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Train Your Skills blog: guides on learning, AI, automation, search and projects

Practical guides on learning faster, working with AI, automating the dull parts of the job, building with AI, being found in AI search and getting projects over the line. Each guide links to shorter articles that go deeper.

Learning How to Learn

How to Learn a New Skill Fast: A Method That Works

How to study effectively as a working adult: why rereading lets you down, how self-testing and spaced review help, and a weekly routine you can start today.

AI at Work

Getting Real Work Done With AI Assistants

Prompt engineering for everyday work: how to brief an AI assistant, when examples help, when to ask for reasoning, and how to check the result.

Automation and AI Agents

Automating the Work Nobody Wants to Do

A practical guide to AI automation at work: which tasks to automate first, workflows versus AI agents, which tools to use and how to keep it reliable.

Building with AI

Building Apps by Describing Them

What vibe coding is, what you can realistically build with it, the main tools, how to work step by step and the security mistakes that catch beginners out.

Search and Marketing in the AI Era

Being the Answer AI Gives

Answer engine optimization explained: how ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers choose sources, what AEO adds to SEO, and how to get cited.

Work and Projects

Getting Projects Over the Line

What project management is and how it works: defining success, controlling scope, planning honestly, choosing an approach and keeping people aligned.