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The free introduction
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LESSON 01 · WRITTEN GUIDE + PRACTICE

Start with something
you recognise.

Choose a small task and describe a result you can judge.

You don’t need to learn every tool.

Start with one familiar task: a meeting email, a short explanation or a plan for an ordinary activity. An AI assistant can help you find a starting point. Your knowledge of the task helps you judge whether the result is useful.

Imagine you need to move a meeting. The assistant can help with the words. You supply the real times, check the meaning and decide whether to send the message. Drafting is different from sending.

SMALL ENOUGH TO TRYSUITABLE INFORMATIONA RESULT YOU CAN CHECK

Describe a result, not just a topic.

A BROAD TOPIC

“Help me with email.”

A USEFUL RESULT

“A friendly message under 100 words that asks to move a meeting and offers two new times.”

If you cannot tell whether an answer is correct, choose a simpler task or identify a reliable source or person who can help you check it.

YOUR TURN

Write your four-line brief.

Use fictional details. Your answers stay in this page only; copy them before leaving. Nothing is sent to an AI service.

Fill all four fields before marking this exercise complete. This is your self-check; your writing is not graded by AI.

MAKE THE NEXT ATTEMPT YOURS

Try a second starting point.

Choose another everyday task. Explain what a useful result would look like and how you would check it. If you cannot name a check, identify who or what could help.