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Reading Time: 6 minutes I regularly use my Claude Cowork robot assistant to interview me on various topics across different settings. Being interviewed by the AI doesn t change what I think. It helps me say it more clearly in my own conversational voice and surfaces aspects of a topic I hadn t consciously addressed. The thinking stays mine. The AI s ... Read more The post Why I Let Claude Cowork…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Position Yourself, Don t Fix Yourself So many times I’ve walked away from a conversation thinking, This is what I should have said.” I’ve always sucked at thinking on my feet. It’s when I have time that my best thinking happens. Actively position yourself in circumstances where you can excel in your strengths, rather than staying ... Read more The post Stop Fixing Your…
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Writing It Yourself Becomes the Opt-Out Having AI write for us is not only an option in most apps, but in some it s now the default. For instance, in the Superhuman email app, an email that s in your inbox will be analyzed by the AI, and it will automatically provide several replies that you ... Read more The post AI Wants to Do Your Writing: Here’s Where I Say No…
Reading Time: 5 minutes I ve been doing quarterly reviews as a part of David Sparks Productivity Field Guide role-based system since January 2021, but I ve never had a review as thorough and enjoyable as the one I did with Claude Cowork last month. Cowork strips the drudgery out of the quarterly review: it handles the calendar scanning, reading three ... Read more The post How Claude Cowork Made…
Reading Time: 5 minutes What Theological School Taught Me About Groupthink When I studied theology in graduate school, I observed that religious groups, including my own, typically required members to adhere to a particular theology or system of beliefs. It wasn t acceptable to deviate from the set system. Those who did were attacked and ostracized. Those who asked piercing ... Read more The post…
Reading Time: 4 minutes When Saying Yes Means Saying No A little over a year ago, I had to say no to something I really wanted to do because I d already said yes to other things. A creator friend offered me the opportunity to work with him by helping with backstage administrative support. I had to say no because ... Read more The post To Do More, Do Less appeared first on Original Mac Guy .
Reading Time: 4 minutes Your Brain Is Set to Wander — and That’s Not a Problem A landmark Harvard study found that people’s minds wander 46.9% of the time — nearly half — regardless of what they are doing. Most people secretly think something is wrong with them when their mind wanders. You’re not broken, you’re human. As Steve ... Read more The post A Wandering Mind Isn’t a Broken Mind appeared…
Reading Time: 5 minutes When we think of values, we typically think of them as nouns. For example, we talk about integrity, honesty, or family as values. But values as nouns often don t lead to actions or tell you what you need to do. For that to happen, we need to turn values into verbs. I recently read a ... Read more The post Your Values Need a Verb appeared first on Original Mac Guy .
Reading Time: 5 minutes I ve been doing a morning routine for at least the past four years. I ve written several blog articles over those years (For the last post, see Create the Day You Want: The Power of a Proactive Morning Routine) about my practice. My recent work with Claude Cowork has led to three changes: how I plan, ... Read more The post The 3 Ways Claude Cowork Changed How I Start Every…
Reading Time: 4 minutes I read another article recently telling me to stop buying things and start buying experiences. I ve lost count of how many times I ve seen that advice. It’s been repeated in newspaper articles, magazine articles, and by bloggers and podcasters. It’s more than just advice at this point — it’s a cultural mantra. As a result ... Read more The post Is “Spend on Experiences, Not…