I didn't trust AI. I made it earn it.

I never decided to trust AI. I let it earn my trust, one small yes at a time. I think of it as giving the smallest yes. When I started this (AI!) business in April, I would not even connect my email to AI. Hard no. I didn't trust it. Yesterday, I asked Claude to read a transcript of a client conversation (they'd granted permission for the AI recording) and drop a follow-up email into my drafts folder. It got me 80% of the way there (to a sendable email). Here's how I got there. (Spoiler......