How to Use AI to Make Money, Grow Your Business, and Be More Productive | Geoff Woods

Thanks to SoFi for sponsoring this episode! Looking for funding to help grow your business? Get started at SoFi.com/Codie. #SoFiPartner #ad You've been staring at AI like it's a magic trick you'll never understand. You've watched everyone else claim they're 10x more productive while you're still Googling how to write a better prompt. Here's the truth: AI isn't going to replace you because it's smarter. It's going to replace you because someone else learned how to use it and you didn't. Geoff Woods is the author of The AI Driven Leader and has spent years teaching normal people how to use AI to solve real problems, not just write better emails. He's worked with venture backed companies, public corporations, and CEOs racing toward exits, and in this episode, he's breaking down the exact framework that turns AI from a glorified search engine into a strategic thought partner that makes you think better, work faster, and solve problems you didn't even know you had. In this episode, you'll learn: The CRIT framework: Context, Role, Interview, Task, and why this four step process is the difference between AI slop and superhuman output Why asking AI questions is the worst way to use it and how making AI interview you instead unlocks insights you'd never think to share The 80/20 rule of AI: why most people waste time automating tasks that don't matter and how to identify the 20% that drives 80% of your results Why cognitive decline is the greatest risk with AI that nobody's talking about and how to use it in a way that makes your brain stronger, not weaker The AI board: how to build custom personas of Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and your future self to advise you every single day ___________ 00:00:00 Introduction: AI as a Thought Partner, Not Just an Assistant 00:01:14 The 300 Million Dollar Board Meeting: How AI Transformed a Hostile Relationship 00:06:30 The CRIT Framework: Context, Role, Interview, Task 00:11:20 The Saving Face Consortium: How AI Saved a Manufacturing Company from Bankruptcy 00:15:38 The Three Skills You Must Master to Harness AI Without Being Replaced 00:18:14 Speech to Text and Advanced AI Hacks: Playing AI Against Itself 00:22:29 The Sticky Note Trigger: How to Actually Change Your Behavior with AI 00:25:07 Agentic AI: The 18th Domino You Should Not Start With 00:29:05 The 80-20 Framework: Identifying What Actually Matters in Your Business 00:31:49 The Death of Entry-Level Work and What Skills Will Survive AI 00:34:34 Daycare Employees Versus Department Chairs: Own Your Job or Lose It 00:37:14 The AI Leadership Culture: Training People to Prioritize Without You 00:41:21 The Steve Jobs Manifesto: Using AI for World-Class Creative Output 00:43:28 Creating Your AI Writing Persona: The 20 to 50 Email Upload Method 00:47:13 Building Your AI Board: Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Your Future Self 00:51:10 The Greatest Risk Nobody Talks About: Cognitive Decline and Mental Atrophy 01:00:49 Voice of Customer Agents and Real-Time Sales Coaching That Actually Works 01:03:37 The 30-Day CRIT Challenge: One Thing to Do Right Now to Transform Your Life ___________ MORE FROM BIGDEAL 🎥 YouTube:    / @podcastbigdeal   📸 Instagram:   / bigdeal.podcast   📽️ TikTok:   / big.deal.pod   MORE FROM CODIE SANCHEZ 🎥 YouTube:    / @codiesanchezct   📸 Instagram:   / codiesanchez   📽️ TikTok:   / realcodiesanchez   OTHER THINGS WE DO 🌐 Our community: https://contrarianthinking.typeform.c... 📰 Free newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3XWLlZp 📚 Biz buying course: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3NhjGgN 🏠 Resibrands: https://resibrands.com/ 💰 CT Capital: https://contrarianthinking.biz/4eRyGOk 🏦 Main St Hold Co: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3YfGa8u