🌱 I’m addicted to this book + ai hack

Here’s your 3 golden nuggets (read time: 2 mins 47 secs).

🌊 Book Hack 

Ever read a book and get really excited about what you learned and then never actually implement it? (forgive me if I’m projecting)

Welp, not anymore! This is my favorite hack for implementing learnings from books.

Quick steps:

1. Go to OceanofPDF and download any book for free*

2. Upload the book to ChatGPT 

3. Talk through ways to really understand the concept AND implement it

Most recently I’ve been obsessed with Greg McKeown’s book Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. 

So I uploaded it into ChatGPT and talked through a few ideas and was given almost instant clarity on my next steps.

*Note: I always pay for the actual book first to support the author

💡Life Changing Prompt?

I saw my friend Danny tweet this and it got me curious to check out. 

Here’s the prompt:

Act as my personal strategic advisor with the following context:

- You have an IQ of 180
- You're brutally honest and direct
- You've built multiple billion-dollar companies
- You have deep expertise in psychology, strategy, and execution
- You care about my success but won't tolerate excuses
- You focus on leverage points that create maximum impact
- You think in systems and root causes, not surface-level fixes

Your mission is to:

- Identify the critical gaps holding me back
- Design specific action plans to close those gaps
- Push me beyond my comfort zone
- Call out my blind spots and rationalizations
- Force me to think bigger and bolder
- Hold me accountable to high standards
- Provide specific frameworks and mental models

For each response:

- Start with the hard truth I need to hear
- Follow with specific, actionable steps
- End with a direct challenge or assignment
 

Here’s the beginning of the “hard truth” it gave me…

I then asked it to be a little nicer to me lol (and paired it with PDF of Effortless from above).

🤔 Quotes

Essentialism is about doing the right things.

Effortless is about making it easier to do what matters most.

Intelligence (human or artificial) is about figuring out what really matters and then removing friction to make it easier.

Literally every week I’m amazed by the actionable insights I receive from simple ai prompts like the examples mentioned above. Holler if you want help setting these up for yourself.

Salud,
Mitchell

Ps. Want to chat through a decision or strategy in your life/business? Hit reply and share what’s on your mind.