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I Kept a Rotten Ham for 3 Years!
Issue #62 - August 19, 2025

Table of Contents
Atiba’s Musings | Our Services | What We’re Building with AI | Community | Book I’m Currently Reading | Tool Spotlight
Atiba’s Musings 🤓
Leadership Growth Starts with Letting Go
I want to share a story with you about a ham. As we’ve been preparing for this big move halfway across the world, I’ve been forced to face just how much “stuff” we hold on to. In our home, we had two fridges and two chest freezers, all packed to the brim. And at the very bottom of one freezer was a ham.
Now here’s the thing: I don’t even remember when I bought it. It had been there for over five years and it was no good anymore. Yet somehow, just knowing it was there gave me comfort. It made me feel secure, like we would always have enough.
And isn’t that what we do in leadership too? We hold on to old habits, old systems, even outdated ways of leading just because they make us feel safe, even if they’ve long since spoiled.
When I finally let go of that freezer, and the ham with it, I panicked. I thought we’d run out of food. But guess what? Months later, we’re still eating through the food we already had. That fear was an illusion.
Here’s the lesson: Growth only comes when we release what no longer serves us, even if it once did. So I want to turn this back to you.
What’s your ham?
What are you still holding on to in your leadership or life that it’s time to finally let go of? I’d love to hear your answer.
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Our Services 🎯
Let’s be real: creating content today can feel like a full-time job. You’re showing up, doing the work, but if your message doesn’t reflect your real values, it’s going to fall flat. In a world full of noise, the content that cuts through is content built on clarity and consistency the same principles that guide strong core values.
At Client Attraction Pros, we help business owners, thought leaders, and podcast hosts turn their existing content into a system that not only attracts clients but also reflects what they stand for. No burnout. No “random acts of marketing.” Just a clear message, repeated in ways that build trust.
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Why Our Clients Keep Coming Back:
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👉️ Reach out here and tell us where you want to grow. We'll help you build the path to get there.
What We’re Building with AI 🤖
Chat-to-Video AI App Tutorial | N8N + GenSpark + Heygen
This week on AI Build, I walked everyone through something we’ve been developing behind the scenes for a while our chat-to-video app. Now, this isn’t just another chatbot. What makes it exciting is that instead of only returning text, it can generate a full video response to your question. Imagine asking a question in a chat window and getting a personalized video back that’s the kind of functionality we’re building.
I showed how the system ties together N8N for the backend workflow and GenSpark for the frontend interface. The workflow pulls from my book The Delegation Trap using a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) setup, turns the answer into a clean video script, and then sends it to Heygen to create the video. There are a lot of moving parts: cleaning transcripts so Heygen doesn’t choke, setting up webhooks to pass data correctly, polling for video status, and handling the quirks like when Heygen splits longer responses into multiple videos.
On the frontend, GenSpark makes it user-friendly. You can type or speak a question, choose whether you want a text or video response, and the system handles the rest. It wasn’t smooth sailing I had to debug structure mismatches, rewrite prompts, and work around errors but that’s part of building something real.
At the end of the day, what we now have is a Delegation Trap Pocket Coach: ask it a question, and it not only answers but can actually speak back to you on video. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s a big step forward. And that’s what excites me turning all this AI potential into tangible, working tools we can actually use and show to clients.
🎥 Watch the full video walkthrough to see how I built it step by step and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to stay ahead as this shift continues.
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Book I’m Currently Reading 🕮

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it." —Brendon Burchard
Reading The 6 Habits of Growth resonated deeply with me, especially this idea of asking not “what does the world need?” but “what makes me come alive?” It hit home immediately leadership isn’t just about meeting external demands or fitting into a mold; it’s about letting that spark inside you guide purposeful action. That radical self-awareness knowing what energizes you isn’t indulgent. In fact, it’s the foundation of authentic influence. This simple phrase also bridges so seamlessly into Burchard’s six growth habits Motivation, Focus, Confidence, Energy, Purpose, Leadership. Each habit is not a checklist but a living reminder: leadership starts with what ignites your heart, then with what guides your direction, fuels your resolve, strengthens your belief, sustains your vitality, and ultimately, inspires others to grow alongside you. I came away reminded that true growth begins when you follow what truly makes you come alive.
Tool Spotlight 🛠

Airtable
A flexible, powerful tool that keeps projects, ideas, and workflows organized and scalable.
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