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RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.09.07

By Tom Ruwitch

Worth Watching Every AI Model Explained in 20 Minutes New AI models drop what feels like every week, and it’s hard to keep track of which one does what. Tina Huang cuts through it. In about 20 minutes she runs through every major model in plain English and tells you what each one is actually…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.08.31

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Listen Jerry Seinfeld: Systems, Routines & the Work Nobody Sees Waiting for inspiration to strike is the most expensive habit in creative work. Ask Jerry Seinfeld. In a long, wide-ranging sit-down with Tim Ferriss, one of the most successful comedians alive barely mentions talent. He talks about systems. Writing on a schedule whether the…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.08.24

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Read Do Less – Finish More Quick question: is your to-do list actually a plan, or just a pile? Dan Rockwell says most of them are piles. Everything you might do, dumped in one place, sorted by nothing. No wonder the day gets away from you. His fix is almost aggressively simple. Cap the…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.08.10

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Read How to Land More Speaking Gigs In a recent email newsletter, Ann Handley had some great advice for experts who want more speaking gigs. Her core point: skip the hunt for agents and bureaus and focus on becoming referable. Start with the audience you want to reach and the one problem you uniquely…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.08.03

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Workshop Meet my “AI Noggin” and Get One for Yourself Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT), I’m going to unveil AI Noggin, the marketing robot that can extract your best bits of content, organize them, and store them. And then you can use AI to extract and deliver great “new” content 100x…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.07.27

By Tom Ruwitch

Why Forcing Yourself To Work… Never Works Daniel Pink’s book Drive is one of my favorite books on productivity and motivation. It spent 159 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold millions of copies, and got named one of the best leadership books of all time. And yet most of us still ignore…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.07.20

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Event Meet Tom’s Robot – Trained on Story Power Marketing Methods At 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT) this evening, I’m unveiling the marketing robot I’ve been building in my AI Laboratory. You’re invited to join me, and if you want, you can put my robot to work for you — for free. I’ve…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.07.13

By Tom Ruwitch

Increase Your Brain Power with Jim Kwik I spent the weekend at a conference for authors and publishers. Jim Kwik was the keynote speaker. He blew everyone away. Now I’m binging his YouTube channel. Here’s one of the videos I watched last night. If you want to learn faster, remember more, and generally have a…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.07.06

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Reading “Operator Error” by Seth Godin If people keep making the same “dumb” mistake with your product, that’s not on them. It’s on you. This post will change how you see every support ticket, complaint, and “user error” your business gets. Seth Godin breaks down three ways products set people up to fail: letting…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.06.29

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Video Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator Why do you cram? Why do you scroll? Why is the most important project on your list also the one you can’t seem to start? Tim Urban answers all of it in this TED talk — with three characters living in your head: The Rational Decision-Maker (the…