Embracing AI

AI is here. It's changing everything, fast. And most people I talk to are still either avoiding it, fighting it, or letting it run their whole show. There's a smarter way to live with this. Today I'm walking you through how I've been using AI for two and a half years — what it does best, what only you can do, and the new rules that quietly decide who wins from here. I promised myself I'd keep it under ten minutes. Open your favorite AI tab if you want, but listen first. Then press play. Featured Story A gentleman called me up the other day. "Scott, how much do you charge for coaching?" Two thousand a month, I told him. Three-month minimum. He thought about it. "What if we did it in one month and got the same result? Can I just pay you the two thousand?" No, I said. You're going to pay me six. He paused. I told him you're not paying me for hours. You're paying me for the outcome. I just saved you two months of your life. That's worth more than the time it took me to do it. He laughed. Then he said yes. Important Points Information used to cost twenty bucks per million tokens. Now it's under a cent. Stop hoarding it — it's commoditized. Stop competing with AI. Use it for research, drafts, and the repetitive work that doesn't need your taste or wisdom. Judgment is the new value. Information is everywhere — knowing what to do with it is where you actually get paid now. Memorable Quotes Stop competing with AI. Start using it for what it does best — and save your judgment for the work only you can do. Judgment is the new work. Information is cheap; taste, discernment, and wisdom are what people actually pay for now. Nobody cares if it took you six hours to produce something. Stop selling hours. Sell outcomes. That's the new game. Scott's Three-Step Approach First, embrace AI for the work it does best — research, drafts, repetition — and stop competing where you can't win. Then document what only you know — your expertise, your taste, your way of working — into MD files your AI can read. Finally, sell the outcome, not the hours — and use AI to shrink the work so you can focus on what actually matters. Chapters 0:02 - Friday before Memorial Day and a quick AI talk 0:56 - Why I jumped into AI two and a half years ago 2:01 - Information went from twenty bucks to less than a cent 2:56 - Stop competing with AI and start using it instead 4:19 - Judgment is the new work nobody can outsource 5:25 - Stay human and document what only you know 6:38 - The client who paid me six thousand instead of two Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify If you enjoy the Daily Boost, you might like Notes From Scott. A few mornings each week, I send a short note with something I've been thinking about or noticing lately. Sometimes those ideas turn into podcast episodes later. You can sign up at Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: YouTube: Instagram: Facebook Page: Facebook Group: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Embracing AI is an episode from Daily Boost Motivation and Coaching by Scott Smith.

This episode is 11:34 long.

This episode was published on May 22, 2026.

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