Happy Tuesday Eve,
"Your mind is the only thing standing between you and success." So I dissected the brains of many successful AI users and came up with lessons that will make YOU better than your peers at leveraging AI.
This month, I'm doing a series on what you can do psychologically to level up on your AI journey. Please check out last week's Lesson 1:Say Yes, if you missed it.
Lesson two is the most obvious yet the hardest.
It's the reason why many of you read these emails and get wowed, see the amazing bite sized actionable tasks, and love the information but never actually do anything with it, even though you know how much value it will provide.
With reason, many of you have been so busy for so long, that the only thing you know is to keep running forward (Think Forest Gump running across America with the full beard). The option of stopping sounds delusional to you. And yet, here's my next lesson...
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Lesson #2: Pay The Tax
Statistically, you lose 20% of momentum when you learn something new. To lose 20% of momentum can feel like EVERYTHING to you. So if you're going to learn something new, it HAS to provide more than 20% efficiency and value to make it worth it.
AI typically provides 50% to 80% efficiency to people, and yet we're too focused on surviving to stop and learn AI.
To be clear on this lesson: Go back. Sacrifice and invest the 20% in learning AI. When you see how your life changes afterwards, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.
Right now:
You spend way too many hours on your inbox that I've help EDs turn into minutes.
You spend rare and valuable time you don't have on grants that can take minutes with AI.
You currently miss dinner with the family spending too much time reading and editing last minute grants that can now take... well, minutes with AI services you currently have accessible to you.
If I can be completely blunt and I mean this with so much compassion: you're bleeding more than 20% with the way things are running now, and it’s draining your mental health, stealing time from your family, and burning your team out.😞
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Actionable Task: Pay the 20% Tax and Learn AI
Option 1: Self-Teach (Cheaper but Longer)
Block out 30 to 60 minutes in your week dedicated to learning AI. Treat it like a non-negotiable meeting with yourself. Your future self will thank you.
Option 2: Hire an AI Expert (Faster but Costs)
Invest in an AI trainer/coach like me.
I'm clearly biased here, but I wouldn't recommend it if I didn't truly believe it was highly valuable. I've saved EDs on average 8 hours a week and $15K a year through hands-on AI training and implementation. Imagine the freedom and impact you can make with that free time and money.
(Colorado ED Bonus: Did you know The Denver Foundation provides grants that cover my services? You can get this training completely paid for by them. Reply "Grant" to this email and I'll tell you how).
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Remember:
You're already paying the cost, it's called burnout, inefficiency, and unrealized potential. That 20% learning curve? Respectfully, it's nothing compared to the lifetime you're wasting doing things the hard way. Stop choosing familiar suffering over temporary discomfort.
#ExistToServe
P.S. Drowning in tasks AI could handle? Don't know where to start? Need to save time and money? Sincerely, let's talk.
Let's hop on a 30-minute call. I'll show you how you can clock out on time, get home to your family, and still serve more community members:
Regis Arzu (he/him/his)
[email protected]
ETS AI Consulting | CEO
347.748.5078
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