The AI Acceleration Decade Is Coming. Are You Ready? ft. Scott Barker (Enfold Institute)

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Most people in tech are sprinting toward AI. Scott Barker, Partner & MD at Enfold Institute, Ex-Partner at GTMfund, and the youngest director in Outreach history, is among the few who stopped, looked back, and said: I've seen where this road ends.

He was the youngest director in Outreach history. Helped take the company from $20M to $250M ARR. Built a venture fund to $100M under management. Then walked away from all of it, not for a sabbatical, not for a rebrand. Because it was breaking him.

Four months in Indian ashrams. Ten hours of meditation a day. No phone, no fund, no identity.

What he came back with isn't a mindfulness pitch. It's a strategic argument: the AI era is about to force the entire tech industry into the same acceleration decade that nearly destroyed him. And unlike his, yours won't be a choice.

This episode is the conversation the industry needs to have and keeps skipping over to talk about agents.

--- Timestamps 0:00 - Preview & introduction 2:07 - Meet Jenny Calvert & Scott Barker 3:35 - Scaling GTM Fund to $100M and why it wasn't enough 6:33 - How to Prepare for the Next Decade (The viral article) 10:28 - Strategy 1: Slowing down as strategy (the 6-hour silence block) 16:50 - Strategy 2: Build depth, not route skills 20:33 - The future of currency 22:30 - Strategy 3: Train your nervous system daily 25:33 - Give yourself permission 29:55 - Challenge your old programming & redefine success 34:14 - Final takeaways + close

--- What You’ll Learn - Why AI acceleration is a forced decade of chaos and how to build a foundation before it hits -The 6-hour silence block and why your brain produces better output without inputs - Why skills are becoming a commodity and the one thing AI still can't replicate - How to identify and dismantle the old programming driving your definition of success - The daily non-negotiable practice (movement, stillness, breath, solitude) that trains your nervous system for chaos - Why the next scarce currency isn't money

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--- Where to Find the Guest Scott Barker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssbarker/ Scott's Substack Article: https://thewakeupcallnewsletter.substack.com/p/how-to-prepare-for-the-next-decade

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