One aspect to resistance that is oft overlooked is knowing when to fail on purpose so you can succeed on a bigger issue elsewhere.

As an example, I’m juggling multiple projects at work and home. I have a finite amount of time, and access to AI. One camp would tell me to use AI for all of it to move faster, but that increases the risk of Cognitive Surrender. The other camp would tell me to do it all by hand, but I don’t have the time available for that; I must pick and choose.

So, I choose to cognitively surrender on the SEO task for our website because that’s a set of skills I don’t want to acquire and are better handled by AI anyhow. This leaves me more time to focus on learning more about Apple’s configuration profiles and improving our MDM suite, which are valuable skills that will still pay out in an AI-first world.

You have to pick and choose where to fight, otherwise you’ll expend all your energy on losses.