Today, everyone is learning prompting. There are courses. There are frameworks. There are even certificates for prompting. “Prompt engineer” has become a title. But let me tell you something very basic. It is not prompting. At the end of the day, it is thinking. With the right prompts, yes, you can get very good answers from AI. But where do those prompts come from? They come from your mind. If your thinking is shallow, your prompts will be shallow. If your thinking is confused, your prompts will be confused. If your thinking lacks direction, AI will only amplify that confusion. AI does not upgrade your mind. It magnifies it. The real skill in the AI era is not: - typing better instructions - memorising prompt formulas - copying templates The real skill is: - How you define a problem - How you see patterns - How you connect unrelated dots - How you spot hidden risks - How you sense opportunity before others Prompting is a surface skill. Thinking is a foundational capability. If thinkin...
Google CEO Pichai said that he did an AI query and was told that 80% of what he is doing now can be replaced by AI. Does this means that there is no point in climbing the corporate ladder as even an CEO job is not secure? So Is There No Point Climbing the Corporate Ladder? The ladder itself is changing. In the past, promotion meant: More knowledge More control More information Now information is free. The value of leadership shifts from: “I know more” → to → “I can decide better.” If your ambition is based on status, salary, title — yes, AI makes the ladder unstable. If your ambition is based on: Strategic judgement Emotional steadiness Ethical courage Ability to unite people Then your value increases, not decreases. The Real Risk The risk is not that CEO jobs disappear. The risk is that middle layers built purely on coordination and reporting shrink dramatically . AI compresses hierarchy. Which means: Fewer layers. Higher expectations. Greater emotional maturity re...