"The Friend You Didn’t Know You Needed"

Can AI be asked to do something that’s anything but artificial? … So, we said – “Can you come up with a poem to inspire salespeople to get over their fears about AI and see it as a friend …. AI responded with this 

You stand at the edge of a shift,

where the old rhythm of selling—

calls, coffee, and gut instinct—

meets something new,

silent, fast, and strangely brilliant.

They call it AI.

You call it a threat.

But what if it’s not?

What if it’s the colleague

who never sleeps,

who remembers every lead,

who sees patterns

you didn’t know were there?

It doesn’t replace your voice,

your handshake,

your instinct.

It amplifies them.

It doesn’t steal your job.

It gives you time—

to listen better,

to ask deeper questions,

to be the advisor, not just the closer.

Fear is natural.

But so is growth.

And this friend—this AI—

is here to walk beside you,

not ahead of you.

So, take the first step.

Ask it a question.

Let it show you

what it sees.

You’ll still be the one

who makes the sale.

But now,

you’ll do it with insight

that feels like magic.

“AI will be part of every industry, enhancing our abilities in ways we can’t even imagine yet.”

– Jeff Bezos

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