Tristan’s 7+1: What I'm reading, watching, listening to, etc...

Hi ,

Here's a quick thought that some of you may be missing. Zillow's grip on real estate search is slipping faster than people realize. Buyers under 35 aren't starting on Google or Zillow anymore. They're asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude. When someone types "best family neighborhoods in Thousand Oaks under $1.2M" into Claude, they don't end up on a Zillow listing. They get an answer. That's it. The whole search funnel that feeds Zillow's lead machine is getting eaten at the top, and most agents are still acting like it's 2019.

If that trend keeps accelerating, the Flex program loses its leverage. This is why you saw Zillow jump in first to have an official app in ChatGPT too. Zillow can charge a premium today because it owns the audience. The minute it stops owning the audience, the pricing power collapses. This isn't a next quarter problem. It's a 5 to 7 year shift, and the agents who see it early are the ones who'll build their own audience now instead of renting one later. 

^{WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT}
The AI Workshop. The AI Workshop has exploded. We've got over 400 agents, brokers, and team leaders signed up in less than 30 days, and we're just getting started. Twice a month, beginner and advanced tracks, real prompts you can use the same day. If you're not in it yet, come check us out at ai.abrillianttribe.com.

^{BOOK I’M READING}
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin. I read this a couple months back and I keep coming back to my notes and highlights. Sorkin shows you how greed, blind optimism, and the seductive idea that "this time is different" creates the conditions for collapse. Read it slowly. There's a lesson on every page that translates to right now.

^{WHAT I’M WATCHING}
Claude Cowork. This is the new Anthropic product that lets Claude actually do work for you instead of just chatting with you. Files, projects, ongoing tasks running in the background. I'm watching this twice. Once as a user, once as a CEO thinking about what this means for agents who haven't even gotten comfortable with prompting yet. The gap's about to widen fast.

^{WHAT I’M LISTENING TO}
All-In Podcast: OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude. The latest episode is required listening if you want to understand where AI actually is right now, not where the headlines say it is. OpenAI missed its growth targets. Codex is closing the gap on Claude. Anthropic's revenue is exploding. Worth your time.

^{WHAT I JUST BOUGHT}
Thick Index Cards. I've been running my Carnegie and Rockefeller card system hard, and the thin ones just don't last. These are thick, durable, and they hold up to constant flipping. If you're writing names, conversations, follow-ups, or daily virtues on cards, get the thick ones. You'll thank me later.

^{ARTICLE I’M READING}
How to Build a Superteam That Keeps Getting Better in Harvard Business Review. The takeaway is sharp. The highest-performing teams aren't the ones with the best plan or the most talent. They're the ones that learn the fastest. Curiosity, intellectual humility, and feedback that supports learning instead of punishing mistakes. That's what builds a team that compounds.

^{WHAT TECH I’M TESTING OUT}
Perplexity. I'm leaning on Perplexity hard for the AI Workshop content. It's making research, sourcing, and idea generation faster than anything else I've used. If you're creating content, prepping listing presentations, or trying to understand a market shift, this should be in your stack.

^{WHAT I’M WORKING ON}
50 ready-to-use prompts that handle the daily grind. Lead follow-up, listing copy, market updates, social posts, expired scripts, objection handling, the works. If you want it, just shoot me an email at [email protected].

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