — is falling apart as AI makes education essentially free. The new trust equation? Stop teaching and start DOING. Give people a tangible result before you ever ask for money.

Plus: Zuckerberg in court over social media addiction, a hiring crisis where 79% of job seekers are using AI to apply, Dead Internet Theory invades the job market, the Jeff Bezos question every business owner should ask, and Pat introduces his AI agent named Houston.

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Today's theme: MONEY. How to keep more of it. Business insurance is at an 8-year high — local insurance expert Tom Gaumond from G2 Insurance explains why and what you can do about it.

Then Pat walks through 6 practical ways any business owner can cut 10% of their expenses starting today: domain hoarding, credit card interest, ACH payments, ad spend audits, software bloat, and the simple phone call that saves money every time.

Plus two Idea Slams: what to do when a coaching client keeps canceling, and the one tool that's saving Pat the most time right now (it's not AI... sort of).

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It's Your Dream. Don't Grow It Alone.®

Is SEO dead? Taylor Cusick Holman from Enji joins the show to set the record straight - spoiler: it's not dead, it's evolving. Learn the free tools and checklist approach any business owner can use to get found online. Plus: Valentine's Day spending hit $29.1 billion (35% of us bought gifts for our PETS), small business owners lose 33 work days a year to tax stress, and Simon Cowell is now Team Fridays Off. In today's Idea Slam: what to do when your best employee leaves to become your competitor. The answer might surprise you.

Businessing with Pat Miller is small business's daily live show. New episodes weekdays at 11am Central.

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It's Your Dream. Don't Grow It Alone.®

You got into this for freedom. Today we're making sure the people around you aren't stealing it.

Pat walks through an interactive audit of every business relationship in your life — seven questions that will tell you exactly who's dragging you down, who's pulling you forward, and which rooms you need to leave. No sugarcoating. You have permission.

Plus: a stat that proves you're probably doing better than you think (top 20%, anyone?), the January housing crash and what it means for your product lineup, and two Idea Slam bangers — how to respond when a big company expects you to work for exposure, and whether it's actually okay to copy a competitor.

🔑 Key topics: networking audit, business relationships, premium product strategy, working for exposure, competitive intelligence

📊 Stats: 29.8M solopreneurs in the US contribute $1.7T to the economy. $100K/year = top 20%.

💡 Idea Slam:

(1) Don't work for exposure — here's how to flip the script.

(2) Copy the transformation, not the technique — then make it yours.

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• Join SBOC: smallbusinesscommunity.com

• Subscribe to Fridays Off Newsletter: fridaysoffnewsletter.com

• Submit your Idea Slam question: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/do-you-want-to-be-a-guest

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