🤖 I stopped rolling my eyes at AI (and you might want to hear why)

What's happening: I've gone from eye-rolling at AI demos to using it daily at work and for personal projects—but not in the way you might think.

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Hey {{first_name}},

Since late 2024, I've been seriously experimenting with AI tools (mainly Claude and Gemini). And I'm not gonna lie, it's taken me several months to get comfortable. This isn't about finding one perfect workflow and sticking to it forever. My role keeps evolving, my needs keep changing, and so the real skill I'm building is agility—understanding when and how to leverage AI as things shift.

Here's the thing though: I wasn't always convinced this was worth my time. For a while, I kind of rolled my eyes at the whole thing, mostly because no one could really give me a concrete use case for me—either in my role or in my personal life. Everyone was showing me travel itineraries and generic emails, and I kept thinking, "Yeah, but what about MY actual work?"

If I could go back and tell myself something before I started using AI, it would be this: lean into the curiosity and just play with it. Stop waiting for someone else to show you the perfect demo. Your use case probably doesn't exist in a training deck—it exists in your actual day-to-day frustrations and bottlenecks.

So what does that actually look like in practice?

I'm at a career point where I really do need to meet this moment, but it doesn't mean losing myself in it—it means approaching it with intention, with boundaries, with values intact. Here's how I do it:

1. Email management that doesn't sound like a robot wrote it

I created an AI agent that understands my writing style and handles about 95% of my work emails. Before you panic—no, I'm not just copy-pasting robotic corporate speak.

Here's how it works: I fed the AI samples of emails I'd written from scratch and explicitly told it what to keep and what to skip. For example, I always add a note of gratitude or a friendly check-in because that warmth matters to me. But I had the AI move those elements toward the end so the action I'm requesting stays front and center.

The result? I can now send hundreds of personalized emails weekly in about 30 minutes instead of hours. And they still sound like me—warm, clear, action-oriented.

The first time I sent one, I wasn't nervous at all! It felt good to get something out much faster that was accurate and did exactly what I wanted—drove folks to complete an action.

Pro tip: If you try this, don't just tell AI to "write like me." Give it examples and have a conversation about what makes your voice distinct. The specificity makes all the difference.

2. SOP creation that's actually thorough

As a PgM, I often create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). These need to be detailed, clear, and catch potential bottlenecks before they become problems.

My process now: I feed AI all the information I have, but before having it create the document, I ask it to interview me. Yes, interview ME. I literally prompt it to ask clarifying questions about the process.

And you know what? It catches gaps I would have missed! Recently, I was documenting a content status tracking process. I'd provided some initial statuses, but the AI helped me develop a much more specific list that ended up being way more useful for tracking edits clearly.

I LOVE this part because (a) it ensures my opinions, styles, and perspectives are captured, and (b) it makes me think more critically about what I'm building.

Then comes the human part: I restructure everything. I'm a visual person, so I add clear headers, colors, and images where appropriate. I cut down the overexplanations (because AI loves to overexplain!). I adjust the language for my specific audience and correct for accuracy when the AI misunderstands something.

Pro tip: Use AI as your thought partner, not your ghostwriter. Let it ask you questions. Let it challenge your assumptions. Then take full ownership of making it yours.

3. Website copy that captures my vision

When I'm working on copy for my website or this newsletter, sometimes I have a clear vision that's just... stuck in my head. I can see it, feel it, know what I want to say—pero getting it onto the page feels impossible.

That's when I word-vomit everything to the AI. All the messy thoughts, the half-formed ideas, the "I want it to feel like THIS but I don't know how to say it" rambling. And it helps me organize something more concrete that I can actually work with.

From there, I heavily edit and revise. I make sure it captures the key parts of my voice—authenticity, warmth, kindness, collaboration. Because here's the thing: AI can give you a starting point, but it can't give you YOUR voice.

People argue that AI stifles creativity, and honestly? I think it can.

If you're just copying and pasting AI outputs without thinking, without editing, without infusing your own perspective—yeah, you're probably losing something important. I tried that with a couple emails and posts early on and it felt gross. The emails didn't sound anything like me, and I could feel the disconnect.

That's why I've made some rules for myself:

This last one is huge for me. I don't like that some AIs will retain your conversations for their own use or to "learn" more about you. Privacy has been a big thing for me lately, especially as I work in Big Tech. I want to leverage the tool, but not feel like it'll know everything about me in a nefarious way. I'm extra careful to read how it uses my data, and this often influences the tools I decide to use.

But here's what I believe: positioned as a system to support your workflow, AI aligns with values around growth and efficiency. Positioned as a system to completely replace human creation or connection? That's where I draw the line.

And I think we—the users—have real power in shaping how AI is ultimately used and what place it takes in our society. Every time we choose to edit rather than just copy-paste, every time we use it to enhance rather than replace our thinking, we're making a statement about what role we want this technology to play.

Like recently, I had AI help me streamline all the subscriptions I use to manage my website and newsletter in order to cut down on some costs. It helped walk me through why it was key for me to cut in certain areas and where it made sense for me to keep paying for services. That kind of thought partnership? That's where AI becomes genuinely useful for me.

Meeting the moment doesn't mean losing yourself in it. It means approaching it with intention, with boundaries, with your values intact.

That's growth mindset in action—not just being open to learning new things, but being thoughtful about how you integrate them into your life and work.

Where in your work or life could you use a thought partner? Where are you spending hours on tasks that drain you? Where do you get stuck staring at a blank page?

You don't have to have it all figured out (I definitely don't!). But maybe there's one small experiment worth trying.

If you're already using AI in your work or creative projects, I'd genuinely love to hear about it. What's working? What feels weird? Where are you drawing your boundaries?

Reply and tell me—I'm always learning from this community, and I bet others would benefit from your perspective too.

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