Why you should listen

Kelly Fifield shares her practical approach to using AI for productivity without getting lost in complicated automations that waste weeks of your time.
Discover the critical difference between using AI as a task-focused executive assistant versus a strategic business coach—and why you need both to avoid getting trapped in research while missing revenue goals.
Learn why starting simple with AI beats jumping straight to complex automations, and get Kelly's framework for deciding what to automate first.

Are you drowning in AI tools and automation tutorials that promise everything but deliver confusion? I sit down with Kelly Fifield, a certified life coach who helps coaches incorporate AI and productivity systems into their businesses. We cut through the hype to discuss what actually works: using AI as your executive assistant and strategic coach, creating content from coaching calls, and why you should avoid the automation rabbit hole until you've solved problems the simple way first. Kelly reveals her honest take on ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini, how to use Notebook LM for processing large content libraries, and the one emotion causing most of your procrastination. If you're tired of wasting time on AI tools that don't deliver, this conversation will help you focus on what matters.

About Kelly Fifield

Kelly Fifield is an AI systems strategist, productivity specialist, and certified life coach whose frameworks deliver organized focus and AI-amplified results. She works on Rick Mulready’s AI Playbook team, where she’s fielded thousands of entrepreneur questions about AI and turned that frontline experience into practical, repeatable workflows and systems.

A former math teacher, Kelly balanced three jobs while transitioning into AI and operations, pressure-testing the systems she now teaches. On her podcast, she shares plain-English strategies for dramatic productivity gains. With AI in the mix, clients routinely achieve output that once took a team. They say sessions with Kelly are the best part of their week - clear next steps, real momentum, and a coach who’s warm, direct, and genuinely fun to work with.

Resources and Links

Productivitygeniuscoaching.com
Kelly on Instagram: @productivitygeniuscoach
Email Kelly at: kelly@productivitygeniuscoaching.com
Listen to Productivity Genius Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Listen to Productivity Genius Podcast on Spotify
Rick Mulready's AI Playbook Community
Granola.ai
Notebook LM
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Google Opal
Perplexity Pro
Oceanofpdf
Poe
n8n
Monica
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