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.
How to Write Smarter: What to Automate, What to Own, and How to Save Hours Each Week
The "I never write with AI" crowd is giving big rotary phone energy. Recently, I watched someone spend three hours writing a routine memo that AI could've drafted in 15 minutes. That’s 2 hours and 45 minutes—gone. For good. For what? A sense of...
The Power of a Strategic No: How Saying Yes Less Creates More Freedom, Focus, and Alignment
It started with a late-night text. "We need you to join as co-founder. A16Z meeting is in two weeks. Equity package attached." Seven figures. Hot startup. Prestigious investors. By Sunday morning, he’d said no. Not because the opportunity was bad. Because the cost was too high. This...
I Stopped Waiting to Feel Ready—Here’s What Happened Next (Six Habits to Become Your Future Self)
A year ago, I was sitting in the messy middle. Not at rock bottom, not thriving. I could see the version of me I wanted to become, crystal clear in my mind. I knew how she spoke. I knew how she walked into a room. I could practically feel the...
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...