The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough
I had over 100 article titles + outlines in draft. I had a someday maybe list full of 50 projects to start “when I had the time.”I started to dip my toe in the water and YOLO some of these side projects between meetings. Queuing up Claude in 5-minute increments and then letting it rip before jumping to the next call.The crazy thing is it started to work…Things I wanted to try, explore, and write about were working, and this only 10X’d my ambition to start more projects!
- ▪I had over 100 article titles + outlines in draft.
- ▪I had a someday maybe list full of 50 projects to start “when I had the time.”I started to dip my toe in the water and YOLO some of these side projects between meetings.
- ▪Queuing up Claude in 5-minute increments and then letting it rip before jumping to the next call.The crazy thing is it started to work…Things I wanted to try, explore, and write about were working, and this only 10X’d my ambition to start m
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| Original publisher | Rickmanelius |
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| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:13:03 +0000 |
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The New AI Superpowers: Focus and FollowthroughBurnout is on the rise again, with an ironic twist.Rick ManeliusJul 26, 2026ShareConventional wisdom is that burnout is caused (solely) by overwork.So logically, if AI can help us complete tasks 2-100x faster than before, we should be UNDERWORKED and experiencing ZERO burnout, right?If only it were that simple.ALL THE THINGS!You may be too young to recognize this meme, but it’s the feeling most people in tech had when AI started accelerating their efficiency.Why?Because for years, all of us had dozens, if not hundreds, of side projects we could have started but had to shelve because there weren’t enough hours in a day.Then AI came along and teased us with a seductive lie…Claude: “But, maybe you can do it all now that I’m here!”For the past…
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