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Every week someone asks me what AI tools I'm using. And every week I have to stop myself from listing everything I've ever tried instead of what I actually use daily.
There's a big difference between tools you've tested and tools you'd genuinely panic without.
Here's my panic list.
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The Daily Four That Earn Their Keep
Claude - My Thinking Partner for Everything
Honestly? I couldn't build half of what I build without it. I use Claude Projects to keep separate workspaces for Creator Match, Sunday Batchers Club, and this newsletter so the context stays clean and organized.
What I actually use it for:
Drafting newsletter outlines (it structures my chaotic brain dumps, I write the actual words)
Feeding it Granola transcripts and asking "what's the content gold buried in here?"
Editing for clarity when I've been staring at the same paragraph too long
Working through business problems when I need a thinking partner at 11pm
Wispr Flow - The Voice-to-Text Game Changer
(Note, if you use my link above you will receive a free month & so will I )
This one quietly became non-negotiable. I dictate ideas, emails, and first drafts anywhere - walking between meetings, in the car, mid-sleep thought (you know the ones). It transcribes in my actual voice, not robot voice. The amount of content that used to die in my Notes app because typing felt like too much effort? Wispr Flow rescued all of it.
Perplexity Computer - The Dashboard Building Machine
I’m a newer user to Perplexity, I’ve been testing it out the last few months and my only negative so far is that I don’t have more time to play with it. I’ve been focusing on using it to create dashboards that consolidate all of the noise from the many spreadsheets I have to operate out of. It’s been a game changer and I can’t wait to see how it can level up my content game even more.
Granola - The Meeting Content Machine
(Note, if you use the link above you can qualify for 2 free months of their business plan)
Granola runs quietly in the background during every call and event, capturing everything. The real magic happens when I take those transcripts into Claude and ask for key takeaways and content angles. One client meeting regularly becomes five pieces of content. It's a little ridiculous how well this workflow stacks.
The Real Talk
AI tools only work if you actually use them. The best stack isn't the fanciest one - it's the one that fits how your brain actually works. Mine thinks out loud (Wispr Flow), needs help organizing (Claude), build elite dashboards (Perplexity Computer), and never lets a good meeting idea escape (Granola). Problem solved.
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What's in your actual daily stack - not your subscriptions list, your daily stack? Hit reply and tell me. 👇
💜 Tara
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