If AI feels like noise, you're not alone.
The biggest mistake? Nobody tells you where to actually start.
You hear "automate everything" so you save twenty tools, copy prompts from Twitter, watch YouTube tutorials... and somehow your day is gone. You seemed busy but didn't achieve anything substantial.
What's really happening
You're building the plane while flying it.
One minute you're prompting ChatGPT for email copy. Next you're in Notion exploring templates. Then you're watching someone's "AI workflow" that requires three tools you don't have.
The switching is the problem, not your intelligence.
Every time you jump between tools, your brain has to reload. New interface. New logic. New way of asking questions. It's not that you can't figure it out. It's that figuring it out twenty times in one day leaves you drained with nothing to show for it.
How to get unstuck
Treat AI like you'd treat a new hire on their first day.
You wouldn't say "figure out my entire business." You'd say "handle these three customer emails."
Pick one annoying task where you'd feel lighter by Friday.
Real examples:
I'm tired of rewriting the same onboarding email
I waste 20 minutes organizing meeting notes
I stare at blank posts for too long
One job. That's it.
The one-week rule
Learn just one tool. ChatGPT, for example. Find creators who teach on it, see what resources have been written about it, and follow along. Most times these platforms have very useful blogs that explain tips and tricks or even linked resources.
Build exactly one workflow. Not five. One.
Format: Input → something happens → output lands somewhere useful
Example: Record a 2-minute voice note about your day. Pull out client wins, tasks, ideas. Drop them in your Monday doc.
Or: Paste a rambling Slack thread. Get decision + next steps + who does what. Copy/paste it back.
Small scope, instant relief.
Here's the truth
AI has transformed millions of lives and businesses. It's created solo million-dollar companies.
But here's where most founders miss it: they try to start with transformation.
If you're in the beginning stages of building your solo business or trying to figure out AI, start with one tool or one task that annoys you most. Fix that. Then pick another.
The transformation comes later. It comes from stacking small wins, not chasing the big one.
Hit reply: what's one task you want off your plate this week?