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✅ How To 10 X Your Productivity In Seconds

I wasn't particularly interested in Chat GBT.

Then I saw a Gary V video that changed my perspective: 

"Ignoring AI is the same as your parents ignoring the internet.” — Gary Vee

Ouch!

That hit hard.

You see, I’m a creative romantic. 

The notion that Chat GBT emulates genuine creativity and problem-solving seems off to me.

I’m a purist. 

To me, creativity isn't just a tool; it's a lifestyle, a mindset, a way to untangle emotions, articulate my thoughts, and show up in the world.

Creativity is flow. And flow is authenticity. 

I had this notion: AI was a shortcut used by talentless cooks to follow someone else’s mediocre recipe.

I’m unashamedly pretentious about creativity.

I see myself as a chef. 

I leverage my multipotentiality to blend multiple ingredients together and create unique dishes. 

But my epiphany was realising that Chat GBT isn't replacing but enhancing my creativity.

It's like having a super organised, detail-orientated personal assistant who does all the tasks I hate doing — and more importantly, it executes the tasks I can’t do in seconds. 

➡️ Prioritising tasks

➡️ Organisation

➡️ Time Management

➡️ Faster decision making

➡️ Preventing overwhelm and procrastination

All this means I have 10 X my productivity

The deeper I get into AI, the more productive I become. 

Now I realise leveraging Chat GBT allows me to spend more time in creative flow, and not less!

AI processes data to be more productive; multipotentialites synthesise ideas to be more creative

Here’s an example of how you can take a science-backed framework to increase your chances of success by up to 60% — and simplify the process with Chat GBT in seconds. 

Mental Contrasting

Here’s the scenario: 

You start a new business idea. You are excited. You can’t wait to get your idea into the world. 

You are sure that the world is going to embrace your idea with open arms. 

Then you hit the obstacles.

You don’t get the reaction you want. The project is much harder than you anticipated.

You are consumed by perfectionism.

The reality does not meet your expectations. You’re a black-and-white thinker, so you catastrophize, feel like a failure, and rip up the entire project.

This is super common with multipotentialites.

Professor Gabrielle Oettingen from NYU spent 20 years researching how to increase the chances of success with goals. 

In her research, she discovered those using her WOOP model increased the likelihood of success by up to 60%

The WOOP model will do the following for you:

➡️ 1: Increased Success Rate By Up To 60%

➡️ 2: Increase Problem-Solving

➡️ 3: Build Momentum and Resilience

WTF is WOOP?!

Gabrielle’s research created this framework.

➡️ W: Wish— what is your goal?

➡️ O: Outcome — what is the result of achieving the goal?

➡️ O: Obstacles — what obstacles are you likely to face?

➡️ P: Plan — what plan can you create in advance to overcome the obstacles?

Life is tough.

Creativity and business are even tougher.

We need to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. 

But you will 100% face the following obstacles in any new business or project:

➡️ Perfectionism

➡️ Procrastination

➡️ Imposter Syndrome

➡️ Indecision

➡️ Self-doubt

➡️ You will not get a lot of engagement in the beginning

➡️ You will overcomplicate your offer by trying to please everyone and end up pleasing no one

Every successful creative and entrepreneur has gone through this. 

The trouble is we’re not prepared for the obstacles. 

So we panic.

Self-doubt washes over us. We think our idea is shite. We beat ourselves up for not being good enough. 

And then we quit. 

However, if we have a plan to overcome the obstacle in advance, we are prepared.

You will not panic. You are mentally prepared for the obstacles, and you can execute the plan. 

So this is how to use Chat GBT to create a plan to overcome obstacles and increase your chances of success by 60% in under 90 seconds. 👇

This is Rick Rubin. 

He co-founded Def Jam Records.

He’s the creative genius behind some of the biggest-selling albums and artists in history: Beastie Boys, Metallica, Kanye West, Adele, Eminem, Ed Sheeran, AC/DC, etc.

His discography is insane!

He’s also the best-selling author of The Creative Act: A Way of Being.

His creative philosophy is very much aligned with my own.

He’s a deep, philosophical, creative soul.

A multipotentialite who has worked across nearly every musical genre.

I have trained Chat GBT to imagine it is Rick Rubin.

Based on the advice and interviews he has given over the decades, I have instructed Chat GBT in the spirit of Rick Rubin to be my creativity coach. 

Action Plan 👇

1. Take this prompt.

2. Fill in the blanks to personalise your situation.

3. Put it into Chat GBT. 

4. Press return 

5. And within 90 seconds, Rick Rubin will create a plan for all your obstacles.

6. You can ask Rick questions. 

7. Get him to dig deeper. Ask him to give you examples.

8. Is it perfect? Nope.

9. Will it get better? Yep.

10. But it will create your plan in seconds.

11. Copy it onto a Word doc, and refer back to it when you face the obstacle.

The research is clear. Mentally preparing and planning to overcome the obstacles you will inevitably face in advance increases your chances for success by up to 60%

Prompt: 👇

Based on Professor Gabriele Oettingen’s WOOP model, I want you to create a plan to help me achieve my goal:

This is the model

Wish: This is where I state the goals

Outcome: This is where I specify the outcome I want to achieve

Obstacles: This is where I specify all the obstacles I will face

Plan: This is where we create a plan to overcome the obstacle in advance

The wish or my goal is to ( INSERT YOUR GOAL HERE)

Outcome. ( INSERT THE OUTCOMES OF ACHIEVING THE GOAL HERE E.G SELL 1,000 COPIES/ HELP 1,000 PEOPLE ACHIEVE X)

Obstacles: Perfectionism, procrastination, overwhelm, technical challenges, marketing strategy, time management, running out of ideas, and imposter syndrome ( ADD ANY OTHER OBSTACLES YOU MAY FACE HERE)

I want you to imagine you are Rick Rubin. You are acting as my creativity coach. Please give me detailed, in-depth insights for each plan using Rick Rubin's quotes and advice on overcoming every obstacle.

I want you to give highly detailed and actionable three step-by-step actions to each obstacle up to at least 250 words each.

I want you to format Rick Rubin’s coaching in bullet points.

Don't just provide empty platitudes. Provide detailed philosophical insights into overcoming creative blocks.

Is that clear? PROMPT ENDS

Watch this 90-second video to see it for yourself. 👆 Clicking this will take you to the website version

Conclusion

Long term, no one has a Scooby doo what the future of AI holds.

It’s going to happen whether we like it or not. 

It is out of our control.

In the short to medium term, it depends on what you do, right?

It will likely not steal your job or threaten your business.

It will be your competitors, or your peers, who are using Chat GBT to 10 X their productivity who will do that. 

Multipotentialites who embrace AI will have a competitive advantage. 

Imagine you had a time machine, and you could go back to the start of the internet, YouTube or Instagram.

Can you imagine what you could have built by getting in early?

I’m old enough to remember the introduction of computers, the internet and email in the workforce. 

There was a movement of people who preferred speaking on the phone. They didn’t embrace email. 

They got left behind.

I remember people who refused to embrace computers and the Internet.

They got left behind. ( See your parents)

I feel a bit of fear. We are all going to go through a period of uncertainty.

The only certainty is not embracing AI will massively limit your opportunities.

But mostly, I’m filled with curiosity and excitement about what can be achieved with AI.

Used correctly, Chat GBT is the tool that will see Multipotentialites get their ideas out into the world with much more speed and efficiency.

It’s the convergent thinking assistant that will leverage our divergent thinking onto an entirely different level of productivity.

Chat GBT is only as effective as the ideas that are input into it. Divergent thinkers are literally the most creative minds on the planet.

I’m certain that AI will see the renaissance of multipotentiality, where society will favour multi-disciplinary thinking once more.

It will be generalists that thrive in an AI world.

AI will take over specialisation in most industries.

As a creator, I’m fully embracing AI.

I have converted all my frameworks to AI. Concepts that required hours of deep work in the past can now be completed in seconds.

Get on Chat GBT now.

It will give you a significant edge.

Divergent thinking creates ideas; AI actualises them

Don’t get left behind. 

The cost of inaction will be significant!

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