Audacity Over Automation: Building Your Legacy in the Age of AI

Oct 23, 2025

We’ve been taught that legacy means output: more books, more content, more doing. But as AI floods our feeds and machines outproduce us a thousandfold, we must redefine what it truly means to leave a mark.

In this soul-stirring solo episode of The Crown Yourself Podcast, host Kimberly Spencer—master mindset coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of Crown Yourself—invites you into a higher conversation: What if your true legacy isn’t in what you produce, but in how boldly you dare?

Kimberly unpacks the coming identity shift of the AI age, where productivity is no longer the pinnacle—presence is. Through stories of intuition, motherhood, and unapologetic audacity, she explores how to build a legacy infused with soul, not just systems. Because while AI can replicate your words, it can’t replicate your wisdom. Machines can outproduce you—but they can’t outdare you.

This episode is your royal invitation to reclaim your power, redefine your work, and reign with conscious courage in a world obsessed with more. Your legacy isn’t output—it’s energy. It’s how you love, lead, and live audaciously awake.

👑 Legacy in the Age of AI: Audacity Over Automation

(From the Crown Yourself Podcast with Kimberly Spencer)

00:00 — Introduction: What Legacy Really Means in the Age of AI

Kimberly Spencer:
You were taught that legacy equals your output.

The books you produce. The businesses you build. The body of work you create. The number of podcasts you publish.

But as we move into this age of AI, machines are going to outproduce you endlessly. AI can write a hundred books before you’ve even finished a chapter.

So in this episode of Crown Yourself, we’re diving deep into what your legacy truly looks like — not in the past, but right now, in this age of the machine.

03:00 — The Shift: From Productivity to Purpose

Kimberly Spencer:
As a mother of three, I’ve been thinking a lot about what legacy means in this new era.

The way we define work, output, and identity is being recalibrated.
And if we’re honest, we’re already in the middle of an identity shift.

What we’re really craving isn’t more output. It’s being wealthier with our time. It’s permanence, legacy, and connection between people. Because people still need people.

Machines can create—but they can’t connect.

06:15 — Legacy Isn’t Built by Doing: It’s Built by Daring

Kimberly Spencer:
Legacy isn’t built by doing. Machines have that locked in.

Legacy is built by daring — by doing the bold, courageous thing that others won’t.

It’s audacity, not output, that lives on.

So how can you be more audacious with your goals, your communication, and your self-expression?

You weren’t born for no reason. Your soul chose this time in history. The question is — what bold choices are you making in the face of uncertainty?

09:00 — Human Connection: What AI Can’t Replicate

Kimberly Spencer:
AI can’t replicate you getting into an amazing relationship.

Sure, there are AI girlfriends now—but those “relationships” just mirror who you are, even your bad ideas. Growth happens through friction, through nuance, through real human connection.

In my own life, I didn’t manifest my husband by wanting someone who’d always agree with me. I manifested him the day I claimed I’d be radically authentic—and said, “Here’s who I am. Do you want it?”

Thirteen years, three babies, and a dog later—apparently, he still does.

13:20 — The Audacity Advantage: How Saying Yes Changes Everything

Kimberly Spencer:
I didn’t land my TEDx Talk by being the most productive. I wasn’t ready.

But I trusted my intuition and dared to pitch an unconventional idea in an unconventional way.

When I got accepted three weeks before the event, I said yes.

I didn’t have time to perfect it—but I had the audacity to show up anyway.

That same audacity got my book on a billboard in Times Square. Not because it was the longest book on guest podcasting—but because I asked for it.

Takeaway:

💡 Legacy is born from bold asks and intuitive yeses. Not from playing it safe.

18:45 — If You Fear AI, You’re Focused in the Wrong Direction

Kimberly Spencer:
We can’t stop AI. Pandora’s box is open.

But we can choose how to work with it. Your legacy comes from the bold, human moves AI can’t replicate.

Busyness is over. Boldness is the new currency.

So instead of asking, “What can I produce next?”
Ask, “What bold move do I want to make that defines my legacy?”

22:30 — The Fart Book & The Family Legacy

Kimberly Spencer:
I’m releasing a children’s book about farts this year. Yep—totally outside my business.

But it’s my legacy in action.

My kids saw me write and publish Make Every Podcast Want You. They held it in their hands. They saw what happens when you dream, dare, and do.

That’s legacy.

It’s not about being proud—it’s about being an example.
If you have a dream, you can do it. That’s the message I want my children—and my clients—to live by.

27:00 — Machines Can Outproduce You, But They Can’t Outdare You

Kimberly Spencer:
Machines will 100% outproduce you. But they can’t outdare you.

Your soul’s message—that story only you can tell—can’t be replicated. AI can make content, but it lacks soul.

If you outsource your voice completely, you lose yourself in the busyness.

Now, more than ever, is the time to be visible.
To share your story.
To let your soul be seen.

30:45 — Visibility, AI, and the Power of Soul-Led Strategy

Kimberly Spencer:
If you want positioning as a leader for the next decade, act now.

AI doesn’t just make suggestions—it makes recommendations.

If you want to be recommended as a thought leader in your field, you need visibility. You need to put your soul’s voice out there before AI shapes the narrative for you.

People feel authenticity. They feel your soul.

So leverage AI, yes—but never outsource your power to it.

34:00 — Be Audaciously You in the Age of AI

Kimberly Spencer:
You don’t have to be flamboyant to be audacious.

You can be boldly you. Whether you’re crunchy and grounded or glamorous and gold-dripped, dial up your audacity.

People will crave community and connection around realness—around the stories only you can tell.

Takeaway:

✨ The more authentic your leadership, the stronger your legacy will be in the age of AI.

37:20 — Final Thoughts: You Can’t Automate Authenticity

Kimberly Spencer:
AI will continue to evolve, but it will never duplicate your soul.

Your legacy in the age of AI depends on your willingness to lead with humanity, to communicate from courage, and to embody your divine purpose.

Now more than ever, be visible. Be bold. Be audaciously you.

Because, Queen—machines can create content. But only you can create connection.

💎 Key Takeaways from This Episode

🧠 Legacy ≠ Output. It’s built through audacity and authenticity.
💫 Boldness > Busyness. The new wealth is visibility and presence.
❤️ Your Soul Is the Strategy. Machines can’t replicate your energy.
👑 Be Visible. AI can’t recommend what it can’t see—or feel.
🔥 Say Yes Before You’re Ready. Audacity creates your legacy.