OK *|FNAME|*, so I was on a call recently with my awesome copywriter Jon, and he said, “A lot of people think Claude is the best and everyone is now switching from ChatGPT. But there are tools out there doing things Claude isn’t even touching right now”.
I thought: that’s exactly the problem.
NOT Claude or ChatGPT. It’s with US.
We’ve handed our discernment over to whoever is loudest on social media that week. One influencer says use this tool. Another says that tool is dead. A thought leader posts a reel and suddenly 50,000 people pivot their entire workflow based on 60 seconds of content.
We’re not thinking. We’re following.
Here’s what makes that dangerous right now:
A recent PEW Research study of over 5,000 Americans found that 53% believe AI will make people worse at thinking creatively. 50% believe it will erode our ability to form meaningful relationships. And in Anthrophic’s own study (Claude) of 81,000 people across 159 countries, 17% already fear losing the ability to think independently…and people who use AI for emotional support are 3x more likely to fear becoming dependent on it.

Are we afraid AI will take our jobs? Maybe, but maybe we’re afraid it will take over US.
That fear is valid, but only if you don’t…
Know who you are!
I call Living in your VAP (Vibration of Authentic Power). It’s the signal underneath all the noise.
The part of you that doesn’t get disrupted when the next shiny AI tool drops, or when the algorithm changes, or when a latest guru tells you everything you’ve been doing is wrong.
Your creativity is yours. Your voice? Yours. Relationships, judgment, way of seeing the world. Those are yours, too.
But, ONLY if you’ve done the work to actually KNOW them.
Leading from that place, AI becomes something you direct. Instead of directing you.
You stop outsourcing your instincts to the loudest person in your feed and start trusting the one voice that actually knows your life: YOURS.
Here’s what I know for sure after 15+ years doing this sacred work with my beloved clients:
The people who will thrive in the age of AI won’t be the ones who adopted every tool the fastest. They’ll be the ones who know themselves well enough to use those tools wisely ☆
Where in your life are you following the NOISE instead of your own SIGNAL?
My Executive Advisor Carla Joy Taylor & I have been exploring that in Unleashed: The Full Human Playbook… a LinkedIn Live Show.
Carla co-write Your Human Advantage: Career Happiness in the Age of AI. Her message aligns with mine: the answer to AI isn’t to resist it or blindly chase it. It’s to become more yourself so that no tool, trend, or algorithm can take YOUR POWER away.
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To Your Greatness,
Elvira V. Hopper
The Legacy Whisperer
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P.S. >> Care to go even deeper on your own? My 4 Circles of Personal Power is 11 minutes that could change how you see yourself this week.




