"I went from using AI like a fancy Google search to building an ecosystem that is transforming my company, my team and every part of my life"
AI Mastery

"I went from using AI like a fancy Google search to building an ecosystem that is transforming my company, my team and every part of my life"

Before this Quest, I was drowning in potential. I'm part owner of a homebuilding company scaling from 117 to nearly 1,000 home starts this year, with a target of 5,000 homes and $3 billion in revenue. I knew AI was going to be the difference between chaos and growth. But I was using it like a fancy Google search. Copy here, paste there. No system. No philosophy. No real integration. Enrolling in Mindvalley's AI Mastery changed all of that.
The reason I enrolled was simple: I needed to lead a company-wide AI transformation and I had no framework for it. What I was hoping to learn was a few better tools. What I actually got was a complete rewiring of how I see intelligence, work, and what's possible. After taking this Quest, I feel like I'm operating at a level I genuinely couldn't have imagined before. Not just professionally, everywhere.
At work, I built an entire AI ecosystem from scratch. An Airtable hub tracking 31 KPIs as our company's single source of truth, n8n automation workflows generating significant annual cost savings, and autonomous AI agents handling routine operations. Things that used to take days take minutes. But more than that, I now think in systems. That came directly from this Quest.
 In how I lead people, everything shifted. I run weekly AI training sessions with 12 team members. The frameworks I learned gave me language to bring others along, not just show them tools, but help them see the world differently. My background as a high school science teacher suddenly became my superpower again. I know how to make complex ideas click for people.
In my personal life, AI is now woven into everything. How I manage my health, how I capture and organize knowledge, how I plan, how I create. I use voice tools, build personal systems, and process information at a speed that used to feel impossible. And I'm spreading the word. Everywhere. To business owners, to colleagues, to people I meet at industry events. This Quest gave me not just skills, but conviction.
My three biggest takeaways: AI isn't a tool, it's a thought partner, and the moment you start treating it that way, everything compounds. Integration is everything. One AI tool is interesting, but a connected ecosystem where every part amplifies the others is transformational. And the biggest leverage isn't what AI does for you, it's what you can now do for others. Teaching this has been the most unexpected gift.
The biggest change I've noticed is that I went from feeling behind to feeling like I'm living in the future and pulling everyone around me into it. If you're considering this Quest, here's what I'd tell you: don't take it to learn AI. Take it to discover what becomes possible when AI becomes part of how you think, lead, and live. That's what Mindvalley gave me. And I haven't stopped sharing it since.

Jeff van Leenen

Business Owner

Calgary, Canada

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