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⚡ How I’m Skillsmaxxing with AI
Build deep skills with a simple, repeatable daily routine
Gordon Simle
May 01, 2025
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Good morning.
A few days ago, Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, dropped a tweet that hit like a gut punch.
I might be a tech guy, but I’m not a tech bro, so I was stunned and confused.
For those of us who don’t speak tech-bro, here’s what Sam was saying:
Tech-Bro slang | Plain-English meaning |
|---|---|
skillsmaxxing | Ruthlessly stacking new, compoundable skills every day—think of “maxxing” like a gamer pushing every attribute to 99 |
with o3 | Using OpenAI’s latest reasoning model as your on-demand tutor, pair-programmer, editor, strategist, etc. |
3 hrs/day | A minimum dose: roughly 20 hours a week of focused, deliberate practice, not passive scrolling |
ngmi | Internet shorthand for “not gonna make it” (i.e., fail to reach escape velocity in your career) |
Altman’s tweet was an exaggerated but serious nudge.
Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate in history.
The perceived pain of having to learn something new and adopt it sooner than you would typically adopt new technology will soon become a real pain.
If you still aren’t carving out time to learn, build, and refine your skills with AI and technology, you’ll fall behind your peers who are.
There’s a big catch for entrepreneurs, though. Even an hour a day can be a significant amount of time, let alone three.
I’ve broken down what one hour a day of “skillsmaxxing with o3” would look like to get you started.
Let’s get into it.
— Gordon
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