Anchor Your Mission, Adapt Your Methods: Thriving in an AI-Driven World (w/ Zack Kass)

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Health, Holistic Health, Fitness, Self-improvement, Crossfit, Wellness, Mindset, Education, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

What if the greatest threat of AI isn't economic — it's emotional? In this conversation with Zack Kass, former head of Go-to-Market at OpenAI and author of The Next RenAIssance, we explore why work will change too frequently to anchor your identity, and what that means for living with your heart on fire.

You'll discover why the future belongs to those who anchor on mission but adapt their methods, why learning how to learn matters more than any specific skill, and why the most valuable qualities in an AI-driven world aren't intellectual at all — they're deeply humanistic. This is your roadmap for thriving when everything changes.

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0:54.8	Hello and welcome back to the show.
0:57.2	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:58.8	I'm very excited for you to be here, and I'm very excited for this conversation.
1:02.4	I have on the line, Zach Cass.
1:04.5	How are you doing, Zach?
1:06.0	Great.
1:06.6	Thanks for having me.
1:07.6	Zach, you are the author of a new book.
1:09.7	It's called The Next Renaissance, AI and the Expansion of Human Potential.
1:15.4	I'm going to give you a quick bio of you, but please fill in the gaps when I'm done.
1:20.3	Give us a little bit of added context as you see fit.
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