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The 10-Minute Hack That Saved Me 5 Hours
Automate the busywork of life and win back your time
AI LIFE HACK OF THE DAY
From Overwhelmed to Organized: Learn Anything Faster
Trying to learn a new subject can feel overwhelming without a clear roadmap. This prompt takes the topic, your skill level, and the time you have, then turns it into a structured plan with learning goals, key takeaways, and step-by-step exercises. The result is a simple framework that makes self-study organized, actionable, and easy to stick with.
Try the prompt below to get your plan now 👇️
Act as an experienced learning coach and curriculum designer. Your task is to create a step-by-step learning plan that breaks the subject into clear objectives, key topics, and practical exercises anyone can follow. The context is [insert subject, current skill level, and time available], and the expected output is a structured roadmap with learning goals, key takeaways, and action steps that make studying engaging and easy to stick with. End with a simple call to action so the learner knows exactly how to put the plan into practice.
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WORKFLOW BUILDER
AI AUTOMATION: Build a “Life OS” That Runs on AI
Goal: Use Notion AI to instantly create a personal operating system that plans your week, tracks habits, manages finances, and keeps you focused — all in one place, no setup required.
Steps:
1. Auto-build your Life OS dashboard
Open a new page in Notion. Prompt Notion AI: “Create a dashboard called Life OS with 4 linked sections: Weekly Planner, Habit Tracker, Finances, and Focus. Include linked databases, calendar views, and simple tables.”
➡️ Run once — Notion AI sets everything up.
2. Plan your week automatically
Inside Weekly Planner, ask Notion AI: “Plan my week with 40 hours of work, 3 gym sessions, 5 hours for my side hustle, and social time on weekends. Spread priorities realistically in a calendar view.”
➡️ Refresh every Sunday.
3. Track habits with built-in AI reviews
In Habit Tracker, ask Notion AI: “Add a weekly tracker with daily checkboxes for [insert 3–5 habits]. Every Friday, summarize completion trends, note missed days, and suggest 3 improvements.”
➡️ Let Notion AI handle weekly reviews.
4. Manage finances smarter
In Finances, ask Notion AI: “Create an income/expense tracker with categories: Food, Rent, Subscriptions, Savings, Side Hustle Income. Each week, summarize where money goes and suggest 2 ways to save or reallocate.”
➡️ Enter your numbers — AI gives instant insights.
5. Stay focused daily –
In Focus, use: “Generate today’s top 3 tasks from my Weekly Planner and add short motivational reminders for each.”
➡️ Run each morning for clarity and momentum.
Pro Tip (Optional Upgrade): Want your Life OS tasks to automatically show up on your calendar? Sync with Reclaim.ai — it connects your Notion plan directly to Google Calendar and auto-schedules habits, side hustle time, and focus blocks.
Why this works:
Notion AI builds and maintains the entire system for you — no manual setup, no juggling tools. It plans your week, tracks habits, analyzes finances, and keeps you focused in minutes.
Discover the AI tools I trust — organized, updated, and built to help you win.
Marketing ideas for marketers who hate boring
The best marketing ideas come from marketers who live it. That’s what The Marketing Millennials delivers: real insights, fresh takes, and no fluff. Written by Daniel Murray, a marketer who knows what works, this newsletter cuts through the noise so you can stop guessing and start winning. Subscribe and level up your marketing game.
TODAY’S PROMPT
The Ultimate Hook Generator
This prompt helps you spin up 50+ tailored hook ideas for ads, tweets, Shorts, or posts so you always have proven angles to test for clicks and conversions. Instead of guessing, it organizes hooks into curiosity, contrarian, and pain/pleasure categories, making it easy to see what resonates. Solopreneurs and marketers benefit most because it delivers a steady stream of high-performing content ideas without the usual creative burnout.
👉 Use the prompt + check out my example output here
Clear Ask:
Act as a viral copywriter. Generate 50+ scroll-stopping hooks for [AUDIENCE] in the [NICHE] that spark curiosity and drive clicks.
Context & Purpose:
This prompt is for creators, founders, and newsletter operators who want a ready-made library of hooks to test in ads, tweets, Reels, Shorts, or LinkedIn posts. Hooks should be short, human, and engagement-first.
Inputs You Provide:
• Niche / Industry
• Audience (e.g., founders, professionals, Gen Z)
• Tone & Style (bold, witty, contrarian, etc.)
• Platform (Twitter, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn)
• Desired Outcome (clicks, sign-ups, shares, sales)
• Key Themes (money, health, AI, productivity, etc.)
Instructions for ChatGPT:
• Produce 50+ hooks, grouped into 3 categories:
1. Curiosity / Open Loops
2. Contrarian / Hot Takes
3. Pain vs. Pleasure Angles
• Number hooks for easy testing
• Keep them clear, punchy, and emotionally charged
• Avoid repetitive structures
Perfect Output:
A list of 50+ categorized hooks, plus a “Top 5 Hooks” shortlist and 3 quick testing tips to find winners fast.
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AI SPOTLIGHT
We’re Entering a Golden Age of Robotics Startups
Not long ago, robotics startups struggled to get venture backing. Today, it’s a completely different story. Hardware costs have plummeted, AI is pushing capabilities forward, and a decade of trial-and-error has matured the industry. Investors have already poured $6 billion into robotics startups in 2025 — making it one of the only non-AI categories seeing a surge in funding.
The real turning point wasn’t AI, though — it was Amazon’s 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems, which set off a wave of robotics startups and talent that compounded into today’s momentum. Now, from warehouse automation to healthcare to eldercare, the next wave of robotics companies are solving real-world problems with smarter, cheaper, and more scalable machines.
Key Takeaways:
Robotics funding boom: $6B already invested in 2025, with growth expected to eclipse last year.
Cheaper, better tech: Falling hardware costs + AI advancements make robots more viable than ever.
Big opportunities ahead: Manufacturing, healthcare, and eldercare are ripe for robotics adoption.
My Take:
We’re watching robotics finally hit its stride — and this isn’t hype, it’s real market readiness. The companies that master efficiency, solve labor shortages, and integrate AI into robotics are about to create massive opportunities.
AI QUICK HITS
🔤 Google’s top AI scientist Demis Hassabis says the most valuable skill for the next generation won’t be coding or math—it’ll be “learning how to learn,” since rapid AI-driven change will force people to continually adapt and re-skill throughout their careers.(Full Story)
👓️ AI can now analyze eye scans to predict years in advance which keratoconus patients will lose vision, allowing doctors to give early, sight-saving treatment to high-risk cases while sparing low-risk patients from unnecessary procedures.
(Full Story)
🧑💻 Six months after Anthropic’s CEO predicted AI would be writing 90% of code, reality shows the opposite—AI tools often slow developers down, introduce far more security flaws, and in some cases even wreak havoc, underscoring how overhyped the promise of AI-driven coding productivity really is. (Full Story)
AI MARKET PULSE
Robinhood CEO: Every Company Will Become an AI Company — Faster Than You Think
Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev says the AI shift will eclipse mobile and cloud adoption — and it’s happening at breakneck speed. He predicts a surge of single-person companies using AI as a “huge accelerant” to scale, while big tech plans to drop $400B into AI infrastructure. McKinsey data backs it up: corporate AI adoption has jumped from 55% to 78% in just two years. Even JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon is putting AI in the same league as the printing press, steam engine, and the Internet.
Why it matters for you:
Speed is the edge. While Fortune 500s struggle to move fast, solo operators can ride the “AI accelerant” to build lean, scalable businesses ahead of the curve. Whether you’re creating single-person AI companies, offering services to the 78% of firms scrambling to adopt, or solving the pain point of failed pilots, the window to capture this acceleration advantage is now.
Key Takeaways:
Solo AI companies are real: The one-person empire is no longer theory — it’s validation from the top.
Faster than mobile/cloud: Early movers can seize ground before slower players catch up.
$400B wave incoming: Corporate urgency = premium opportunities for implementers and problem-solvers.
🤔 Which image is real?
One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way.

Which image is the real one? |

The last edition’s results—63% were right!
Did you vote in the poll from September 13th? The top image was real! Go back and see the photos here. So what do you think? Are you getting better at spotting AI vs. not?
How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential
Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.
Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.
Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.
The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.
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