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I almost had a toddler-style meltdown. AI was involved.

From Overstimulated to Strategic: My AI Meltdown (and What I Learned)

So there I was. Riding what I can only describe as a productivity high.

I had three Claudes running at once. One was building out a production assistant. Another was generating landing pages. A third was cranking through something else entirely (I genuinely can't remember now — which should have been my first clue). My ChatGPT was open in another window, and I was firing through hundreds of emails at the same time.

It felt amazing.

For about forty-seven minutes.

Then something flipped. I went from "AI superhero" to something closer to an overstimulated toddler on the verge of a full meltdown. Too many tabs. Too many threads. Too many half-finished thoughts. My brain just… checked out.

I stopped, closed the laptop, and said out loud:

"Okay. That was enough. You went a little too far."

AI's opportunities and use cases can be genuinely overwhelming.

Not because the technology is bad. Because there's so much of it, coming at us so fast, that it's easy to confuse "doing more with AI" for "doing the right things with AI." Those are very different.

It's not about using every tool. It's not about a one-size-fits-all solution. It's about asking better questions:

  • Where does AI actually help?

  • Where does it not help — and where do our humans still fit in?

  • What's the next best move for you, your team, and your company right now?

That’s exatly what we’re walking through in our free course:

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We'll talk through where AI helps, where it falls short, and where your people are still your biggest lever. You'll walk away with practical tools and a framework you can use to rally your team, identify your quick wins, and prioritize what makes the most sense for your business in this moment.

Because this is a big change we're all going through together — and the companies that win aren't going to be the ones using the most AI. They're going to be the ones using it most intentionally

And speaking of the human part — meet our partner on this course.

We're beyond excited to have Justin Coates joining us. Justin is the Co-Founder and Chief Innovator at LearnAir, a Marine Corps veteran, and someone who has built his entire company around a tagline I wish I'd had taped to my laptop during my forty-seven-minute meltdown:

"Don't forget the human part."

That's not a throwaway slogan for Justin and his team — they live it. They genuinely understand where AI fits, where humans fit, and how to bring the two together in a way that actually works inside real organizations with real people. They don't just teach the tools; they help leaders implement them in a way that respects the team, the culture, and the change curve everyone is on.

Justin's perspective is exactly the counterweight this conversation needs — and exactly why this course is going to be different from the typical "10 AI hacks" content flooding your feed

 

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Lisa

 

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