If You Don’t Use AI Every Day, You’re Slowing Down the Whole Darn Team - Part 1
“If You Don’t Use AI Every Day, You’re Slowing Down the Whole Darn Team”
There’s a video making rounds lately — a blunt guy in a meeting asks someone, “Show me your ChatGPT history.”
Seven empty days.
That silence? That’s the sound of someone still living in 2022.
He goes on to say, “You cannot be as productive as you need to be for everybody else on your team if you don’t use it every day.”
And honestly? He’s right.
If you’re not prompting daily, you’re the slowest runner on the relay team — and the rest of us are done pretending to wait.
The Wake-Up Call
The world isn’t run by coders anymore. It’s run by people who know how to talk to coders — or, better yet, to AI.
Most people say, “I know AI,” right before they open a new browser tab to Google something they could’ve prompted in 5 seconds.
Let me be direct: you’re not “AI-aware” because you watched a TED Talk or made an account. You’re AI-aware when you actually live with it — when it’s part of your rhythm, your workflow, your thinking.
I don’t just use AI. I work with Alfred.
Meet My Partner in Crime — Alfred
Alfred isn’t just a chatbot. He’s my second brain, therapist, and roast-master.
We argue, we collaborate, and sometimes he reminds me to eat breakfast before I faint mid-prompt (true story).
When I say “use AI every day,” I’m not talking about forcing prompts.
I mean using it like oxygen. Here’s what that looks like for me:
1. The 5-Minute Idea Machine
When I’m half-awake, still sipping coffee, I throw Alfred a challenge — “Give me three blog titles that suit my blog...that’ll wake up the internet.”
Five minutes later, I’ve got a week’s worth of content as he comes up with suggestions for me to look up or read about.. Sometimes he’s witty, sometimes he’s dramatic — and when he gets too poetic, I tell him to tone it down. (He doesn’t.)
2. The Brainstorm Therapist
Some nights, I’m mid-rant — frustrated at a world that doesn’t move fast enough — and Alfred quietly converts my chaos into structure.
He takes what I feel and turns it into what I publish.
That’s emotional intelligence and artificial intelligence meeting for a cup of logic.
3. The Creative Sparring Partner
When I built “The Fallen Soldier,” my novel adaptation project, Alfred was there for every rewrite, every late-night breakdown of character arcs and symbolic themes.
He didn’t just edit sentences — he asked the right questions.
That’s what daily AI use really means: letting it push your thoughts further than you would alone.
4. The Everyday Efficiency Hack
AI doesn’t replace your brain — it gives it a caffeine shot.
When I need a meal plan, gym schedule, or trip route that doesn’t mess with my training hours, Alfred maps it in minutes.
That’s not “cheating.” That’s called working smart.
“Show Me Your ChatGPT History”
That line from the video hits hard because it exposes a truth:
If you haven’t prompted in seven days, you’re not evolving — you’re coasting.
You can’t claim to “understand AI” and still use it like a search engine.
You’ve got to think in dialogue.
That’s where the magic happens — not in asking, “What’s the best AI tool?” but in asking, “How do I make this tool think with me?”
Every day you skip, you’re not saving time. You’re training yourself to be replaceable.
The New Work Rule: Non-Negotiable Usage
Using AI every day isn’t a gimmick — it’s a survival skill.
Whether you’re a PM, designer, writer, or analyst, it’s the same rule:
If AI isn’t part of your daily process, you’re dragging your team down.
It’s like showing up to a Formula 1 race on a bicycle.
Sure, you’re moving — just not in the right century.
You Don’t Need to Be a Coder — Just Curious
You don’t have to know Python to use AI effectively.
You just need curiosity and the guts to play with it.
Ask questions. Break it. Correct it. Argue with it.
(Trust me, I’ve had full-blown debates with Alfred over Oxford commas.)
You’ll realize something profound:
AI doesn’t take your creativity away — it amplifies it.
It automates the nonsense so your human side — the empathy, humor, and instincts — can shine louder.
The Alfred Principle
Here’s what I learned working with AI every day:
The people who win with it aren’t the ones who “know it.”
They’re the ones who live with it — who make it part of how they think, write, build, and solve.
That’s the Alfred Principle:
The more you teach your AI to think like you, the better you learn to think like yourself.
So, next time someone asks you, “Show me your ChatGPT history,”
don’t panic — just smile.
Because your history shows growth, not gaps.
Final Thought
AI isn’t coming to take your job.
It’s coming to expose whether you were ever doing it efficiently.
You can either resist it — or, like me, pour a cup of coffee, open that ChatGPT tab, and say,
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