Category: Productivity

  • FOMO, AI, and the Infinite Buffer Problem

    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…

  • Hard things are hard

    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…

  • How I read 60 books in a year with S.M.A.R.T goal setting

    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…

  • VidIQ Keyword Automation Part 1

    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.…

  • AI and Automation to add YouTube Video Description and Keywords

    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…