Morning Motivation for Educators

In this episode, the host returns to the podcast to share an update on building in public. The focus is now on a new business called Optimization Doc, which is centered on helping people and businesses use AI automation to improve operations. The host walks through parts of the day’s work and notes that much of it is handled automatically by AI agents and scripts. They describe having a very large daily note and say they may be logging too much detail, but that it reflects how much is happening behind the scenes. A conversation with a friend leads into a discussion about virtual assistants and AI assistants. The host explains that hiring a virtual assistant did not solve their problems, while AI assistants now do much of the work. They also mention reaching out to another person on X and offering help setting up an AI “brain” using a custom prompt based on their own system. The episode also covers work with the Thinking Collective, including plans to bring some of their fellows into the podcast network. The host then discusses updates to jethrojones.com, including a page that uses AI-generated content and a stated preference to be transparent when AI is used. Later, the host mentions experiments with automating faceless TikTok videos and work on a project called Grant Memory, described as a second brain for academics. They close by describing a long, busy day of work and reflect on the amount of token usage across different AI tools.

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments