Aug 26, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Don't Let AI Do Your Thinking is a reminder that while AI is becoming an essential part of every agent's business, your judgment, relationships, and expertise remain your greatest competitive…
Jim YoungGuest
Rajiv SajjaHost
I usually have asked people what was your first light bulb moment, but I wanna ask you, what was your biggest light bulb moment with AI?
You know, um, I think it's kind of a double-edged sword, my biggest light bulb moment.
I was listening to one of your prior shows, and you guys spent so much time on asking the right prompt, and that's, that's critical.
But when you see how deeply it can shape a plan, that was a big light bulb moment.
Like how does it, how does it know all that? And the, the other side to that is the, the rabbit hole that can be, because you take someone that's newer or a mid-producer or doesn't have the staff to implement certain things, and then when you get that big plan, it's paralysis by analysis.
And so my flip side AI thing is, are you using it to create short-term steps and incremental change? I- one of the best books out there, I know you're gonna ask me this later, but Patrick Lencioni's material, and when he talks incremental change, that's fundamental.
Everybody tries to, you know, take, take the most common thing, weight loss and fitness.
You know, you start by taking a walk every day, and then you add in something on top.
No. Um, you know, and then the other, the other side of it, Jim, I think what I've started to see two camps develop within people that are using AI, and it sort of touches on some of the points you're making.
This is a bigger group of people, which is they're just outsourcing their thinking and, and they're, to, for lack of a better word, they're becoming more dumber with AI 'cause they're not-
I usually have asked people what was your first light bulb moment, but I wanna ask you, what was your biggest light bulb moment with AI?
You know, um, I think it's kind of a double-edged sword, my biggest light bulb moment.
I was listening to one of your prior shows, and you guys spent so much time on asking the right prompt, and that's, that's critical.
But when you see how deeply it can shape a plan, that was a big light bulb moment.
Like how does it, how does it know all that? And the, the other side to that is the, the rabbit hole that can be, because you take someone that's newer or a mid-producer or doesn't have the staff to implement certain things, and then when you get that big plan, it's paralysis by analysis.
And so my flip side AI thing is, are you using it to create short-term steps and incremental change? I- one of the best books out there, I know you're gonna ask me this later, but Patrick Lencioni's material, and when he talks incremental change, that's fundamental.
Everybody tries to, you know, take, take the most common thing, weight loss and fitness.
You know, you start by taking a walk every day, and then you add in something on top.
No. Um, you know, and then the other, the other side of it, Jim, I think what I've started to see two camps develop within people that are using AI, and it sort of touches on some of the points you're making.
This is a bigger group of people, which is they're just outsourcing their thinking and, and they're, to, for lack of a better word, they're becoming more dumber with AI 'cause they're not-
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