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Last issue, I wrote about how good jobs are dead and why good paths have replaced them.
AI is rewriting the rules faster than people realize.
A good path is built on five things:
Path
Passion
Purpose
People
Place
Here’s what they mean and what you should be doing about them right now.
Path is your system.
Start noticing the real skills (things you can’t Google) your current job gives you.
Not the tasks, the transferable stuff.
Problem-solving. Communication. Managing chaos. Leading people.
Then build something small on the side.
Not to quit, to create options.
A tiny service. A one-page product. A weekly newsletter. An AI agent that solves a simple problem.
Right now, the smartest move you can make is building AI fluency.
Not expertise, fluency.
Spend time with the tools.
Prompt ChatGPT or Claude for an hour a week. Try a voice tool like Spokenly or Wispr Flow. Use an AI-first browser like Comet.
You don’t need to be brilliant. You just need to be early.
A path isn’t one role you hope stays stable.
It’s a repeatable way to learn, adapt, and create leverage no matter what changes.
Passion is your fuel.
Pay attention to the part of your work where time disappears. That’s your signal.
Maybe it’s solving problems. Teaching. Building systems. Connecting ideas.
Whatever it is, do more of it.
Passion isn’t found on a retreat.
You find it by doing and by experimenting, especially when everyone else is figuring things out.
If you’re curious about AI right now (and you should be), follow that curiosity.
Most people won’t. That’s the opportunity.
Resource to find your passion: The Big Leap
Purpose is your aim.
Passion gives you energy. Purpose gives you direction.
It’s what happens when your energy stops being about you and starts serving someone else.
People overcomplicate purpose. They think it has to be massive.
It doesn’t.
Start with one person.
A colleague stuck on something you’ve figured out. Someone in your network navigating a problem you’ve already solved.
Help them. Share what you know. Make the intro.
Purpose isn’t a mission statement.
It’s usefulness. And usefulness compounds.
People are your multipliers.
You’re only as fast as the people around you.
When I run in Central Park, I automatically run faster.
Not because I’m trying. Because the environment pulls the pace out of me.
That’s what the right people do. They raise your speed without asking for permission.
In Stop Living on Autopilot, I call these people your Allies of Glory. The ones who make you better in the areas that matter most.
Reach out to one person this week who’s a few steps ahead.
Not for a job. To learn how they think.
Find people experimenting with new tools, sharing what they’re building, not what they’re planning.
And sometimes you need to pay for the push.
A coach. A trainer. A community.
That check is an investment in a faster pace.
Your circle determines your ceiling. Choose people who make you sharper, not safer.
Place is your environment.
Place used to mean geography.
In 2025, it’s also what you consume.
Who you follow. What you read. What you listen to. The rooms you put yourself in, physically or digitally.
Every environment rewards something.
If yours rewards comfort, complaining, and coasting, you’ll shrink.
If it rewards building, learning, and experimenting, you’ll grow.
Change one thing about your environment this week.
Work at a new coffee shop Join a community where momentum is normal. Read what people ahead of you are reading.
Your environment is either pulling you forward or holding you still.
There’s no neutral.
Here’s how the Five P’s work together:
Path is your system.
Passion fuels it.
Purpose aims it.
People multiply it.
Place amplifies it.
None of them work alone.
But when they align, you’re not just surviving change, you’re using it.
AI is rewriting the rules.
Your job won’t protect you. But a good path will.
– Antonio
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