In the age of AI, what is the one thing you still cannot outsource?

According to Eric Ries, author of the mega-bestseller The Lean Startup and the new book Incorruptible, it is the hard work of learning itself.

Eric has spent 15 years helping founders build companies, and the deepest lesson he has taken from it applies to anyone trying to grow: the real bottleneck is still how fast your own mind can learn. You can let tools build and summarize for you, but no one can lift the heavy weights of understanding on your behalf.

In this Get Yourself Optimized episode, Eric shares:

✅ Why learning, not technology, is still the real bottleneck in the AI era

✅ How to escape the trap of reading summaries of summaries and go deep on what actually matters

✅ Why booking real time to think is a tool almost everyone underuses

✅ How to refine your vision without losing your commitment to it, and why morale is a resource worth guarding

✅ The surprising power of equanimity when life seems to go wrong

Whether you are building a company or building yourself, Eric's approach to learning, focus, and staying the course is worth your time. Tune in!