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Cultivating Indispensable Professional Value in the Age of AI

In our tech-savvy world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making waves, revolutionizing industries and automating tasks. While AI is a remarkable tool, there are aspects of professional value that it can never replicate.

As individuals navigating this AI-driven era, we possess unique qualities and skills deeply rooted in our humanity, setting us apart in the professional arena.

In this article, we'll explore how you can build professional value that AI simply can't match.

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Rich Bracken Rich Bracken

How Playtime is Critical for Business Success and Personal Happiness

This morning, I blocked a priority event on my calendar that was absolutely non-negotiable, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long, long time.

Brainstorming? Nope.

Team meeting? Nuh-uh.

Content creation? No (but that IS coming soon, stay tuned).

I attended Track & Field Day at my sons’ elementary school.

I literally paused before starting to type again because I thoroughly found so much joy in watching them, and their classmates, let loose on an absolutely perfect day. Then it struck me how often we as adults forget to just have fun with whatever we’re doing. Whether it’s work related, life related, or just personal time, we seem to have overloaded schedules of “stuff” and “meetings” that tend to pull our energy and drain us by the end of the day.

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How to Become Unstoppable

In a world filled with professional competition and personal goal-setting, we are constantly a work in progress trying to get better.

So how do we not only achieve success, but separate ourselves from the competition?

Become unstoppable.

In this new blog post, I share insights from my recent keynote for over 300 top performers from a top 20 bank.

I hope you enjoy and are motivated by the foundational elements in this piece.

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