#127 - SHUT UP About AI (JK...)

Welcoming you back to our Productivity-Styled edition.

To remain productive, proper rest is essential…right? But, in order to rest, you need to take intentional breaks.

That is why this past weekend was intentionally filled with restful breaks from my typical productive weekend(s).

Especially on Sunday…here was the lineup:

• No morning workout, but I grabbed an iced coffee to start the day.

• Drove to the beach and did a 15-minute walk with the pup.

• Chilled throughout the day. I decided not to work.

• Went on an evening bike ride around the neighborhood for a half hour.

• Spontaneously went out at night for live music and a meal to cap off the weekend!

Result = Rested.

And I hope that your weekend was restful too. I also hope that today’s edition acts as a pick-me-up to get back to it.

Let’s get after it.

AI Humans Prompted These Highlights!

• Workin’ With AI: It’s Time to STAND OUT 📈 💰️

• Always Informed: #VibeCoding + #VibeMarketing 📈 🚀💰️

• Prompt It Better: Need-To-Know “Secret Codes” 📈 🚀

• Hustle Hub: Personal Branding Prompts & Tracking Calories with AI 📈🚀

WORKING WITH AI 🤖 

An Unprecedented Time to Stand Out In Your Career

Believe it or not, as someone who has worked for the last 10 years in corporate, I did not have much leverage to stand out, especially early in my career.

I came into my job not knowing what the job truly entailed. I was like - What is “Underwriting” actually? I didn’t have much of a clue.

I knew I should do a handful of things right away to stand out, though…

• 1) Find a mentor.

• 2) Network like crazy.

• 3) Don’t be late for anything.

• 4) Do my best to beat expectations.

• 5) Learn about the job on the fly (😏) and work to get better at it, every day.

All of these things were helpful, but if we fast-forward to today, and if I were to start a new career, or if I wanted to stand out more in my current job, I’d do my best to become the expert on my team with AI.

By the way, there are options right in front of you to impress your boss with AI.

• In your next meeting, discuss how you used AI to help complete team projects.

• If you don’t want the attention, grab a coffee or lunch with your boss, and talk about your experience with AI and how it can benefit the team (with actual examples).

• Management may not even have an understanding of how AI could work in the team’s favor, and this could be your opportunity to walk him or her through this and make you the teacher and your boss the student…just sayin.

With that last bullet point, I’d like to talk more about that. Despite your manager, more than likely, having 5x more experience than you, you can have 5x more experience than they do…in AI. This would make you the leader and/or expert on the subject within your team. Honestly, I would bet most management-level employees know about AI and what it can do, but they probably don’t know how to use it in a way that can benefit everyone on the team. That’s the value you can bring to the team.

See, in my experience in the corporate world, you don’t need a dedicated AI or IT team to train you and the team you work with. You can learn it yourself, on your own time, and work with it to get better at it. You can stand out from the rest by taking the initiative and showcasing your newly formed skills with the tool in 2025 and onward. I would go all-in on a bet that it will be worth it for you.

O.T.F. 
O.F.T - One Final Thought

I talk about AI weekly with friends and family. I post about it online. I’ve used ChatGPT since its inception. I even write a dedicated-AI-productivity weekly edition via this newsletter.

Why do I do that? Because I believe we live in an unprecedented time and it’s critical to stay Always Informed. It’s critical to know where things are going with AI. It’s never been more important to stay informed on something that is going to change how we operate as humans for the rest of time.

But, instead of letting it scare you, let it inspire you to take action so you can stand out.

ALWAYS INFORMED💡 

WTF is Vibe Coding & WTF is Vibe Marketing!?

They’re two trending terms that many are using to help with their marketing and software capabilities. Each link is worth the read!

• Vibe Marketing:

• Vibe Coding:

PS: I will soon share with you how I am vibe marketing & coding the hell out of AI. But, I will save that for a future edition.

PROMPT IT BETTER 💯 

“Secret Codes” Worth Sharing

_{“Prompt It Better” is designed to sharpen your Human-to-AI communication skills, thus taking our AI capabilities to a new level.}

I love it when I come across (and agree with) an article that makes prompting easier.

Let’s get right to the meat of it. Instead of chasing an elaborate answer from ChatGPT, begin to incorporate these “secret codes.”

TL;DR if you didn’t read through the article.

• Explain like I’m five. Prompt 1 → (ELI5)

Start today by typing ELI5 into ChatGPT, then include the topic you want to chat about, which should result in an easy-to-consume breakdown of the topic.

• Summarize Topics. Prompt 2 →(TL;DR)

Copy and paste a link you find interesting into ChatGPT and ask for the “Too Long, Didn’t Read" (TL;DR) so you can get a quick summary of the article without having to read all of the fluff in between.

• Jargon-heavy. Prompt 3 → (Jargonize)

If you’re making a LinkedIn Post or drafting an email, go ahead and work with ChatGPT on what you’d like to write. Then type “Jargonize” before or after your text on ChatGPT, and it should throw out industry terms and maybe give you copy that helps you sound more confident in the topic.

HUSTLE HUB  📈 

YOUR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Personal Brand - The headline says it all, courtesy of Forbes: “5 ChatGPT Prompts To Build Your Personal Brand As An Entrepreneur.”

THEIR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Calorie Intake - Learn from these Teen coders who founded Cal AI (5 million+ downloads), where you take a picture of the food you are about to consume, upload it to the app, and then it logs the calories & macros for you with data analytics to track.

YOUR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Writing - Oops, Forbes Did It Again! “6 ChatGPT Prompts That Get You Paid $1,000+ To Write In 2025”

Before You Go

We hope you enjoyed what our team of humans generated this time around.

Next week, we’ll be back with July’s MONEY EDITION, featuring Making Cents, Expert Advice, and much more.

As always, see you next Tuesday.

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