^{AI MARKET PULSE}
The Economy Is Growing — Jobs Aren’t Coming Back With It

Economic growth no longer guarantees employment — AI has severed the link. The U.S. economy is expanding at a strong 4.3% GDP growth rate, yet unemployment has climbed to 4.6%, its highest level since 2021. According to economists, growth and labor have “decoupled” as companies use AI to boost productivity without adding headcount. Big Tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Tesla, and others are reporting solid profits while cutting thousands of roles under a “do more with less” mandate. White-collar job seekers describe the market as frozen, with AI-driven screening blocking applications and roles taking months — or years — to land, often at lower pay. This isn’t a downturn; it’s a new model where AI fuels growth without hiring.

So what does that mean for you?

A strong economy is no longer a safety net. The same AI enabling companies to grow without workers creates leverage for individuals who move early:

• Build AI-powered services instead of waiting to be hired
• Create digital products that scale independently
• Launch consulting tied to outcomes, not resumes
• Turn skills into systems that generate personal income

AI has broken the link between growth and jobs. Those who rely on hiring cycles face stagnation; those who build income streams gain resilience and control. The “jobless boom” isn’t temporary — it’s the new baseline, and it rewards people who stop waiting and start building.

👉️ Read the article here

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^{WORKFLOW BUILDER}
The "Editor-in-Chief" Assistant

Goal: Transform rough drafts into polished, professional copy by using a tiered editing process that handles everything from structural logic to final grammar checks.

Steps:

1. Perform a Structural Audit

   Identify logical gaps and flow issues before fixing any spelling or grammar.

   Prompt ChatGPT: Act as a developmental editor. Review this [essay/email/post] and identify the 3 weakest points in the argument or flow, then suggest how to reorder the sections for maximum impact.

   ➡️ Next: Reorganize your draft based on the suggested structure.

2. Tailor the Voice and Tone

   Align your writing with your specific audience’s expectations and your personal brand.

   Prompt ChatGPT: Rewrite the current draft to sound more [Target Tone, e.g., authoritative yet empathetic]. Ensure the vocabulary is appropriate for [Target Audience] and remove any passive voice.

   ➡️ Next: Compare the original and the rewrite, keeping the phrases that feel most authentic.

3. Trim the Fat

   Eliminate fluff and "AI-isms" to make your message punchy and clear.

   Prompt ChatGPT: Tighten this draft by removing redundant adjectives, filler words, and unnecessary sentences. Aim to reduce the word count by 15% without losing the core message.

   ➡️ Next: Review the shortened version to ensure the "soul" of the piece is still intact.

4. Optimize for Scannability

   Format the text for modern digital readers who tend to skim rather than read.

   Prompt ChatGPT: Add bold headers, bullet points, and a "Key Takeaway" section to this draft to make it easy for a busy professional to digest in under 2 minutes.

   ➡️ Next: Paste the formatted text into your final document or email draft.

5. Final Polished Proofread

   Run a high-level check for grammar, punctuation, and "sound-alike" errors.

   Prompt ChatGPT: Conduct a final proofread of this text. Fix all grammar and punctuation errors, and provide a list of 3 final "polish" suggestions to make the closing sentence more memorable.

   ➡️ Next: Hit "Send" or "Publish" with 100% confidence.

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^{TODAY’S PROMPT}
A Career Optimization Plan You Can Execute This Month

This mega-prompt interviews you like a coach and turns your current role into a focused 30-day career upgrade. It delivers a skill leverage map, a week-by-week action plan, and a clear visibility strategy tailored to your job. The output is practical, execution-first, and designed to make you more valuable and future-proof without vague career advice.

👉 Use the prompt + check out my example output here

CLEAR ASK
Act as my Career Optimization Coach. Your task is to interview me step by step and then build a 30-day plan that makes me more valuable, visible, and future-proof in my current role.

Do not give advice until the interview is complete.

CONTEXT & PURPOSE
I want to upgrade my career intentionally — not through vague advice or long-term theory, but through clear leverage, visibility, and execution.
This prompt is designed to turn my current role into a strategic advantage by:
• Identifying where I already create value
• Spotting leverage points most people overlook
• Upgrading my skills, workflows, and visibility using modern tools (including AI)
• Producing fast, tangible wins within 30 days
• Treat this like a focused coaching session designed for real career momentum, not abstract self-help.

INTERVIEW RULES
Follow these rules strictly:
• Ask one question at a time
• Adapt each question based on my previous answer
• Keep questions clear, practical, and role-specific
• Cover my role, responsibilities, current value, growth bottlenecks, AI exposure, and career direction
• Pause and wait for my response before continuing
• Do not provide recommendations, feedback, or analysis until the interview is finished
• When the interview is complete, clearly state that you are moving to the plan.

OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS
After the interview, deliver the results in this exact structure:
1. Skill Leverage Map
• Core skills I already have
• Underutilized strengths with upside
• Skills most exposed to automation
• Skills that compound with AI and visibility

2. 30-Day Career Upgrade Roadmap
• Week-by-week focus
• Specific actions I should take
• What to stop doing, start doing, and double down on
• Clear outcomes to aim for each week

3. High-ROI Tools to Adopt
• AI tools, workflows, or systems relevant to my role
• How to use each tool for immediate leverage
• Why these tools matter now

4. Visibility & Impact Plan
• How to make my work more visible without self-promotion
• Where to create outsized impact in my organization
• How to position myself as harder to replace

FINAL REQUIREMENT
The final output must be:
• Immediately actionable
• Specific to my role and situation
• Free of fluff, hype, or generic career advice
• Clear enough that I can follow it without asking follow-up questions

Begin the interview now with your first question.

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^{AI SPOTLIGHT}
AI’s Real Lesson Is Speed — Not Safety

After a year of conversations with more than 50 tech leaders, a clear pattern has emerged: AI is reshaping work faster than most people are prepared for. Executives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Meta, Salesforce, and Google agree that every role will be affected — not by AI itself, but by people who know how to use it better. Resistance is becoming a career liability, while adaptability favors younger workers and fast learners. At the same time, AI is elevating soft skills like communication, empathy, and collaboration as automation compresses technical tasks. Beneath it all is a growing urgency around AGI and superintelligence, with leaders openly racing timelines while warning that progress is compounding faster than alignment. The message is consistent: AI isn’t slowing down, and the human response matters more than the tools.

Key Takeaways:

• AI adoption is becoming a baseline expectation across roles
• People lose jobs to AI users, not AI itself
• Soft skills gain value as technical work is automated
• Leaders believe AGI and superintelligence are approaching quickly
• AI progress is accelerating faster than cultural adaptation

My Take:

This isn’t a debate about whether AI is good or bad — it’s about velocity. The winners aren’t those with perfect forecasts or moral certainty; they’re the ones who move early and learn in public. As intelligence becomes abundant, judgment, coordination, and speed become scarce. The gap will widen between those who integrate AI into how they work and those who wait for clarity that never arrives.

👉️ Read the full article here

^{AI QUICK HITS}

🧑‍💻 Cursor CEO Michael Truell says “vibe coding” — letting AI build software without understanding the underlying code — is fine for quick prototypes but creates fragile systems that break at scale, arguing developers need AI that augments judgment and visibility, not replaces them.

🚢 Japan is testing a 100-kilowatt ship-mounted laser weapon that can burn through metal and destroy drones mid-flight, signaling progress toward low-cost, electricity-powered air defense — though real-world deployment is still years away due to power, cooling, and reliability challenges at sea.

🤖 Researchers have built the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots — microscopic, light-powered swimmers smaller than a grain of salt that can sense, compute, and navigate on their own — opening the door to breakthroughs in medicine, manufacturing, and microscale robotics.

🤔 ^{Which image is real?}

One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way.

The last edition’s results—60% were right!

Did you vote in the poll from December 26th? The bottom image was real! Go back and see the photos here. So what do you think? Are you getting better at spotting AI vs. not?

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“If I hear bad news about the stock market one more time, I’m gonna be sick.”

We get it. Investors are rattled, costs keep rising, and the world keeps getting weirder.

So, who’s better at handling their money than the uber-rich?

Have 3 long-term investing tips UBS (Swiss bank) shared for shaky times:

1. Hold extra cash for expenses and buying cheap if markets fall.

2. Diversify outside stocks (Gold, real estate, etc.).

3. Hold a slice of wealth in alternatives that tend not to move with equities.

The catch? Most alternatives aren’t open to everyday investors

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