AI for Personal Productivity
Get real work done with AI — email, notes, planning, and research — without the hype. Where AI genuinely saves you time, the traps that quietly cost it back, and how to build a system that keeps your judgment in charge.
AI can genuinely help you get more done — triaging email, summarizing meetings, breaking down projects, learning faster. But this topic is drowning in hype, and the honest evidence is mixed: AI helps a lot on some tasks and, on others, saves no time or even slows you down while making you feel faster. This course teaches you to get the real gains and avoid the traps.
You'll learn where AI reliably helps (drafting, summarizing, well-scoped tasks) and where it backfires ('workslop' that creates rework, verification overhead, and eroded thinking); the human-review discipline that keeps AI useful; and how to protect your data and your critical thinking. The throughline: AI is a powerful assistant for specific tasks, but it doesn't automatically make you productive — you stay in charge, verify what matters, and measure real results instead of trusting the feeling. Module 1 is free.
What you'll be able to do
- Get real, measured time savings from AI — and spot where it doesn't help
- Use AI well for email, meeting notes, knowledge, planning, and research
- Keep the human-review discipline so AI drafts and suggests while you decide
- Avoid the traps: workslop, verification overhead, and eroded critical thinking
- Protect your data and build a sustainable personal AI system that keeps your judgment central
Curriculum
Module 1: Getting Real Value from AI
FreeWhat AI can and can't do for productivity, where to start, the AI-drafts-you-decide discipline, and your first win.
Module 2: Email, Notes & Knowledge
PremiumEmail and inbox, meeting notes, your second brain, and research and learning faster.
- Email and inbox11 min
- Meeting notes and summaries10 min
- Your second brain10 min
- Research and learning faster11 min
Module 3: Planning, Tasks & Automation
PremiumTasks and planning, calendar and scheduling, automating personal workflows, and quick writing.
- Tasks and planning11 min
- Calendar and scheduling9 min
- Automating personal workflows10 min
- Quick writing and communication9 min
Module 4: Pitfalls & a Sustainable System
PremiumThe productivity paradox, protecting your thinking, privacy and data, and your sustainable AI system.
- The productivity paradox12 min
- Protecting your thinking11 min
- Privacy and your data10 min
- Your sustainable AI system11 min
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