Archive - Rick Manelius's Newsletter

Kill Stupid Ideas Faster

AI-generated Proof of Concepts (PoCs) make it easier, faster, and cheaper to turn ideas into demos… but from there you need a process to kill your…

18 hrs ago • Rick Manelius

What If It’s an Advantage?

A heavy rainstorm almost canceled one of my last high school track meets.

Aug 5 • Rick Manelius

Forward Deployed Executives: The Next Billion-Dollar AI Unblock

I’ll start and end this article with two recent stories (names changed to protect the awesome).

Aug 2 • Rick Manelius

July 2026

The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough

Burnout is on the rise again, with an ironic twist.

Jul 26 • Rick Manelius

Using AI to Call Bullshit On Yourself

About a decade ago, I wrote a directionally correct article, but I used an illustration that was provably false (some of the time)

Jul 23 • Rick Manelius

Converting Professional Development Courses Into an AI Context

Over the last few decades, I’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars on personal and professional development programs (e.g., Tony Robbins, Flow Research…

Jul 14 • Rick Manelius

Some say, “Never Meet Your Heroes.”

Jul 9 • Rick Manelius

June 2026

High Wall, Warm Home

What Denver, Denmark, Oklahoma, and Argentina taught me about how friendships form (or don't) based on different cultural norms.

Jun 28 • Rick Manelius

The Low Bar of Exceptionalism

We live in a world where extraordinary people are no longer hard to find.

Jun 16 • Rick Manelius

May 2026

Grab Bag: Banana Water Edition

While I love longform writing, other times I just want to share a bunch of things that caught my attention this week. Let’s see how this goes.

May 31 • Rick Manelius

What I’m Re-reading: The Captain Class

I love authors willing to question conventional wisdom from new angles to unearth non-intuitive answers.

May 25 • Rick Manelius

Kathleen Joddy Rajter

Two things before the obituary:

May 24 • Rick Manelius

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