CGB Reports Presents:
How to use Basics 4 Hope to:
1.Start to look forward to 2026.
2.Maintain a forward outlook throughout 2026.
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Basics 4 Hope
Makes no promises.
Doesn’t require resolutions.
Provides steps to open possibilities to build the foundation you need for
Your Career. Your Success. Your Way.
Basics 4 Hope is your antidote for the age of AI.
Basics 4 Hope presents steps to find the solutions you need to open possibilities to end a career rut.
The purpose of the steps of Basics 4 Hope is to help you increase your power of job/career choice.
Webster’s Dictionary says antidote is
1.a noun.
2.a remedy to counteract the effects of poison
3.something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts
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Use The Remembering Hope Exercise to:
Counteract the negative effects of the AI hype.
Prevent sliding into the “pit of nothing can be done.”
To start looking forward to 2026, stick with the basics.
Take Action.
Start using the Remembering Hope Exercise outlined in CGB Report #004.
Thinking is an action. This type of thinking action promotes the development of a PPOV –
positive point of view.
A PPOV supports looking at using AI as a tool –
A tool that you use to support your research for solutions
to open the possibilities you need and want to end a career rut.
Here are a few steps to take to shake AI fear.
1.Start with the Remembering Hope Exercise.
2.Use ChatGPT or CoPilot
3.Take a course on how to use AI.
Google offers free classes on AI. I have not taken these courses. I am not recommending
these courses. I mention them here because I know they are free and presented by Google.
Conduct your own research to find a course that fits your curiosity.
This type of investigation gives you the knowledge you need to make an informed decision.
4.Look at these two articles to build motivation to spend the time to shake AI fear.
Power, Policy, and AI Governance: Taking Agency Over Our AI Future | WIRED
Why You’re Better Than Artificial Intelligence at Solving Connections - The New York Times
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From my family to your family, my wish for all of us for 2026 is to be
Stay curious and live in the possibilities.
Andrea
Educator/Career Coach
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Alphabetical Listing Of Referenced Articles
Merriam-Webster – 12/27/25
ANTIDOTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antidote
Power Policy and AI Governance
12/09/2025
Power, Policy, and AI Governance: Taking Agency Over Our AI Future | WIRED
Why You’re Better Than Artificial Intelligence – 12/09/2025
Why You’re Better Than Artificial Intelligence at Solving Connections - The New York Times