An Interview With Dr. Wil Rodriguez
- James Ciambor
- Aug 26
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 30
By James Ciambor
Dr. Wil Rodriguez is a certified life coach and former professor who spent years in the field of education. To reach a wider audience, he decided to switch his attention to writing books and articles and became a very prolific writer. He writes on many issues, but is particularly interested in personal advice and self-help.
Dr. Rodriguez notes that when it comes to success and failure, we must take responsibility for our lives as the authors of our own lives. He lets us know that any difficulty or any form of adversity is of our own creation and blaming others is futile. He says, “Always we take a stand of responsibility. Because for me, responsibility means that you are the ultimate and the only author of your life. What happened, what is happening, and what will happen, you created, not others.” His advice proves to be quite useful in reminding us that we are in control of our circumstances notwithstanding anything external.
As a writer, I asked his opinion on the emergence of AI (artificial intelligence) in writing. An optimist when it comes to technology, he responded that AI can’t replace humanity. He said that AI will never make the human writer obsolete. AI will never substitute for human writing because common sense is something that human writers bring to the table that AI doesn’t. Rodriguez said, “from my point of view, AI does not have this human common sense that is so important for a writer.”
Although he isn’t worried about AI like some are, he still dismisses social media despite its growing success. He said social media is a way to communicate with those across the globe but it doesn’t represent an authentic relationship. He states, “I think that social media is a way to express yourself, to be communicated with and be in connection with others, even others that you don't know, really, but they do not represent the real personality and the real human being.” He basically summed up social media being good for some things like communication, but not for making personal human connections.
Dr. Rodriguez contributes often for Tocsin Magazine where you can follow his writing.
His weekly advice column can be found here:
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