How do I teach AI to my team without burning out?
You built something real. You learned this before most people, and now your team leans on you for it. That is not a complaint — it is a fact about your day. People stop by. People message you. People expect you to know. But notice what is happening. The thing that made you valuable — thinking clearly, trying things, being ahead — is being replaced by a different job: answering. Answering is not the same skill. You can be excellent at one and drained by the other. The problem is not that you know too much. The problem is that you have not decided, on purpose, which parts of what you know are yours to keep building, and which parts are yours to give away. Until you decide that, everyone else will decide it for you, one question at a time.
You do not lose your edge by teaching others — you lose it by answering every question yourself, forever, with no limit. Choose what you share, choose who you hand it to, and choose when you stop being the default answer. Your value was always judgment, not availability. Guard the judgment.
What changes unlock by starting
- Fewer people interrupting you for things they could learn without you
- At least one teammate who can answer in your place
- A clear, written record of what you actually know, so it outlives your attention
- Time back each week for your own work, not just others' questions