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Have you noticed that the more AI grows… the more everything online is starting to look the same?
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Same hooks.
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Same captions.
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Same “10 tips to improve your mindset” posts.
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Welcome to the AI–Creativity Paradox!
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The easier it gets to create content, the harder it is to stand out.
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And the people who will stand out?
Original thinkers with creative judgment.
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The humans who bring texture, nuance, lived experience, and perspective AI simply cannot replicate.
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Today, we’re diving into why creativity is the new power skill in an automated world — and how to protect (and amplify) yours.
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Why does this even Matter??
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AI Usage Is Exploding, But Human Originality Is Shrinking
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Let’s start with what’s happening in the real world:
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75% of organizations now use generative AI in some shape or form — up from just 33% in 2023 (McKinsey, 2024).
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Adobe found 68% of consumers feel brands sound “less human” than ever before.
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And MIT reported that AI tools can accelerate content production by 37%… but also reduce originality and variation by up to 27%.
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So basically…
We’re creating more content, faster — but much of it is blending together into one big AI-flavored smoothie.
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And here’s the paradox…
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AI makes content creation effortless… but effortless content rarely moves people.
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Humans don’t respond to generic.
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We respond to meaning, emotion, identity, story, and fresh angles.
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That’s your competitive edge.
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Why do Original Thinkers Win?
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Let’s look at The Three Human Skills AI Can’t Steal
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AI is brilliant at patterns.
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But the world’s most valuable opportunities don’t live in patterns, they live in the unexpected.
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Here’s what still belongs 100% to you:
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1. Creative Interpretation (Your Lens)
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AI can remix information.
You interpret it through the lens of your career, your failures, your experiences, your industry, your beliefs.
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Your lens = your brand.
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This is why two people can ask ChatGPT the same question and one creates a viral video… while the other posts something forgettable.
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2. Associative Thinking (Connecting Unlikely Dots)
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AI follows logic.
Humans follow intuition.
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The best ideas come from cross-pollinating things that “shouldn’t” go together:
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Negotiation and neuroscience
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AI and emotional intelligence
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Human performance and automations
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Faith and business leadership
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This is your superpower and one AI cannot replicate because it requires lived experience.
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3. Courageous Creativity (Taking Risks AI Won’t)
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AI optimizes.
Humans risk.
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AI won’t tell you to try the weird idea that shouldn’t work.
AI won’t encourage you to go against the trend.
AI won’t nudge you to experiment with something unproven.
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But that’s precisely where differentiation lives.
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This is what’s creating this Creativity Crisis & Why Standing Out Just Got Harder
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A global Nielsen study found that content consumption increased 215% in the last decade, yet attention spans haven’t changed much.
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Meaning?
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We have more content…
More noise…
More creators…
More automation…
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And nothing stands out unless it’s truly different.
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In fact, a study from Frontiers in Psychology found that people recall uniquely framed information 2.5x more than repeating the same familiar phrasing.
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This is why originality isn’t optional — it’s oxygen.
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So How Do You Stay Original in an AI-Saturated World?
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What are you going to do about it?
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Here are four strategies
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1. Use AI for Structure, Not Substance
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Let AI help you outline, brainstorm, or organize.
But YOU supply the stories, the perspective, the lived context.
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AI should amplify your voice — not replace it.
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2. Add “What Only I Can Say”
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Ask yourself:
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“What part of this insight requires my experience to explain?”
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That’s the part that differentiates you.
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This is almost like looking at yourself when walking into an interview…why should they hire you over anyone else with similar skills???
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How do you stand out?
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3. Stop Trying to Sound Smart — Start Trying to Sound Like You
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AI tends to inflate language.
Humans respond to personality.
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Drop the jargon.
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Drop the long complicated words that no one understands.
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Add your quirks, your tone, your rhythm.
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4. Tell Stories AI Could Never Generate
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Share:
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That’s originality.
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The Bottom Line is this…
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AI is not the enemy of creativity.
Copy-and-paste thinking is.
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AI can accelerate your ideas, sharpen them, expand them —
but it cannot originate them.
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In a world flooded with auto-generated content,
original thinkers become the rarest and most valuable voices.
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And in 2025? AND in upcoming 2026 in a few weeks believe it or not…???
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Rare wins.
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I want to win!!!
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AND
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I know you are here because you want to win too…
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Why ORIGINAL Thinkers will WIN in 2025
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Three things to ALWAYS remember:
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Be CONFIDENT!
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Be EMPATHETIC!
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AND ALWAYS HAVE PASSION!!!!
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