Faster Content. Slower Thinking.

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

🌟 Editor's Note:

Welcome to Behind the Books! A 3-minute read with stories, tools, and lessons from real companies, what worked, what didn't, and what founders can learn.

🤖 The Story:

This week’s story doesn’t come from a company.

It comes from me.

Lately, I’ve been using AI more than ever:

→ To write

→ To ideate

→ To edit

→ To repurpose

It works.

Content is faster.

Results are better.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

I feel like I’m getting worse at writing.

The raw, ugly, clear kind of writing that takes hours.

That teaches you how to think.

That frustrates you until it finally clicks.

AI has improved my output but not my skill.

It’s made me sharper on the surface, but slower underneath.

And I’m not alone.

Founders, creators, and even marketers are feeling it:

We’re producing more… while thinking less.

The Lesson:

Leverage isn't the same as learning.

AI helps you skip steps, but sometimes, the steps are the point.

Writing isn't just output; it's how we think.

And mastery still takes doing it the hard way.

From Behind the Books:

Some of your sharpest thinking won't be a swipe file.

It'll be a sentence you struggled to write… and finally got right.

Your weekly prompt:

When was the last time you wrote something without any help?

Try it this week.

Not for speed. For skill.

See you next Friday,

– Yan

P.S. If you've had a similar experience with AI, please reply and let me know. You’re not the only one feeling sharper… but duller.