Three questions for you:
Are you using AI as a thinking partner?
Are you giving AI tasks to complete?
Have you taught an agent to own recurring work and follow through?
If teaching an agent feels slower than doing the task yourself today, remember that you may face the same task next week.
I call a well-chosen handoff a time expander: you invest effort now to create more room for consequential work later. Those in pursuit of elite aggressively pursue expanding their time capacity.
The “Order My Usual” Test
On the way home from a pickleball match, I asked Sophia, my Grok Bot general assistant, to order my usual from Juice Land. She remembered the order and location, included the tip, and placed the purchase. I avoided the usual Toast app steps.
That smooth request took earlier work: teaching my preferences, testing the process, and setting up a Privacy.com card with a spending ceiling. The first handoff can take longer than doing the task yourself. The benefits compound.
Is It Worth Teaching?
Before delegating, ask three questions:
Does it recur? A one-off task may not repay the setup.
Can I define a good result? The agent needs a clear target and feedback.
Is the downside risk constrained? Start where a mistake is easy to catch and correct.
First, eliminate work that doesn't need doing. Then teach a task worth keeping.
One Assistant or a Specialist Team?
Meta’s Muse has impressed me as one personal assistant. My Meta account made setup simple, and its free tier has offered generous usage in my experience. I can ask Muse to remind me daily until I watch a priority video.
From my iPhone, here is a picture of "Manny," my Muse, doing some quick research:
Manny my Muse agent
Grok Bot (SuperGrok plan) lets me build a team of specialized agents with distinct jobs and continuing context. My researcher produces a weekly cybersecurity audio briefing under seven minutes, tailored to my clients and their technology stacks.
Check out my Grok Bot team as it sits today when viewed on my iPhone:
My growing Grok Bot team
Both Muse and Grok Bot retain preferences and context across interactions. That persistent memory makes future handoffs easier to teach and refine.
My recommendation: If you want an easy first experiment, try Muse. If you already see several recurring knowledge-work roles you want to develop into a team of specialized digital employees, start with Grok Bot.
Open-source Hermes Agent offers more customization, with desktop and messaging access but no native iPhone app. Muse and Grok Bot feel intuitive on my iPhone.
I still use ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, and Hermes for substantial work. Different tools fit different jobs.
And with Grok Bot, a team can grow in stages:
Task: Teach one handoff and review the results.
Specialist: Give a Bot a recurring outcome.
Chief of Staff: Add a coordinating Bot when several specialists need direction and handoffs.
Freedom Needs Boundaries
Both Muse and Grok Bot can keep working on persistent cloud computers while my laptop is closed. That is a real advantage: a task can move forward without me sitting at the keyboard.
The security question is what an agent is allowed to access and do if malicious instructions redirect it or someone gains account access. I use least privilege to limit the potential blast radius.
My working rules are concrete:
Identity: My agents do not send email as me. They use separate email addresses where appropriate.
Access: I limit the accounts and files I make available in their working environment.
Spending: A capped card lets Sophia handle a routine purchase without asking me to approve every small order, while limiting what could be spent.
There is an important Grok Bot detail: my Bots have distinct roles and conversations, but they share one cloud computer, including files, browser sessions, and logins. Separate Bot names are not security isolation.
For company workflows, use your organization’s approved accounts, data rules, and governance process before connecting an agent.
Make Time to Teach
This is part of the pursuit of elite: be ruthlessly deliberate with your attention. Hand off work that does not require your judgment or personal presence. Use the capacity you regain to make better decisions, strengthen relationships, and serve at a higher level.
This week, start with Muse or Grok Bot and reserve a short block to teach one low-consequence recurring task. Review the first result. Correct what the agent misses. Decide whether the handoff has earned another run.
Pro Tip: If available, use Grok Bot’s Teach a task to record yourself completing a browser workflow. Review the draft skill it creates and test it before reuse.
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Here’s to building tomorrow’s capacity today,
Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle | ELITE OPERATORS
In Pursuit of Elite
