Jonathan is 26. Photographer. Baby on the way. And he'd opened an AI tool twice and closed it both times.

Not because he was bad at tech.

Because everyone talking about AI convinced him he needed to learn how to prompt correctly first.

That one idea turned a blank screen into a test he was already convinced he'd fail. (Helpful stuff, the AI industry experts.)

In this episode, Nick sits down with Jonathan and does something the AI industry almost never does: skips the framework entirely. No prompt engineering. No role assignments. No seven-step system with a catchy acronym. Just one honest question, one honest answer, and thirty seconds later, a post Jonathan said he "would have written for four hours and deleted."

Four hours. Deleted.

What you'll hear:

• Why "learn to prompt correctly" is the most damaging phrase in AI right now
• The single question that unlocked Jonathan's best post
• Why your messy, unfiltered thought is already a valid starting point
• What captaining a top-5 collegiate soccer team taught Nick about deciding before you're ready (yes, that's in here, and yes, it actually lands)

If you've ever stared at a blank screen and talked yourself out of typing a single word, this one's for you.

You don't need a framework. You just need to read this description and hit play. One of those two things you've already done.