AI is a remarkable execution engine. But if your goals are wrong, AI just helps you execute faster on the wrong things. This issue is about using AI at the planning layer of your life — before you start executing.
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Milestones are the joints in a goal — the structural pivots that turn ambition into progress. This essay walks through the AI Milestone Mapping framework: Anchor, Reverse-Engineer, Integrate, Calibrate. Three worked examples. Eight FAQs. The exact prompts to copy.
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