Most people will never master AI (properly).

But these 7 skills make it embarrassingly simple:

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Skill 1. Stay updated with AI News

✦ Pick 2-3 creators who teach AI step-by-step.

✦ One newsletter. Once a week. That's it.

✦ Every article you read → try one thing. Now.

✦ Start with my free guide here: how-to-ai.guide.

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Skill 2. Pick one AI tool and master it

✦ Pick one. Delete the rest from your bookmarks.

✦ Use it for 30 days. Only that tool. Go deep.

✦ Learn its Projects, memory, search & file uploads.

✦ Copy my project guide: ruben.substack.com/p/cl…

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Skill 3. Set up your AI before you prompt

✦ Create a folder: "AI Files."

✦ First file: who you are, your tone, your audience.

✦ Upload files → define task → define success.

✦ My full setup guide: ruben.substack.com/p/st…

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Skill 4. Teach AI what you know

✦ Prompt: "Ask me questions about my expertise."

✦ Let it extract your rules, your no's, your audience.

✦ Export into one .md file. Reuse it for months.

✦ Copy my .md file prompt: ruben.substack.com/p/yo…

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Skill 5. Talk to AI like a colleague

✦ Start with "Don't start yet. Ask me questions."

✦ Read v1. Name all the things that are wrong.

✦ Push harder: "Argue against this."

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Skill 6. Ship before it's perfect

✦ Build the rough draft with AI in 20 minutes.

✦ Show it. Let people react to something real.

✦ Sell what it becomes once they invest.

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Skill 7. Lead AI. Don't follow it

✦ Split every task: what does AI do? What do I do?

✦ Give AI the 80%. Keep the 20%.

✦ If you can't spot the mistake, don't delegate it.

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The skills that matter in 2030:

The ones AI makes 10x more powerful.

Or can't touch at all. The middle gets automated.

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♻️ Restack if your network needs this wake-up call.