The most important work skill in today's age of AI is, ironically, being generative.
AI removed the execution bottleneck. So the new constraint is how quickly you can generate ideas worth building—and whether you actually build them or get stuck in possibilities. I first heard this advice an episode of Lenny's podcast with Replit's founder Amjad Masad in November 2014.
Following this advice has served me well in 2025. I stopped reading about Claude Code and tested it myself, then convinced our engineering team to adopt it. When I saw an opportunity for an AI email assistant, we built Ren Agent instead of strategizing about it.
So if you need a resolution for 2026: AI is generative. Make sure you are too.
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