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My Business Model: Why I’m Building a Company of One

Jan 18, 2026

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4 min read

My Business Model: Why I’m Building a Company of One

This week’s mixtape: intentional growth, quiet leverage, business boundaries, and a song that keeps you steady.

Corey Koehler

future of work

AI Proof Quadrant: Why "Unproductive" Work is the Future

Jan 11, 2026

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6 min read

AI Proof Quadrant: Why "Unproductive" Work is the Future

This week’s mixtape: AI Kill Zone, unproductive future of work for Gen X, being more subversive, and some Talking Heads

Corey Koehler

future of work

The Gen X Guide to AI: Stop Freaking Out, Start Cashing In

Dec 25, 2025

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4 min read

The Gen X Guide to AI: Stop Freaking Out, Start Cashing In

A non-technical AI guide for Gen X. Learn how to future-proof your career, build income streams, and use tools without losing your humanity. Start here.

Corey Koehler

future of work

The Gen eXit Plan, Quiet Income for the Sandwich Generation (No Influencing)

Dec 21, 2025

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7 min read

The Gen eXit Plan, Quiet Income for the Sandwich Generation (No Influencing)

This week’s mixtape: quiet side hustles, aging parents, midlife pivots, newsletters, and boring income that works (oh and a Christopher Cross Cover)

Corey Koehler

future of work

Missed Opportunities And AI Prompt Libraries for Starting a Business After 50

Dec 14, 2025

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5 min read

Missed Opportunities And AI Prompt Libraries for Starting a Business After 50

This week’s mixtape: missed booms, late starts, prompt packs, cheat codes and running down a dream

Corey Koehler

future of work

Dec 6, 2025

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3 min read

The "Quiet" AI Side Hustle That’s Perfect for Gen X (No Coding Required)

Stop trading time for money. Here is how to use AI and Beehiiv to build a digital asset without dancing on TikTok.

Corey Koehler

future of work

The AI Leverage Ladder: See Where AI Fits in Your Business

Nov 9, 2025

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3 min read

The AI Leverage Ladder: See Where AI Fits in Your Business

This week’s mixtape: From AI prompt dabbler to systems thinker, how to stop wasting AI’s potential (and yours) and the Power of Love

Corey Koehler

future of work

The Leverage Game, How Gen X Entrepreneurs Can Win Without Working More

Nov 2, 2025

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5 min read

The Leverage Game, How Gen X Entrepreneurs Can Win Without Working More

This week’s mixtape: leverage, frameworks, Richard Koch, Naval Ravikant, and some Bowie.

Corey Koehler

future of work

The AI-Proof Human Moat, What BeardMeatsFood Taught Me About Being AI-Proof

Oct 19, 2025

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7 min read

The AI-Proof Human Moat, What BeardMeatsFood Taught Me About Being AI-Proof

This week’s mixtape: empathy, risk, truth-seeking, and a man who ate ten pounds of pancakes.

Corey Koehler

future of work

Affiliate Marketing for Gen X: Simple Side Hustles for 50+ With Passive Income

Oct 12, 2025

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8 min read

Affiliate Marketing for Gen X: Simple Side Hustles for 50+ With Passive Income

Finding side hustles that don't suck, the magic of passive income, and a story about selling guitar lessons while I slept.

Corey Koehler

life lessons

From Napster to ChatGPT: What Musicians Already Know About AI

Oct 5, 2025

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7 min read

From Napster to ChatGPT: What Musicians Already Know About AI

This week’s mixtape: the Napster effect, AI lessons from musicians, digital chaos, and creative control.

Corey Koehler

life lessons

Career Change After 40 And Why Average Won’t Cut It in the AI Era

Sep 28, 2025

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5 min read

Career Change After 40 And Why Average Won’t Cut It in the AI Era

This week’s mixtape: career burnout, midlife pivots, building your own income, calming AI fears, and some Tears for Fears

Corey Koehler

future of work

Sep 14, 2025

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5 min read

Can Starting A Newsletter Be Part Of A Gen Xer's Retirement Plan? Find Out

This week’s mixtape: newsletters as a retirement asset, AI productivity, smarter AI prompts, and a soul-shaking Bon Jovi remix.

Corey Koehler

future of work

The Audience Analysis Strategy That Makes Your Message Stick

Sep 7, 2025

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6 min read

The Audience Analysis Strategy That Makes Your Message Stick

This week’s mixtape: cultural codes, audience analysis, flipping pain points, Dale Carnegie wisdom, Reddit rants, and The Eye Of The Tiger.

Corey Koehler

future of work

AI-Proof Skills Every Gen Xer Should Double Down On

Aug 31, 2025

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6 min read

AI-Proof Skills Every Gen Xer Should Double Down On

This week’s mixtape: AI-proof skills, spotting B.S., a new affiliate play, a creativity unlocker, and Stone Temple Pilots on repeat

Corey Koehler

life lessons

The Five Pillars of Redefining Retirement: 2025 Gen X Retirement Planning

Aug 24, 2025

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6 min read

The Five Pillars of Redefining Retirement: 2025 Gen X Retirement Planning

This week’s mixtape: staying relevant, playing offense, a little luck and an 80s music comeback?

Corey Koehler

life lessons

How I Broke Out Of The Wage Mindset (To Think Like An Entrepreneur)

Aug 17, 2025

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8 min read

How I Broke Out Of The Wage Mindset (To Think Like An Entrepreneur)

This week’s mixtape: the mindset shift from hourly worker to entrepreneur, building assets, showing up daily, and some Pat Benatar to get you fired up.

Corey Koehler

build log

Aug 3, 2025

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7 min read

The Business You Never Built, and the Stories You Forgot to Tell

This week’s mixtape: overlooked assets, LinkedIn leverage, missed momentum, a one-way door and a Van Halen combo platter

Corey Koehler

future of work

Career Change at 50: The Price of Doing Your Own Thing (And the Cost of Not)

Jul 27, 2025

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6 min read

Career Change at 50: The Price of Doing Your Own Thing (And the Cost of Not)

This week’s mixtape: midlife reinvention, compounding effort, energy shifts, and some Hall and Oates.

Corey Koehler

future of work

Jul 20, 2025

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8 min read

A New Gen X Retirement Plan: Your Personal Brand Flywheel

This week’s mixtape: a new 401K, content compounding, attention ownership, offensive retirement portfolio and some Ozzy

Corey Koehler

future of work

How to Attract Luck and Work You Love, Without Changing Who You Are

Jul 13, 2025

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7 min read

How to Attract Luck and Work You Love, Without Changing Who You Are

This week’s mixtape: individuality, meaningful work, creative breadcrumbs, and Jason Isbell

Corey Koehler

future of work

Why Your Voice Beats AI: UGC, Branding, and the DIY Mindset

Jun 29, 2025

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9 min read

Why Your Voice Beats AI: UGC, Branding, and the DIY Mindset

This week’s mixtape: creator leverage, Gen X cringe-free self-promotion, brand identity, and a DIY White Zombie shirt.

Corey Koehler

future of work

Leaning Into What's Next: AI First, Podcasts, Video, and Acoustic Gin Blossoms

Jun 22, 2025

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8 min read

Leaning Into What's Next: AI First, Podcasts, Video, and Acoustic Gin Blossoms

This week's mixtape: How to lean into AI for human impact, seizing podcast and video opportunities and and a mellower '90s favorite

Corey Koehler

future of work

The AI-Resistant Mindset, Why You Need a Perry And Some John Waite

Jun 15, 2025

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10 min read

The AI-Resistant Mindset, Why You Need a Perry And Some John Waite

This weeks mixtape: AI resistance, proactive thinking, smart mentors and a new twist on Missing You

Corey Koehler

life lessons

Future of Work for Gen X, Entrepreneurial Survival and AI Prompting Techniques

Jun 8, 2025

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8 min read

Future of Work for Gen X, Entrepreneurial Survival and AI Prompting Techniques

This week’s mixtape: Gen X job security, Pickaxe.ai experiments, Alice in Chains and the art of better prompting.

Corey Koehler