Category: Books

  • Is Your Company Profiting From Cuts or Growing Through Innovation?

    “Consumer spending isn’t driving company profits as much as reducing expenses and improving efficiency. That could be a problem.” writes the Wall Street Journal about this season’s earnings reports. Gee, you think? Anyone who’s spent more than a week in an Econ 101 class learned that you cannot cut your way to growth, and “lean…

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  • Why AI Answers Aren’t Always the Best Solution (And When to Slow Down)

    How patient are you with AI? One of the great hidden dangers of AI is its ability to diminish your patience. Ask ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini anything, and you get an answer immediately. Very reminiscent of the sign seen in various snarky places: Answers: Free Correct Answers: $1 If you want really great answers, be prepared to invest…

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  • So What? How to Write a Book with Generative AI

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to use generative AI to turn existing content like courses and newsletters into a published book. Here's what this means for you. You learn a practical workflow that repurposes your hard-won content into new revenue streams without staring down a blank page. You'll also learn these concepts:…

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  • Is AI Cheating or Just Smart Work? How to Use AI to Finish What You Start

    This week, Katie and I talked about whether the use of AI is “cheating”, which is a phrase we give side-eye to. If by cheating you mean you’re turning over 100% of your work and processes to the machine and you’re not involved at all… sure, you’re probably not going to get great results. But…

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  • How I Used AI to Build a 15-Year Investment Portfolio (And Why It’s Not Financial Advice)

    DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Seriously, don’t take financial advice from me. Ever. I’m completely unqualified to be giving it, so I don’t. This is not advice. This is not even the putrid fading aroma of advice, like cheap cologne breaking down at a back alley night club. For those who remember, I pulled…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Using AI to Update a Book?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to use AI tools to review and update a book manuscript for a new edition. Here's what this means for you. You can streamline your editing workflow and significantly reduce manual work by selecting the appropriate AI approach. You'll also learn these concepts: why Gemini serves non-technical authors…

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  • AI Doesn’t Know It’s Lying—Here’s Why You Must Verify Its Answers

    AI does not understand truth or falsehood. It has no idea it’s lying. (Principle 4 from my new book, Almost Timeless – AI doesn’t know it’s lying) What it does understand is probability. The higher the probability of something, the more likely AI is to recite it. The more it’s seen it in its training…

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  • How Plain Text Files Supercharge AI Productivity (No Complicated Tools Needed)

    The fastest way to make AI more productive is with plain text files. Over the past few months I’ve been using coding tools like Cline (my current favorite though most any will do) even for non-coding tasks. What makes these special and exceptionally effective is a simple set of practices built into the tools themselves:…

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  • Mind Readings: My Content Creation Workflow, Part 5

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to transform your existing body of work into massive long-form content like books or courses using generative AI. Here's what this means for you. You can leverage your existing small-scale content to build a huge library of high-value assets without starting from scratch. You'll also learn these concepts:…

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  • How to Build Authentic Conduits to Outrace AI-Generated Lies Before They Spread

    One of the concepts I share in my keynotes and courses is the conduit of authenticity. In an age when you can freely and easily use generative AI to manufacture ANYTHING, people will manufacture anything – including things damaging to you. If your internal processes are glacial – meaning it takes a week for someone…

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