Core Concept

AI is most powerful when you use it to accelerate actions you’ve already decided to take, rather than having it make decisions for you.

This means starting with clear intention about what you want to accomplish, then using AI to help execute that intention more effectively.

The steering comes from your strategic thinking; AI provides the power to move in your chosen direction.

Metaphor: The Power Steering System

In a car with power steering, the power assist makes it easier to turn the wheel, but you still decide which direction to go.

The power doesn’t steer for you. It amplifies your steering inputs to make navigation more effortless.

AI works the same way in professional contexts. You provide the direction and decision-making; AI provides the power assist to make execution easier and more effective.

Professional Story

Hannah, a business development manager, had decided her team needed to improve their client onboarding process.

Instead of diving into AI tools randomly, she first clarified her intention: reduce time-to-value for new clients while improving their initial experience.

With this clear direction, she used AI strategically: to analyze current onboarding feedback for pain points, to draft template communications for different client types, and to create a standardized checklist that could be customized per client.

The AI didn’t decide what to improve or how to improve it – Hannah’s experience and judgment guided those decisions.

But AI accelerated the research, content creation, and organization that turned her strategic intention into actionable improvements.

The result was a 40% reduction in onboarding time and measurably higher client satisfaction scores. She had used AI as power steering for her own strategic direction.

Try This Today

1. Clarify Your Steering Direction: Choose one professional goal or improvement you want to make. Write a clear intention statement about what you want to accomplish and why.

2. Map the Execution Tasks: Break down what actions would be needed to achieve this goal. Identify which tasks require your strategic thinking and which could benefit from AI acceleration.

3. Apply Power Steering: Use AI to accelerate one of the execution tasks while maintaining full control over the strategic decisions and direction. Notice how this feels different from asking AI to solve the problem for you.

Daily Integration Phrase:

“I choose the direction; AI provides the power assist.”