Marissa Brassfield

Allow me to reintroduce myself…

I’ve reinvented myself several times in my life so far - a practice I believe is mission critical, given all the technological, societal, and business changes we’re seeing. What do you do when you hear the inner call to make big changes?

I used to get Sunday scaries every single week... that pit in my stomach knowing Monday meant diving back into the chaos. I'd work 70+ hours and still feel constantly behind, like I was running on a hamster wheel that kept speeding up. I'd check email at 10pm "just in case,"…

I used to think the answer to overwhelm was squeezing more into the day. More hours. More hustle. More everything. Except no matter how much I did, I still felt hijacked by my own schedule. I wasn't lazy. I wasn't distracted. I was running my business like everyone else told…

I’m excited to announce the launch of the Consciousness + Spirit Tech job board! As far as I know, this is the first hub showcasing a large number of opportunities at the intersection of consciousness and technology. Currently there’s over 250+ jobs from around 100 companies…

Automation saves your brain, not just your time. I’m talking about freeing yourself from the endless loop of micro-decisions that eat up your capacity before you ever get to meaningful work. Here are 10 simple everyday automations that will change your life more than a…

If I were running on empty, these are the first 5 things I'd do to restore my energy: 1. Reduce pressure and noise. Hide in the bathroom for an extra-long shower. Take a walk in the park. Sit on your porch. Whatever you can, wherever you can, give your nervous system space…

This isn't about embracing laziness (although I enjoy that, too). It's about learning the difference between being busy and being impactful. It's about recognizing that by attempting to do everything, we achieve nothing of value. It's about creating boundaries as an act of…

You can combine intuition with AI... and finally build systems that move with you, not against you. Here’s how I do it (and how I help others do the same): 🔹Voice dump your brain. Every idea, open loop, lingering task... drop it into Claude or ChatGPT. You’re not looking for…

This system generated $12K worth of market research, called 15 suppliers, and created a business plan from a single prompt. The Genspark Super Agent just made every other productivity tool obsolete. Here's what this AI workspace actually does: → Runs 169 AI models locally on…

This is going to revolutionize education 📚 Google just launched "Learn Your Way" that basically takes whatever boring chapter you're supposed to read and rebuilds it around stuff you actually give a damn about. Like if you're into basketball and have to learn Newton's laws,…

I used to pour so much energy into trying to “get it right” ... According to rules that weren’t even mine. Some of them were explicit. Some were invisible scripts I’d absorbed along the way. But the truth is… Most of what I thought I had to do was made up. Most of the…

Productivity comes from all the meetings you decline. Profit comes from all the distractions you don't add. Peace comes from all the people you remove. In a world that preaches addition, success becomes subtraction.

There’s a version of me from a few years ago that used to bleed energy daily trying to fix things that were never mine to mend. The dysfunction in a system. The ego in a room. The friction in a conversation. It took burning out... Hard - multiple times - to realize: Most of…

You were on your way home when you died. A short story that might change how you see everything. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried to save you. Your…

I built a Morning Brew-style daily newsletter that writes itself with AI (now at 10,000 daily readers) (and I’m nuts for open-sourcing it) The AI system behind @therecapai clones how a human writer would function, but each step is packaged into an agentic workstream. The full…

Most burnout isn’t because you’re doing too much. It’s because you’re doing too many draining things at once—without recovery, rhythm, or intention. Context-switching between deep work, decision-making, errands, and emotional labor? That’s not sustainable. Here’s the reframe…

3 hard truths about energy + time 🔹Time management won’t fix energy leaks. 🔹You can’t “optimize” your way out of misalignment. 🔹Overgiving is often just poor boundaries disguised as generosity. 3 mindset shifts that protect your energy 🔹Your calendar is a values document.…

The most successful visionary entrepreneurs I work with do less, not more. They just do it more aligned with who they are. They break the cycle of doing... and start designing. Here’s where to start: 👉🏽 Pick one recurring task that eats up your time. 👉🏽 Document the steps…

8 Things I don’t do in the business I’ve built As a 6-figure entrepreneur who’s never worked a 9–5 Want more clarity, energy, and impact? Start with what doesn’t belong in your day. 1. I don’t start my day in reactive mode. No email. No Slack. No fire drills. I give my nervous…

You don’t run out of time. You run out of brain. The reality: You need fewer decisions, not more willpower. You spend hours trying to organize and prioritize. You drown in micro-decisions and call it “being productive.” You're spent before noon. But high performance isn’t…