30-day practice path
Four weeks. One AI conversation a day — or close to it. By the end, you'll have real working habits, not just a book you read once. Each week builds on the last. Skip days when life gets in the way. The point is the pattern, not perfection.
You don't need to have read the whole book to start. Week 1 walks you through the core moves. Week 2 onwards applies them to your real work.
Week 1: First conversations
Based on Chapters 1–7
Seven days, seven different moves — one from each of the first seven chapters. By the end of the week you won't be an expert. You'll have a feel for what works for you, what doesn't, and what you want to try next.
Day 1: Describe a real situation
Pick something real you've been thinking about — not a fact you could look up, a situation. Type it into AI the way you normally would. Then start a fresh conversation and describe the same situation with three or four sentences of context. Compare what you get back. Chapter 1 exercise.
Day 2: Build a way to think about a decision
Pick the biggest decision on your plate. Not the most urgent — the biggest. Ask AI to help you build a way to think about it: not to make the decision for you, but to give you a clear framework for working through it yourself. Spend 15 minutes on the framework. Chapter 2 exercise.
Day 3: Ask AI where it might be wrong
Take something AI told you recently — yesterday's framework, an answer to something you'd been wondering about, advice it gave you. Ask: "How confident should you be in this? Where might you be wrong? What should I double-check?" Compare its self-assessment with what you already suspected. Chapter 3 exercise.
Day 4: Make AI interview you first
Before your next AI request, say: "Interview me first. Ask at least five questions so you understand my situation." Answer honestly — including the questions you don't have a great answer for. Then make your real request and notice the difference. Chapter 4 exercise.
Day 5: Reject the first draft
Take something AI produced for you this week — a draft, a plan, an outline. Don't accept it. Tell AI specifically what doesn't work and why. Push for a second version. Then a third. Notice how much better the output gets when you push back. Chapter 5 exercise.
Day 6: Find everything wrong with it
Take your best result from this week. Open a different AI tool, or a fresh conversation in the same one. Paste the result and say: "Find everything wrong with this." Bring the strongest criticisms back to your original conversation. Chapter 6 exercise.
Day 7: Try a different AI tool
Try the same task in a different AI tool — most have a free version. Same prompt, same follow-ups. Notice what's different. By the end of today you'll have tried seven moves and used more than one tool. That's the foundation. Chapter 7 exercise.
Week 1 check-in
Ask AI: "I've spent a week practising the seven core moves from the book. Here's the one that worked best for me: [best move]. Here's the one I struggled with or didn't understand: [hardest move]. Which move should I be using more often in my daily work?"
Week 2: Apply the moves on real work
Based on Chapters 4–7
Last week you tried each move once. This week you apply them on work that matters — your real tasks, where the quality of the output makes a difference. Not learning the moves; building the habit of reaching for them.
Day 8: One real brief
Pick one piece of real work this week — something you'd care about whether it's good. Don't ask in one line. Write a structured brief: context, task, constraints, what good looks like, what you don't want. Compare the result to what a vague request would have produced.
Day 9: One real iteration
Take something AI produced today and reject the first version. Tell it specifically what doesn't work. Push to a second version, then a third. Make iteration your default response to a first draft, not something you have to remember to do.
Day 10: One real second opinion
Take the most important thing AI produced for you this week. Open a different tool. Ask it to find everything wrong. Bring the criticisms back to your original conversation and make changes. Notice which criticisms were right and which weren't.
Day 11: One deliberate tool choice
Pick a task today. Before opening AI, decide which tool you're going to use and why — based on what you noticed on Day 7. Use that tool. Notice whether the choice was right. If it wasn't, that's data for next time.
Day 12: Combine the moves
Pick the most important thing on your plate. Run the full workflow on it: structured brief, iterate to a third draft, get a second opinion from a different tool, deliberate tool choice. This is what Week 2 has been building toward.
Days 13–14: Reflect
Look back at the past week. Which of the moves do you reach for naturally? Which do you keep skipping? What's the highest-value move for your specific work? Write down two or three observations — they'll guide what you do next.
Week 2 check-in
Ask AI: "This week I applied four moves to real work: structured briefs, pushing for better drafts, getting second opinions, and deliberate tool choices. Here's what happened: [your observations]. Which move is producing the most value for me right now, and what should I deepen?"
Week 3: Build something
Based on Chapters 8–9
This week you'll go beyond conversations and build something real — a tool, a system, or a learning programme that solves an actual problem in your life.
Day 15: Find your recurring problem
Think of something you deal with repeatedly — managed with workarounds, memory, or stubbornness. Write down what the problem is and what you've tried. Don't open AI yet. Just identify the problem clearly.
Day 16: Build Version 1
Describe your recurring problem to AI honestly, including any constraints. Ask: "What's the simplest thing I could build to help — and what should I deliberately leave out for Version 2?" Then ask AI to produce Version 1 with you — not describe it, build it. Copy what AI produces into a spreadsheet, notes app, or document you can use today. Chapter 8 exercise.
Day 17: Use it
Use your Version 1 for as much of today as the system applies to. Don't try to improve it yet — just use it. Notice what you skip, what feels wrong, what asks for more effort than the problem deserves. Write down two or three observations.
Day 18: Refine, don't redesign
Bring your observations back to AI. Describe what worked and what didn't. Ask for the smallest change that would fix the biggest problem — don't redesign, refine. Implement that change. Use the new version for a couple more days before deciding whether anything else needs fixing.
Day 19: Start a coaching conversation
Pick a skill you've been trying to improve at — ideally one where you've plateaued, or where you keep meaning to make progress but don't. Describe honestly where you are, how long you've been at this level, and what "better" would look like. If your skill has shareable output (writing, photos, drafts), share an example. Ask AI to interview you first, then set one specific exercise for this week. Chapter 9 exercise.
Days 20–21: Do the exercise and return with results
Complete the exercise AI set you — actually do it, don't just read the response. Then bring the results back to the same conversation: what you did, what was hard, what you think went well. Ask for feedback and your next exercise. You've now started an ongoing coaching loop.
Week 3 check-in
Ask AI: "This week I built [what you made] and started a coaching conversation about [your skill]. Here's where I am with both: [brief summary]. What should I focus on next week to get the most value from each?"
Week 4: Establish habits
Based on Chapter 10
The final week isn't about learning new techniques. It's about figuring out which ones stick — and making them part of how you actually work.
Day 22: Identify your top three
Look back at the past three weeks. Which three AI techniques or workflows have been most useful to you specifically? Not the ones that sounded impressive — the ones you actually used and got value from. Write them down.
Day 23: Use your top technique on a real task
Take whatever is on your plate today — a work task, a personal project, a decision — and apply your most useful AI technique to it. Not as practice. As actual work.
Day 24: Use your second technique
Same idea, different technique. Find a task that fits it. The goal is to start reaching for these tools naturally, without having to think about which chapter they came from.
Day 25: Use your third technique
Complete the set. By now you should be noticing which tasks make you think "I should use AI for this" before you even open the tool.
Day 26: Revisit your build
Go back to whatever you built in Week 3. Is it still working? Does it need adjusting? Spend 15 minutes refining it based on a week of real use.
Day 27: Continue your coaching
Check in on the skill you started developing in Week 3. Share your progress, get feedback, receive your next exercise. The habit is the value — not any single session.
Days 28–30: Your personal system
No specific tasks. Instead, use AI however feels right for the next three days. Cook with it. Plan with it. Think with it. Write with it. The point is to stop following a programme and start following your own instincts about when and how AI helps.
Week 4 check-in
Ask AI: "I've spent a month building AI working habits. Here's what stuck: [your top techniques]. Here's what I built: [your tool]. Here's what I'm learning: [your skill]. Looking at all of this, what should my focus be for the next month — and what should I stop doing?"
What's next?
You've built the foundation. From here, keep using the techniques that work, keep refining what you've built, and keep your coaching conversations going. If you want to go further, the prompt library has 20 starter prompts across 8 categories, and the chapter exercises are always there to revisit.