Supercharge Your Productivity with AI: Unlock Success Through a Tailored, Goal-Aligned Strategy
Discover how a tailored, goal-oriented AI strategy can unlock sky-high productivity and accelerate your mission-driven success.
I'm Marissa Brassfield, your guide to thriving with AI. 🙋🏽‍♀️ I help non-technical leaders work smarter, save time, and develop future-ready teams. Let's build a better world together.
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Design a Joyful Morning Routine With Your Family (With AI)
It’s easy to let mornings become a frenzied rush of managing logistics and getting everyone out the door to school or work on time. But what if you took a step back and co-designed a morning routine to optimize joy, ease and alignment?
The Future of AI in Time Management: How Artificial Intelligence Can Optimize Your Schedule and Maximize Your Productivity
In this article, we'll explore how AI is shaping the future of time management and how you can make the most of it.
Embracing AI Without Losing Your Humanity: Navigating the Non-Technical Aspects of AI Implementation
Essential themes to explore as you craft your personal and business AI strategy. Leverage the potential of AI without compromising your humanity.
Creative Intelligence: Deepfakes, Vishing, and the Future of Fraud
I share the earliest signals of a world where ubiquitous deepfakes make it nearly impossible to trust what we see online at face value.
My AI Workflow: Using ChatGPT and Jounce to Create Engaging Blogs
Learn to write blogs with AI tools in 6 steps. Create engaging and informative posts with this step-by-step guide.
The Psychological Impact of Personalizing AI, and How to Treat Machines Working For You
Most of us have only worked with other humans. How do you manage the personal relationship you have with your AI system(s) of choice?
Pro Tips to Improve Your AI Summarization
This article will show you how to get better results from AI summarization tools by personalizing your prompt.
How to Price Your AI-Assisted Writing Work
In this blog post, we'll explore how to price your freelance writing work when using AI to write.
Gartner's Hype Cycle Applied to Conversational Artificial Intelligence - And What This Means for the Future of Work
In this blog post, we will take a look at how Gartner's hype cycle applies to conversational artificial intelligence (AI).
Creative Intelligence #3: Side Effects of Partnering with AI
I share the AI signals I'm tracking this week, and tactical, practical steps to mitigate some of the "side effects" of partnering with AI.
Big Tech on AI: Earnings Call Summaries from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft
Here are the AI-centric highlights from this week's earnings calls from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft – summarized by AI, contextualized by me.
Introducing Creative Intelligence
Creative Intelligence is a new offering from Ridiculously Efficient that features the latest emerging business models using AI, time-saving use cases, reviews, and more.
Using Creative AI & ChatGPT in Content Marketing
In 2023, I'm testing artificial intelligence in my content marketing, including creative AI interfaces and natural language processing tools.
Protecting Time to Think
You need dedicated time set aside to think about your work—and that means removing yourself from distractions as much as possible.
20 Better Ways to Check In With Your Team (That Aren’t “How’s It Going?”)
You want to check in with your team, a colleague, or even yourself—but “How’s it going?” feels about as useful as telling someone to “just be more productive.” It’s vague. It’s predictable. And it usually gets an equally generic response: "Fine, thanks." But real...
The Best AI Tools for Productivity in 2025 (Ranked & Reviewed)
Why AI Productivity Tools Are Essential in 2025 AI is no longer a future trend. It’s the present reality—and it’s completely transforming how we work. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of AI tools out there, you’re not alone. With new apps...
Align Your Actions With What Matters Most: How to Use Sam Horn’s Matrix to Master Your Time and Energy
There’s a difference between being productive and being in alignment. Most high-performing professionals I work with aren’t lacking in discipline—they’re lacking in discernment. They’re busy, yes. But not always in ways that serve their vision. That’s why Sam Horn’s Matrix is one of...
How to Organize Your Day by Energy, Not Time
You’ve been taught to manage your time like a machine. Block the calendar. Color code your day. Jam as much as possible into every hour and hope willpower takes care of the rest. But here's the thing: not all hours are created equal. Because your energy isn’...
AI for Beginners: 5 Easy Ways to Save Time and Energy
If you’ve been watching AI explode this past year and wondering “Where do I even start?” — you’re not alone. You don’t need to “keep up with AI.” You need to use it — to build a life you actually want to live inside. We’re past the point...
How I Turned 3 Months of Work Into 2 Days: AI Prompting for High-Leverage Productivity
Ever stared down a massive project so intimidating that you put it off until it became an emergency? Yeah, I’ve been there. Recently, I had to design and document strategic systems, SOPs, and org-wide roles—including for positions that didn’t even exist yet—for an entire company. The...