Category: Productivity
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FOMO, AI, and the Infinite Buffer Problem
I see a lot of people thinking of AI as a solution to avoid missing out on meetings or email responses. While this isn’t necessarily a bad idea, it can be problematic if the time saved just gets spent on more meetings and emails. The challenge is the Infinite Buffer Problem: in organizations of a…
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Hard things are hard
Yes…I know…Quite the hot take. 🌶️ This time of year, it feels like a reminder is in order. It doesn’t matter if you have 🗓️The perfect productivity system. 🏋️The perfect workout program. 💰The perfect financial plan. Success in any of those domains is still going to be hard. 🪨 Systems are helpful, maybe even necessary…
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How I read 60 books in a year with S.M.A.R.T goal setting
Specific: Clearly define what you want to accomplish. Avoid vague descriptions. Print books. Read end-to-end. Measurable: Ensure you can track your progress and measure the outcome. 5 books a month. I tracked the books on my planning whiteboard and checked them off as I completed them. Achievable: Set realistic goals that are attainable given your…
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VidIQ Keyword Automation Part 1
Starting with a list of keywords, we sort them by their VidIQ scores and select the top 8. In the previous video ( • AI and Automation to add YouTube Vide… ), we asked GenAI to give us 6-8 tags. In this case, we ask for 30 potential keywords that we will whittle down to 8. We start with those keywords in cell A1.…
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AI and Automation to add YouTube Video Description and Keywords
Here is a short video showing how I leveraged AI and automation to reduce the amount of work I need to do to put out content. In this example I start with a text transcript of a video that I uploaded to YouTube. I ask generative AI to create a description and keywords, then run…