Recently I read “The Secret” .. a book that a friend of mine told me about. At the time they told me about it, they were staunchly opposed to it as being highly New Age. But I had to check it out for myself. Turns out, it remains on the list of ridiculous reads, but it does contain some nuggets of truth that I think apply to the entrepreneur.
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AI was supposed to save us time. It can write in seconds what once took an hour, summarize a meeting almost instantly, and produce a first draft before we could have gathered the source material ourselves.
Yet many people are not working less. They are producing more, responding faster, supervising more output, and ending the day more exhausted.
The problem is not that AI failed to increase productivity. The problem is that productivity and freedom are not the same thing.
Now organizations are getting flatter. Teams are getting smaller. AI is increasing what individuals can produce. Leaders are still needed, but more organizations expect them to lead and contribute
Here’s the uncomfortable question: if you left your job tomorrow, how much of that experience could you actually sell? Not put on a resume. Not talk about in an interview. Sell.
Did you just say find a better book!
Well, i like your positive criticism of the book something that we do not hear a lot. I hear how great and awesome the book is but seldom hear people put facts in perspective!