The Dan Barrett Show Connection Is the New Currency with Jason Yeh, Part 2
This week, Dan picks up right where he left off with Jason Yeh, founder of Scaling Freedom, for a rapid-fire dive into the real-world side of AI. Jason shares battle-tested frameworks for deciding when to use AI (and when a simple script is smarter), explains why human connection will matter even more as automation spreads, and gets personal about parenting, education, and staying nimble in a market that changes every week. If you’re wondering how to weave clarity, technology, and meaning together—without losing the human spark—this conversation is for you.
Show Highlights
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Treat AI like a smart “drunk intern”—speak out loud, let it interview you, and watch the prompts improve [00:00:31]
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Build a custom GPT that turns raw thoughts into perfectly engineered prompts [00:02:37]
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“AI on a bad system just scales the mess”—why process always comes before tooling [00:04:36]
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The hidden gold mine of manual data entry and how scraping invoices unlocks insights [00:06:51]
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Jason’s 4-point litmus test for any AI project: Painful · Existing process · High impact · Strong data [00:09:56]
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Planner vs. Solver: use one “conductor” agent plus narrow specialists for higher accuracy [00:17:13]
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Klarna’s chatbot fiasco & the lesson: some moments demand a human, not a bot [00:18:28]
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“Connection is the new currency”—brands that stay human will win customer loyalty [00:23:09]
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Staying nimble: why Jason refuses to ossify into a single product in a hype-driven market [00:24:45]
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The next frontier: AI-personalized education and raising kids who still think critically [00:28:12]
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Using Perplexity for curiosity walks and co-creating bedtime stories with your kids [00:32:37]
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjyeh/