Something big has shifted for all of us. I noticed it last week, while preparing for our Axios board meeting. - First, there was a discussion around six-month horizons. And I kept thinking: This is pure fantasy — it's impossible to envision our company and our world even a few months from now. - Second, we're having an amazing year. Yet I felt compelled to offer the board a gut check unthinkable even a year ago: Yes, we're crushing it, but that could all change in a month. Truth is, for the first time ever, my confident line of sight is six weeks tops. Why it matters: We have entered what I call post-processable velocity — a speed of change exceeding the ability of any individual, company, market or government to fully absorb,…
Nothing has improved my work and life more than my new operating philosophy: Simplify . - I've seen such a dramatic improvement at Axios, and in my personal life, that I co-wrote a new book explaining step by step how it works. It's called "Simplify : Do 50% More with 50% Less." Why it matters: Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Roy Schwartz and I dig deep into real-world experience and science to show you why most people waste years of their lives doing needless stuff out of habit or inertia. - You'll learn the three-step Simplify operating system we've personally stress-tested: Confront what you do, Delete what you shouldn't do, and Amplify what brings you joy and achievement. Simplify is a method and a mindset — a set of power tools…
Few AI use cases elicit more outrage than writing: Using AI makes writing duller ... dumber ... robotic. It kills thinking ... creativity ... originality. It produces sameness and slop! Why it matters: All that's true — if you, as the teacher or writer, allow it to be true. Lazy AI outsourcing means lazy thinking and writing. Used with persistence and skill, AI can enhance both your thoughts and expression. I'm thinking and writing more and better than ever. But I want to be frank and useful about what I've learned about writing and the limits I've hit since turning myself into an AI lab rat : - Caution 1: I'm 55, a writer by training, went in aware of AI dangers, and am a prolific writer with or without it. Anyone lazily letting AI…
I'm offering you four specific ways to get more out of AI this week: better prompting , improving AI memory (tonight), starting a business using AI (tomorrow) and running a business using AI (Thursday). You nailed the perfect prompt. The output sang. You saved your Super Prompt. Then, you opened a new chat the next morning and AI acted like you'd never met. - It's not broken. You just haven't taught it to remember YOU. Why it matters: Master what AI stores, what it can reference from your past and how to direct both — and your chats will start smarter. This is how you unlock next-level prompting and results. - The basics take 10 minutes. The payoff compounds forever. A quick primer on AI memory: Think of it as two layers. - Inside a…
I'm going to offer four specific ways for you to get more out of AI this week: better prompting (tonight), improving AI memory (Tuesday), starting a business using AI (Wednesday) and running a business using AI (Thursday). You've tried ChatGPT or Claude. The results seem fine, if a little underwhelming. You wonder if people like me who extol AI's capabilities are the ones hallucinating. - You're not alone. You're simply prompt-shy. Why it matters: The gap between those getting 10x value from AI and those getting Google-level search results isn't brain power or tech skills. It's asking the right question in the right way with the right context. The good news: Anyone can prompt AI with greater sophistication and confidence and get greater…