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PDF Workbook + Voice Note Track B — AI for Business

Permission
Slip

The workbook for the business owner who thinks AI isn't for her.
You don't have a skill problem. You have a permission problem.

You've watched the TikToks. You've saved the threads. You've said "I'll figure it out this weekend" like six times now. Right like you already know what AI is — you just haven't given yourself permission to actually use it in your business. This workbook is the thing that gets you from "I'll figure it out later" to having a specific plan and one actual first move by the time you close the last page.

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Permission Slip
The Workbook for the Business Owner
Who Thinks AI Isn't for Her
WHAT'S INSIDE
7 sections · Exercises + checklists
15-min voice note (recorded on her phone)
Voice Profile you can use immediately
Yesenia M. Perez
$47

"You don't have a skill problem. You have a permission problem."

What you'll have by the end

Specific outcomes — not "a better understanding of AI"

Every section ends with something you actually have — a list, a framework, a prompt, a decision. Not homework. Not a worksheet that sits in your downloads folder.

🔎
Your specific blocker — named You'll know exactly which of the 5 blocks is yours, so you stop trying to fix the wrong thing.
🕑
Where you're losing 5+ hours/week A completed business audit showing which tasks AI can handle so you stop doing them by hand.
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A Voice Profile that sounds like you The prompt context you feed AI so it stops producing generic output — and starts producing yours.
📝
Your personal Permission Framework A written "I will use AI for ___ and NOT for ___" so the boundaries are clear and the guilt goes away.
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One specific first move — this week Not "start using AI." One task. One tool. One action you can take before Thursday.
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15 minutes with Yessie in your ear A voice note that covers what the workbook can't — the emotional stuff, the "me too," the real reason this is hard.
8+
years as a Lead Engineer
$5.2T+
in assets on systems she built
2×
Performance Excellence Award winner
3
kids, building at 11pm
11pm
when most of this gets built
Who this is for

This was built for a specific person

She's not a developer. She runs a real business. And she keeps saying she'll "figure out AI" later — not because she's lazy, but because nobody has actually helped her figure out where to start in a way that makes sense for her life.

YES
You run a service business, coaching practice, or solo operation and you're doing way too much manually
YES
You've tried ChatGPT once or twice and it gave you something generic that didn't sound like you at all
YES
You feel behind and a little embarrassed that you haven't figured this out yet, even though you know AI is a thing
YES
You're a mom, a person with a full schedule, someone who needs tools to facilitate life — not another full course to complete
NOT
You're already using AI daily and building automations — this isn't for you (yet — there's something else coming)
NOT
You want a full AI course with 47 modules and a Notion dashboard — this is a workbook you finish in one sitting
"I'm a Lead Engineer. I build distributed systems that process trillions of dollars. And I STILL had to give myself permission to use AI imperfectly. That's the whole thing."
What's inside

7 sections. One sitting. One first move.

Not a curriculum. Not a course. Seven sections that build on each other so by the end you have a plan — not just information you'll try to remember later.

01
The Real Reason You Haven't Started
Not "you're scared of tech." The 5 actual blocks — authenticity fear, overwhelm, tech fear, ROI doubt, and shame — laid out plainly so you can see which one has been running the show without you realizing it.
02
Which Block Is Yours
A checklist that takes five minutes and gives you a specific answer — not a vague category, an actual name for the thing that's been stopping you — so everything you do next is aimed at the right problem.
03
What AI Actually Is in Your Business
Myth-busting in plain language — no jargon, no hype. Just a clear picture of what AI can and can't do for the kind of business you actually run, so you stop trying to figure out tools that were never for you.
04
The Business Audit
A structured look at your week — where you're losing 5 or more hours doing things AI can handle, and which of those to hand off first. You'll leave this section with a short list, not a long one.
05
The Voice Profile Exercise
The prompt context that makes AI output sound like you instead of like AI slop — built by answering specific questions about how you talk, what you care about, and what you'd never say. You can use this immediately after you write it.
06
The Permission Framework
A written "I will use AI for ___ and NOT for ___" that you fill out and keep. Draws a clear line between what AI handles and what stays yours — so the guilt about authenticity goes away and the boundaries feel like yours, not like rules someone else made.
07
Your First Move
One specific action to take this week. Not "start using AI." One task, one tool, one instruction — so you close the workbook knowing exactly what you're doing next instead of going back to "I'll figure it out later."
"The goal isn't that you become an AI person. The goal is that by Thursday you have one task off your plate for good."
About Yessie

The engineer who also can't do it perfectly — and that's kind of the whole point

I'm a Lead Engineer at a FinTech company. I've built distributed trading systems that process $5.2 trillion in assets for over 1,000 advisory firms. I've been nominated for Performance Excellence awards twice. I have three kids under 11. And I build most of my side projects at 11pm after everyone is asleep, with cold coffee and whatever focus I have left.

Right like I should be the person who has AI figured out, right? I do this for a living. I understand the architecture. I know what the APIs are doing. And I STILL had a moment — more than one, honestly — where I had to convince myself I was allowed to use AI imperfectly. That it was okay if the output wasn't perfect. That using it to write a draft didn't make my voice less mine.

So I built this workbook for the people who are nowhere near the technical side but have that same block, except ten times louder. The coaches, the consultants, the service providers who are running full businesses and also running households and also somehow supposed to figure out this whole AI thing on top of it. You don't have a skill gap. You have a permission gap. That's a completely different problem — and it has a completely different fix.

I didn't start in tech. I was bartending, pregnant, driving 3 hours to see my husband, working 12-hour shifts and wondering why this was going to be my whole life. I looked up what careers make the most money and found computer science. I went back to school while bartending, while pregnant, with a newborn. I got the degree. I got the job. I've been fighting for the next thing ever since — and finding shortcuts is genuinely my second most-used skill.

This workbook is a shortcut. It's the thing I wish someone had handed me when I was staring at ChatGPT the first time going "but this doesn't sound like me at all, what am I even doing."

The receipts
Lead Engineer, Orion Advisor Solutions 8+ years · FinTech · Distributed Systems
$5.2T+ in assets on systems I built 1,000+ advisory firms · AWS · Event-driven architecture
Q1 Performance Excellence Award ×2 Orion Technology · Nominated by two different leads
Mom of 3, Build con Chispa founder Teaching AI for business · No code required
"Deployment ninja — calm, confident, always in control" Nomination quote from Ben Bedell, Orion Engineering
The real credential
I came from nothing. Bartending, paycheck to paycheck, three hours from home. I changed everything by betting on myself and refusing to stay comfortable. That's why I build tools for people who are doing the same thing right now.
Also included

A 15-minute voice note.
One take. Recorded on her phone.

The workbook covers the structured stuff — the exercises, the frameworks, the checklists. The voice note covers everything the workbook can't. Right like the emotional part. The "me too." The reason I think so many non-technical women feel like AI is for someone else and not for them.

It's imperfect on purpose. I didn't re-record it. There's ambient noise. I stumble over a word at one point. That's intentional — because the whole point of this workbook is that you don't have to be perfect to start using AI, and I'm not going to hand you a polished production while telling you that.

You'll hear me talk about building at 11pm. About the first time AI gave me something that actually sounded like me and what that felt like. About what I tell myself when I use it for something and it's not quite right. It's 15 minutes. It's real. It's the thing I'd say to you if we were sitting across from each other.

voice-note.m4a
$ file voice-note.m4a
MPEG-4 audio · 15:03
$ cat recording-notes.txt
recorded: phone, voice memo app
takes: 1
edited: no
produced: no
ambient noise: yes (intentional)
$ cat topics.txt
- building at 11pm with what's left
- the first time AI actually sounded like me
- what to do when the output is not quite right
- why you keep waiting for permission
- the emotional stuff the workbook can't cover
$ _
"In 12 months, either you'll have a business that runs a little lighter because you built a system around yourself — or you'll still be saying you'll figure it out this weekend. One of those is a different life."

— from the voice note

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Voice Profile Exercise — the prompt context that makes AI sound like you
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Permission Framework template — fill it out, keep it, use it
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15-minute voice note from Yessie — one take, recorded on her phone
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