193: Here's how I find what to automate with AI (and what NOT to)

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Summary: I've seen too many people rush straight into building AI agents for tasks that don't need them. This is the corrective. Starting from a viral prompt retweeted by Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder, I walk through a proper workflow audit - how to find the tasks in your actual working week that are genuinely worth automating, and how to spot the ones that aren't. The framework is simple: audit your real work first, then match the fix to the job. A reusable prompt in a Word doc beats a managed cloud agent if that's all the task needs. I also show you how to put your AI into interview mode to surface repeating workflows you didn't even know you had. A practical system for getting more done with less friction.

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0:00 The Viral Self-Improvement Prompt (Greg Brockman + Vaibhav) 4:06 Why You Shouldn't Automate for the Sake of It 5:29 How to Audit Your Real Weekly Workflows 7:19 When NOT to Automate: Avoid the Over-Engineering Trap 9:17 Put ChatGPT in Interview Mode (Live Demo) 13:04 The Simplest Tools First: Prompts, Checklists, and Templates 15:01 Stepping Up: Zapier, Make.com, and n8n Automations 16:10 Managed Agents, Sub-Agents, Scripts, and Custom Apps 17:18 Fit The Fix To The Job: Don't Get Blinded by Viral AI 19:10 Wrap Up + Where to Get the Prompt

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