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AI Didn't Free You, It Made You Busier

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley · 2026-05-27 · 9 min

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Topics in this episode

Zone of geniusAI burnoutWork slopBusiness Automationeasy mode

Episode notes

I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: Watch this episode on YouTube: UC Berkeley tracked 200 workers who loved using AI. They did not work less. They worked more. They had fewer breaks, constant context switching, and hit full burnout in six months. Only 8% of the time saved by AI gets reinvested back into ourselves. The other 92% is taken by our bosses or by ourselves. We are using AI to expand our surface area instead of protecting our zone of genius. That is a leadership failure. In this solo session, I break down why direction multiplies effort. When you are pointed in the wrong direction, AI gets you to the wrong destination faster. It exhausts you. I share the exact three-step framework to find your Easy Mode, audit your week, and deploy AI as a protector of your zone of genius. This is the way. Hanley. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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