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#064: Rethink It All – The AI Opportunity Nobody Is Talking About
February 26, 2026
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AI is not the threat. Obsolescence is.

In this episode, Melissa reframes the AI conversation away from tools and productivity hacks and into the question that actually matters: what is your real value, and where does the career you have been optimizing inside end and you begin?

Drawing from a speech she gave to high schoolers this week and a client conversation that stopped her cold, Melissa walks through why waiting out the next ten years is the riskiest strategy available, and what rethinking your value actually looks like in practice.

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