Ai powered, or AI distracted?

Before you spend an afternoon building something with AI, Sam has three questions: will it make the job better, faster or easier? It sounds obvious. Until you’ve spent three days making a clever tool that you use once. In this episode, Sam and I talk about how to think about AI in your practice, and how to work out where it could actually help. We share the shifts that made the biggest difference for us: asking AI to help you learn AI, giving it the context of your business, and moving beyond asking questions to building systems that get things done. The starting point is closer than you might think: pick something that’s difficult, repetitive, or simply never gets done, and start there. In this episode: Sam’s “better, faster, easier” filter for deciding what’s worth your time What changes when AI can work with your own business information Using AI to support your judgement and do the groundwork Practical applications for recruitment, interviews, onboarding and difficult conversations Getting standards of care out of your head and into something your team can use What about privacy? Getting started when you don’t consider yourself a technology person After 15 years owning practices and helping 257+ veterinary practice owners, Sam’s seen the same pattern: brilliant vets grinding through long weeks, wondering why success still feels so far away. The answer isn’t working harder. It’s building a practice that supports your life instead of consuming it. Visit acceleratepracticeacademy.com to discover how practice owners across Australia, the US, New Zealand, and Canada learn to enjoy their medicine, their business, AND life again - without the sacrifice. You’ll find free resources, real success stories, and ways to work with Sam directly.