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I Am Future Proof with Keaton Olson

I Am Future Proof with Keaton Olson

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I talk to other leaders in B2B marketing about how we're staying future proof in the age of AI.

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      Learn more about Keaton Olson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keatonolson/ Learn more about Russell Reams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellreams/

      0:00 Future-Proofing Your Business

      0:47 The Career Thread: From Nabisco and UPS to Calligraphy

      1:29 Curiosity, Psychology, and Marketing

      1:55 Working at UPS: Patients, Not Packages

      3:20 Why Russell Pursued Academic Degrees

      6:48 The Lifelong Learning Mindset

      8:01 The "Smartest Person in the Room" Adage

      10:07 Psychology in the Age of Accelerating Technology

      13:49 AI in the Classroom and the Psychology of Efficiency

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      Nick Sal Links
      • Website: https://nextlevelnbound.com

      • YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@visiontovibe-nsi

      • All Links: https://linktr.ee/nicksal

      Tools Mentioned
      • Gamma (AI deck builder): https://gamma.app

      • MetaPrompt (Dharmesh Shah’s prompt optimizer): https://github.com/dharmesh/metaprompt

      • Agent.ai (AI agent builder by Dharmesh Shah): https://agent.ai

      • Riverside (remote recording studio): https://riverside.fm

      Other References
      • HubSpot Academy: https://academy.hubspot.com

      • INBOUND Conference: https://www.inbound.com

      • Website Grader: https://website.grader.com

      • Drift / Salesloft Lineage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keatonolson/

      Chapters

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      Learn more about Yi: / yzhong94

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