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Turn Your Invisible Expertise Into Income

Transform instinctive moves into assets that sell while you sleep.

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Max Bernstein
Dec 12, 2024
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Your IP Pipeline (kinda)

Last week, I sat with a brand designer who charges $15k per project. A client asked her, "How do you instantly know when something's off with a brand?"

She opened her laptop, started to explain, then stopped. Stared at the screen.

"I just... see it," she said finally.

Sound familiar?

You’ve spent years honing the same instinct. Those moments when you instantly spot what others miss. But right now, that wisdom is trapped in your head, stuck working project by project instead of generating income while you sleep.


The Hidden Pattern in Expert Work

I’ve been studying how experts turn their instincts into assets. Here’s the fascinating part:
Success doesn’t always come from building complex systems. Often, it’s about capturing those tiny moments of brilliance we take for granted.

That brand designer I mentioned? She ignored the usual advice about creating a massive course. Instead, she focused on one small slice of her expertise: those first 90 seconds when she evaluates a brand.

She called it her "Visual Velocity Scanner"—a step-by-step breakdown of what her eyes notice and why. These split-second assessments might look like intuition, but they’re actually compressed expertise. By breaking them down into clear, teachable steps, she transformed her invisible wisdom into tangible value.


Turning Instinct Into Income

Most experts make the mistake of packaging everything they know into one huge offer—a comprehensive course or high-ticket program. But the real breakthrough? It’s in small, actionable pieces of wisdom that create instant clarity for others.

Take another example: a photographer who always knows, in seconds, when the lighting will make or break a shot. She broke that instinct into a simple "Golden Hour Gauge" tool. For $97, she helps aspiring photographers master the same judgment call she makes intuitively.

These tools become perfect entry points into your ecosystem.

When the brand designer shared her Visual Velocity Scanner, she wasn’t just creating a product—she was inviting potential clients to understand her thought process.

Each tool naturally leads to the next. Someone uses the scanner and thinks, If she sees this much in 90 seconds, what else does she notice? They’re then primed for her Brand Resonance Radar at $197.

This isn’t just about passive income. It’s about creating a pathway where each solution reveals the next opportunity—showcasing your irreplaceable value at every step.


Your First Knowledge Asset

Most articles will tell you to create a generic diagnostic tool. But you’re not here for generic.

You’re here to capture the unique way you see your work.

Before diving into your first knowledge asset, consider this advice from Scott Galloway in The Algebra of Wealth:

"Your mission is to find something you're good at and apply the thousands of hours of grit and sacrifice necessary to become great at it."

This philosophy aligns perfectly with turning expertise into income. It’s not just about passion. It’s about refining and honing a skill until it becomes irreplaceable.

Here’s a sample roadmap:

The Pattern Spotter ($97)

  • Your first-glance insights

  • Your instant red flags

  • Your gut-check signals

The Decision Decoder ($197)

  • Your thought sequence

  • Your trigger points

  • Your adjustment cues

The Mastery Matrix ($397)

  • Your complete system

  • Your edge cases

  • Your optimization moves


The Asset Alchemy Prompt

Here’s how to transform those instincts into assets:

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