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Michael Roberts

Business Owner and Operator of Roberts Corrosion Services, LLC

Write the handoff for future you

Aug 17, 2026

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3 min read

Write the handoff for future you

The trick that lets a six-week project survive, and the signal that says you waited too long.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
The three ways it actually fails

Aug 14, 2026

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4 min read

The three ways it actually fails

All three happened here. None of them were the machine's fault.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
The bid that was too good

Aug 12, 2026

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3 min read

The bid that was too good

A stale row in a spreadsheet didn't give me a wrong answer. It gave me a cheaper one.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
You don't have an AI problem

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

You don't have an AI problem

You have a writing-things-down problem. I fell into it too.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Describe the drawing you need

Aug 7, 2026

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3 min read

Describe the drawing you need

You can put a clean diagram in front of a customer without owning a design tool or knowing how to draw.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Make it interview you

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

Make it interview you

You don't need to get better at asking. You need to make it ask you first.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Pull the lever again

Aug 3, 2026

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3 min read

Pull the lever again

Every answer AI gives you is one random draw out of millions. Most people take the first one and decide the tool is average.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Don't get burned using AI at work

Jul 27, 2026

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2 min read

Don't get burned using AI at work

Use it freely — just never paste what you wouldn't want on a billboard.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Stop letting AI guess about your business

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

Stop letting AI guess about your business

Feed it your own documents, and the made-up answers disappear.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Vague in, vague out

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

Vague in, vague out

The cheapest upgrade to everything AI gives you isn't a better tool — it's a sharper ask.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Stop Googling. Start asking.

Jul 6, 2026

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3 min read

Stop Googling. Start asking.

AI search reads the ten blue links for you — just make it show its sources.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
When the government pulled a top AI model

Jun 29, 2026

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3 min read

When the government pulled a top AI model

The Fable 5 shutdown was big AI news. For your shop, it's a shrug — here's why.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Let AI do the spreadsheet

Jun 22, 2026

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3 min read

Let AI do the spreadsheet

You don't need to learn Excel. You need to describe what you want — and check the math.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Treat AI like a sharp intern, not an oracle

Jun 15, 2026

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2 min read

Treat AI like a sharp intern, not an oracle

How to get real work out of it — and never get burned by a confident wrong answer.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
You're not behind

Jun 8, 2026

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2 min read

You're not behind

The tech changes weekly. Adoption takes years. Feeling slow is normal — here's the one-hour way to actually start.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts
Build the context first

Jun 1, 2026

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3 min read

Build the context first

Why writing your business down beats shopping for AI tools — and how to start this week.

Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts

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