From the book · Unleash Your Business With AI
Chapter 25: The first 30 days
The 3 prompts from Chapter 25, ready to copy, with the chapter's mistakes to avoid and three tasks for this week.
Week 4: the team, then the verdict
I work as a [role] at a [type of business]. Every day I have to [describe the repetitive writing task]. Help me write one reusable prompt for this task. - Put the details that change each time in [square brackets]. - Include a line telling the AI to use only the facts I give it and to write "CHECK" beside anything it is unsure of. - Include a reminder that no customer phone numbers, addresses or bank details are to be pasted. Then show me the prompt filled in with a made-up example, marked as an example.
What you should get back: a short prompt with clear gaps to fill, plus one worked example.
Check: the learner tries it on a real case the same day. If they rewrite most of the answer, the prompt needs more facts.
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- The weekly review
- The scorecard
- Mistakes to avoid
- Do this week
The weekly review
Here are this week's notes on how we used AI in the business. No customer data is included. - Uses that ran: [list] - Problems: [list] - This week's numbers: [paste] - Last week's numbers: [paste] 1. Summarise the week in five lines. 2. List the top three problems. For each, say whether the fix is a prompt change, a process change or training. 3. State the change in each number from last week, and show the working. 4. Suggest one focus for next week. Use only what I have written. If something is missing, ask me. Do not guess.
What you should get back: a five-line summary, three fixes and one focus.
Check: recalculate the changes yourself. The decision in question 5 is yours.
The scorecard
Here is my scorecard after 30 days of using AI in my business: [paste your scores, your answers and your notes. No customer data.] Act as a practical business adviser. 1. Name the three uses I should keep and make standard, and why. 2. Name the uses to fix or drop, and why. 3. Suggest one area to go deeper on next month, with four weekly steps. Base every point on what I have written. Do not assume results I have not reported.
What you should get back: a keep, fix and drop list and a four-week next step.
Check: the advice rests only on your notes. You decide. The 90-Day Plan at the back of this book carries on from week 5.
Mistakes to avoid
- Starting five systems in the first week. None gets finished, and the team concludes that AI does not work here.
- Letting only the owner use it. If nobody else has a saved prompt by day 30, you have a personal habit, not a system.
- Skipping the starting numbers. Without them you cannot tell a real gain from a pleasant feeling.
- Moving anything to "automate" inside the month. Thirty days is for assisted work, with a person checking every output.
- Hiding the errors. Day 28 exists so that mistakes are spoken about and the checks get stronger.
Do this week
- Choose one assistant, install it on your phone and computer, and start an "AI log" note with today's date.
- Write your never-paste list on one page and put it near your desk.
- Write down your three starting numbers for last week, as listed under "Before day 1".