[AI Skeptic to Advocate] – how I became a believer…

Written by Jim Vickers

A few years ago, I was running a multi-seven-figure business…

Then I sold it.
Went from a large facility, corner office, full team of employees – to
just me and my virtual assistant.

→ My workload actually increased
→ Fraction of the resources
→ I had to be everything
→ CEO, CSO, CMO, CTO, CFO, sales manager, bookkeeper…

I was drowning.

One night I remember staring at my computer at 7 PM,
knowing I had hours of work ahead of me, thinking…
wow, I really miss my team 🙁

I heard someone say:
“Put this sticky note on your monitor: How can AI help me do this?”

I was skeptical but I’ve always been on the leading edge of tech, so I jumped in…

→ I started with ChatGPT for strategy work
→ Then Claude for writing and research
→ Fathom for meeting notes
→ Gamma to create beautiful presentations

What happened next changed everything…

I was able to outperform a larger team because AI became my team.

The real shocker?

When I meet with corporate executives, even CEOs –
most of these brilliant leaders are barely using AI at all…

Some Execs tell me “AI is evil” until we dig deeper.
Most admit: “I know I need to dig into AI, but don’t know where to start.”

Leadership lesson?
The future belongs to AI-fluent executives.
Master it – or watch someone who did master AI take your job.

📸 AI gave me back time. I spent it on an amazing lunch with my sister!