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Audit Your Own Job and Install AI Where It Actually Pays
The capstone: a weekend project where you audit your own role, identify three high-leverage AI installs, and run them for a month to measure the lift.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1Your Job, Under a Microscope
- 2workflow audit
- 3capstone
- 4leverage
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Section 1
Your Job, Under a Microscope
- 1List every recurring task you did in the last two weeks
- 2Estimate weekly minutes for each
- 3Tag each: Delegate / Co-write / Keep (from the delegation lesson)
- 4Rank Delegate + Co-write tasks by weekly minutes saved if halved
- 5Pick the top three
A one-page install plan per task. Three of these is a month of meaningful change, not a newsletter-sized tip.
For each of your top 3 tasks, fill in:
## Task
Weekly status email to VP of Sales.
## Current workflow
45 minutes every Friday. Scrolling through Slack, notes, and CRM.
## AI install
- Claude Project loaded with last 8 status emails as voice examples.
- Saved prompt that takes my Friday notes and outputs the draft.
- Verification step: I read every line out loud before sending.
## Expected weekly savings
25 minutes.
## Risk
Generic voice — I'll re-check week 1 and week 4.
## First date I ran it
2026-04-24- 1Week 1 — run each install every time the task comes up
- 2Week 2 — note which ones are working and tune the prompt
- 3Week 3 — if a workflow isn't saving time, drop it and pick a new candidate
- 4Week 4 — tally real minutes saved, and note quality changes
Compare the options
| Common install | Typical weekly savings | Main risk |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting prep ritual | 30–60 min | Stops being habitual |
| Email rewrite playbook | 45–90 min | Voice homogenization |
| Weekly status email draft | 30–45 min | Becomes generic over time |
| Deck outlining | 60 min per deck | Stories get repetitive |
| Research Space for a topic | 60+ min per deep dive | Stale sources if untuned |
- You've bought back 2–4 hours per week in measurable minutes
- You have a personal prompt library of 10–20 tuned prompts
- Your voice still sounds like you across every channel
- You can name the three tasks AI shouldn't ever touch in your role
Key terms in this lesson
The big idea: AI at work only pays when you install it deliberately in your own workflow. A weekend audit and a measured month will return more leverage than a year of chasing new tools.
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