“You’re not going to lose your job to AI. You’re going to lose your job to somebody that’s using AI better than you.”

Artificial intelligence is changing business faster than many of us expected.

Jobs are changing. Industries are being disrupted. And skills that once provided decades of security can suddenly feel uncertain.

But entrepreneur and disruption expert Jay Samit sees something else happening:

Opportunity.

Jay has spent decades at the forefront of technological change. He pioneered technologies used by billions, raised hundreds of millions for startups, helped grow companies including LinkedIn, and held senior positions at Sony, Universal Studios, and Deloitte Digital.

When Jay recently joined me on The Tony DUrso Show, we explored an important question for every entrepreneur: How do you stay relevant when the world around you keeps changing?

You can listen to our conversation at The Tony DUrso Show.

One of Jay’s answers begins with something surprisingly simple.

Pay attention to problems.

He recommends writing down three problems you encounter every day for 30 days. The exercise trains you to stop moving through life on autopilot and notice what others simply accept.

Why is this so difficult?

Why hasn’t somebody created a better way?

A frustration may reveal a problem. A problem may reveal an unmet need. And an unmet need may become a business.

“Obstacles are opportunities in disguise.”

That’s especially powerful today because AI gives entrepreneurs capabilities that once required substantial money, specialized knowledge, and entire teams.

Jay encourages entrepreneurs to stop treating AI like another search engine and begin using it as a thinking partner.

Ask it to analyze your competition.

Ask what you’re missing.

Ask where your business could improve.

That doesn’t make human experience less important.

It may make it more valuable.

Years spent serving customers, solving problems, negotiating, recovering from mistakes, and navigating difficult situations develop judgment and pattern recognition. Combine that experience with new technology, and what you’ve learned over decades can become an enormous competitive advantage.

AI may give more people access to the same tools. Experience can determine how intelligently those tools are used.

That’s also why reinvention doesn’t mean starting over.

You bring your skills, relationships, successes, failures, instincts, and an understanding of problems that someone without your experience may never recognize.

Jay explores this idea in his book, The Second Act Advantage, which challenges traditional retirement and shows how experience, purpose, and technology can help create what comes next.

And a “second act” doesn’t have to begin at retirement. It can start after selling a company, changing careers, losing a job, or simply deciding there’s something more you want to accomplish.

You don’t have to wait for disruption to force that decision.

Ask yourself:

What problems do I understand unusually well?

What do I know that others would value?

What could I build today that wasn’t possible ten years ago?

Technology will continue changing.

But opportunity hasn’t disappeared.

It has simply changed shape.

Perhaps future-proofing yourself isn’t about predicting exactly what comes next.

It’s about having the curiosity and courage to change when it arrives.

“Everybody thinks of changing the world, but nobody thinks of changing themselves.”

I encourage you to listen to my full conversation with Jay Samit on The Tony DUrso Show to hear him explain the Second Act Framework and practical strategies for growing through change.