personal productivity & ai

You were hired. Not AI.

It's a genuinely useful tool, but only once you know what to actually ask it for. Here's what that looks like for a working manager.

START HERERead →
How to think about it
Four habits that keep it useful instead of a crutch
How to Think About AI
Talk to it instead of copy-pasting into it, and keep your own mind in the loop.
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A thinking partner
For getting unstuck, not for getting answers
Using AI as a Thinking Partner
Three real conversations, a job offer, a stalled project, a priority mess, and what actually got unstuck.
REPEAT WORKRead →
Build it once
For the things you do the same way every time
Using Projects and Agents for Repeat Work
Status updates, customer emails, and report reviews: set it up once, stop rebuilding the prompt every time.
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Build an agent
Something that runs on its own, on a schedule
AI Agents, and How to Build Your First One
A Project waits for you. An agent doesn't. What makes it different, and a detailed walkthrough for building one.
manager's prompt cheat sheet

The four prompts worth keeping handy.

Print it, pin it, use it. The full breakdown, with before-and-after examples, is in How to Think About AI.