I Deleted 29 LinkedIn Messages Yesterday Without Reading Them

I deleted 29 LinkedIn messages yesterday without reading past the first sentence. Same opening line. Same canned reference to my board work. Same “really impressive background.” Same robotic cadence. Same em dashes. All AI. All trash. No joke. I’ve hit my breaking point. And based on the conversations I’m having with founders, investors, and operators … Read more

If AI Took Your Job, Here’s How to Use It to Get the Next One

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The Wake-Up Call Nobody Wanted A lot of people thought AI would come for repetitive, entry-level work first. Instead, it’s reshaping white-collar roles across operations, support, analysis, admin, marketing, and software. The people feeling it are not only early-career workers but also experienced professionals in the middle of their careers who suddenly realize the rules … Read more

AI and the Future of Our Children: A Dad Reflects

Father and son looking toward the horizon—AI and the future of our children

When you use AI every day for everything, and teach kids how to use it, you start thinking about AI and the future of our children. Not in the abstract. In the deeply personal, keep-you-up-at-night way. My son watches me work with Claude and ChatGPT constantly. He’s curious in the way only an 8-year-old can … Read more

Polite People Get Worse AI Results. But Not Because They’re Polite.

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The viral advice is wrong. Here’s what actually makes AI smarter. I saw a post last week that made me laugh: “Stop saying please to ChatGPT. Be mean. It makes the AI smarter.” Thousands of likes. Hundreds of comments from people ready to start insulting their chatbots, including me. Here’s the thing: there’s a kernel … Read more

How to Use ChatGPT Without Losing Your Edge

Every day, I see the same mistake: smart people letting AI do all their thinking for them. They hand ChatGPT every email, every presentation, every brainstorm. They skip the work. AI creates from scratch, and they click “send.” It feels efficient until the tools hit query limits. Then? Total paralysis. No outline, no starting point, … Read more

Why Professionals Must Upskill with AI (and How to Do It)

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AI adoption marks a fundamental shift in professional competency. My two-year immersion in AI technologies revealed a stark reality: the gap between AI-fluent professionals and those not using AI grows wider weekly. You need to upskill. The New Professional Landscape Let’s look back at two defining moments in professional evolution of upskilling. In 1995, an … Read more

Empowering Your Health with ChatGPT: A Guide to AI Healthcare Insights

ChatGPT is transforming personal healthcare by helping patients interpret lab results, understand medical imaging, and manage symptoms. This illustration shows a user leveraging AI for healthcare insights, symbolizing the blend of technology and patient empowerment in navigating health information