If I could share just 5 tips on how to get more out of AI...
1. Memory & context trumps it all. A year of working together versus a handshake with a stranger. That's the gap between AI that knows you and AI that doesn't, and no amount of prompt-polishing closes it. A business brain that doesn't go stale with old information that's no longer relevant (what I call a Living Workspace), connected to AI is the best thing you can do yourself. 2. Make it disagree with you. Here's a question worth more than any prompt template: "Before you answer - what would make this fall apart?" Tell it to argue the other side, to name what you left out, to quiz you before it speaks. It defaults to people-pleasing and giving polished replies. When you need the straight tea, you have to ask for it. 3. Doing things repeatedly is a sign. You did the thing. Then you did it again. Then again. That 3rd time is the tell โ turn it into a rule, a task, a command, and you never hand-build it a third time. One brilliant prompt with one brilliant result is a coin that landed heads. Lovely. Now it's gone. Systems keep working which means you leverage your time brilliantly. 4. Think of it as an operator, not a brainstorm partner. Let it build the website, check the links, update the task list, compare the metrics, draft the email, QA the copy, organize the files, and tell you what changed. This is when AI moves from good ideas to a real team member who executes. 5. Confidence is not accuracy. It will hand you a wrong date, a fake quote, a number that feels right, all in the same steady voice it uses for the truth. Don't read that as a reason to distrust everything โ read it as a reason to know the stakes. Trivia, low stakes, let it fly. Anything you'd put your name or your money behind? Make it show the receipts. Ask it to cite the information. You might be surprised how often it can't. What tip isn't on this list that you would share?