Every task you hand to AI splits into three parts. AI does the middle. You own the start and the finish.
30% You: set it upDecide the goal, give context, set the rules
40% AI: do the heavy liftingDrafting, research, sorting, analysis, building
30% You: check and finishReview, tighten, approve what the customer sees
The first 30% is you.
You decide what good looks like. What's the goal? Who is it for? What must it never say or do? You give AI the context it can't guess: your prices, your tone, your past examples. These are the guardrails.
The next 40% is AI.
Let it do the heavy lifting: the first draft of a quote, the summary of a long email thread, the sorting of 200 invoices, the research on a new supplier, the reply to a routine question. This is where time comes back to your week.
The final 30% is you again.
You check it, fix what's off, and make sure it meets your standard before it reaches a customer. AI is fast, but it can be confidently wrong. Your name is on the result, so a person always signs off.