How to manage too many AI automation ideas
An endless backlog of new AI tools and automation concepts creates decision fatigue that paralyzes actual execution. The rapid pace of new releases leaves business owners overwhelmed with open tabs and more concepts than available hours to test them.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Upgrading to higher tier AI plans and subscriptionsDid this help you?
- 2Creating a project roadmap using tools like Jira, Todoist, Linear, or MondayDid this help you?
- 3Focusing only on 1-2 workflows with direct ROI instead of trying to automate everythingDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The problem is I now feel like I have a backlog of about 1,000 new systems and things I want to implement to automate or improve my business but only so many hours in the day. I have more ideas than I know what to do with.”source ↗
“Every day I feel like I have 10 more ideas that I don't have time to implement”source ↗
“I’m currently at "50 open tabs of revolutionary AI tools I’ll never use" levels of overwhelmed lol.”source ↗
“It seems to be moving at such a pace now that I can't keep up. Whereas a year ago I felt like it was manageable.”source ↗
Where this came up
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