Every skill that transformed my career had one thing in common: I chose to learn it before anyone told me to.
I taught myself Python because I could see it would change how I worked. I invested time in agile practices because I believed they'd make me a better leader. Every significant skill that shaped my career came from a deliberate decision to learn something before I was forced to.
So when I ask people how much time they're investing in learning AI, and the answer is "I've played around with ChatGPT a couple of times," it worries me.
Playing around isn't learning. It's tourism.
The pace of change with AI is unlike anything I've seen across my career, and I've lived through a few shifts. What was impressive six months ago is already table stakes. The gap between people who are actively learning and those who are waiting isn't growing gradually. It's accelerating.
The people who will struggle most aren't those who lack talent. They're the ones who keep treating this as something they'll get around to eventually. "Eventually" has a way of becoming "too late" when the landscape moves this fast.
If you want to start but don't know where, drop me a message. I'll share the free resources I've been using myself. No courses to sell, no agenda to push. I've just seen too many talented people fall behind because nobody nudged them early enough.