A few weeks ago, I ruffled some feathers on social media. I said, Telling people you wrote your book with AI is like telling people you ran a marathon with your car.Wow. People took umbrage with that statement. And while I stand by what I said, I thoug

Imagine that youre going to give a talk on a topic you know really well. You spend time on the presentation, rehearse it 100 times, dial in the slides, and youre feeling great. You get the conference, deliver the talk, and you think you nailed it. But w

Recently, I sat down to dinner with my family when the doorbell rang. It was a door-to-door HelloFresh salesman, who wanted to make dinner easier for us (while ironically preventing me from eating dinner). I immediately got frustrated for two reasons:It

Take the 2024 Listener Survey!Social media advice these days reminds me a bit of the parable of the Emperor with no Clothes. See, it's easy for anyone to display how smart and successful they are. They say things like, "Here's your content strategy for 2

How much help is too much help? When do you go from the actual worker to the visionary? And where does AI fit into all of this? Over on LinkedIn, I said using AI to write your book is like using a car to run a marathon. People took issue with that. So my

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Take the 2024 Listener Survey!Over the years, Ive published a great many gift guides on my blog. From freelancers, to podcasters, to working from home, and even my hobbies like pens and cigars. And this year is no different.But given my relatively new

Take the 2024 Listener Survey!Do you remember the most awkward moments of your life? One for me was definitely the day I was defending my masters thesis. I was explaining a complex algorithm, when my advisor interrupted me and said, Wellthats not rea

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