Automate the routine
The first A pays off fastest: every repeatable task you hand to AI gives you back time and headspace for what only you can do. It's not about automating everything, but shedding what doesn't need your judgment.
How to do it
- 01
List your tasks over a week and mark the repeatable, predictable ones: summarising, drafting, sorting, transcribing, formatting, answering the usual questions.
- 02
Start with ONE. Give the AI the context and an example of how you want it, and refine the prompt until the result works at a glance.
- 03
Make it routine: save the prompt that works, reuse it, and always review the output before using it. Automating isn't looking away.
—In practice
A salesperson who spent an hour a day writing follow-up emails uses AI to draft each one from the meeting notes: 10 minutes, with their own judgment on the final touch.
A common question
- What if the AI gets it wrong?
- It will, which is why automating includes reviewing. You delegate the first draft, not the responsibility: you validate before sending. The time saved far outweighs the time reviewing.
Your next step
You have the method. These two steps make it yours: measure your starting point and get the full plan.