π§βπ» βThe AI displacement of white-collar jobs is upon us. The traditional career path is dying, and AI-driven productivity is redefining whatβs possible.β- Peter DiamandisHello Reader, Artificial intelligence is changing all jobs this decade. You are either getting ready to change how you work, or you are getting ready to retire - whether you like it or not. AI is a twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Internet was the other one, and we know how that went. We've been fortunate enough, in our generation, to experience two (2) once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. The magnitude to which the world was changed by the internet, and industrialisation, and the printing press - that's how much the world is going to change because of AI. These changes are exponential, so who knows? We might see one more. π‘ Close the Capability GapEvery massive transformation provides opportunity, for those agile enough to move quickly. Martec's Law demonstrates that technology changes on an exponential scale, while organisations change on a linear scale. This creates a gap, that grows over time. The way to close this gap is for individuals to use technological change to increase their capability, faster than organisations can. This leads to disruption. Displacement. Old market leaders being outpaced by young upstarts. Sam Altman predicts we will see the first single-person billion-dollar company by 2030. Could it be you? π€ You all have access to infinite information, so why aren't you an Ai expert yet?It's because you haven't had the right experiences. I am not a technologist. I came into technology through the side door, as a marketer. I spent fifteen years helping experts and entrepreneurs tell better stories through digital media. I do not have deep specialisation in any technical tools. I am a generalist. I studied classical philosophy in university, and knowledge of the humanities allows us to make connections between very different bodies of information. In a world of infinite answers, asking the right question has become more valuable. And that's what I do as a business coach - I ask good questions, and my coaching skills are what have made me a good operator of Ai tools. I was an actor for a long time when I was young, and being a performer taught me that information is cheap, but experiences are expensive. Anybody could buy a script and read a play, but people would pay top dollar to see performers acting out the story. π How you can experience new Ai toolsIn the Ai Coaching Academy, I give people copy-paste prompts, and workflows and templates that get their hands into the tools, so they can use Ai proficiently. I'll give you a prompt to copy, and then show you how to open up 3 tabs with 3 different large language models, and go paste-paste-paste, and then we compare.
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πͺ "There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment." β Norman Vincent Peale Hello Reader, If you haven't been using Claude, it might be time to give it a try. Anthropic has released a bunch of new Claude features recently. Claude Code has Twitter in a tizzy the last couple of weeks, especially after somebody released the Ralph Wiggum plugin. Here's a 10-minute video overview by Alex Finn. TL;DW - the Simpson's character Ralph Wiggum (ha! ha!...
π Happy Birthday to me! Hello Reader, It's my birthday today! If you'd like to give me a quick and easy gift, heres what I would find helpful and rewarding: Click a link below, and read something I've written. Leave a comment if you have an insight to share. My Best Articles of 2025 My Takeaways from the Aotearoa AI Summit 2025 New Zealandβs new AI strategy is AI slop Pick the Right LLM with Parallel Prompting An LLM has passed the Turing Test 5 Reasons Plato Would Be Skeptical About GenAI...
π§ "Habit takes advantage of inattention." - Benjamin Franklin Hello Reader, Every year, I publish an Annual Review on my personal website, as well as my New Year's Resolutions. Read my 2025 Annual Review here. Read my 2026 New Year's Resolutions here. On New Year's Eve, I led an Annual Review Workshop, and guided participants through using my Annual Review Workbook, a Google Doc I use every year to go through the following 5 steps: Record. Collect your data, photos, and calendars. Review....