So today started with one of those tasks.
We’ve all had them—six hours of meeting transcripts to dig through, looking for quotes from salespeople and managers about how they’re using our Level 1 AI tools. Usage stories, opinions, real feedback—stuff we need to shape our messaging and marketing.
Now here’s the thing: even though I literally teach dealers how to use AI to make their lives easier, I still catch myself doing things the old-fashioned way. I started going line by line through the transcripts thinking I’d just power through it.
Five minutes in, I could feel the life draining out of me.
Then I stopped and asked myself the same thing I tell others to ask:
“Why am I not using AI to do this?”
So I did.
I told ChatGPT, in plain English, what I wanted:
“Go through these transcripts, pull out quotes about usage, engagement, and opinions from salespeople and managers.”
It wrote up custom instructions, I pasted them into a custom GPT, dropped in the transcripts—and BOOM. It sorted everything out. Gave me clean quotes, grouped by theme, and even asked if I wanted more help.
And here's the real kicker:
What would’ve been a soul-sucking task actually became fun. It tapped into the creative part of me—the problem-solving part—because I wasn’t just doing the work… I was building a tool to do the work.
That’s what I think is underrated about AI.
It’s not just about speed.
It’s about turning the stuff you hate into stuff you can actually enjoy solving.
Curious—anyone else having moments like this with AI?
Or still trying to figure out where it fits in your day-to-day?
Let’s trade stories. I’ll share the custom GPT setup I used if anyone wants it.
We’ve all had them—six hours of meeting transcripts to dig through, looking for quotes from salespeople and managers about how they’re using our Level 1 AI tools. Usage stories, opinions, real feedback—stuff we need to shape our messaging and marketing.
Now here’s the thing: even though I literally teach dealers how to use AI to make their lives easier, I still catch myself doing things the old-fashioned way. I started going line by line through the transcripts thinking I’d just power through it.
Five minutes in, I could feel the life draining out of me.
Then I stopped and asked myself the same thing I tell others to ask:
“Why am I not using AI to do this?”
So I did.
I told ChatGPT, in plain English, what I wanted:
“Go through these transcripts, pull out quotes about usage, engagement, and opinions from salespeople and managers.”
It wrote up custom instructions, I pasted them into a custom GPT, dropped in the transcripts—and BOOM. It sorted everything out. Gave me clean quotes, grouped by theme, and even asked if I wanted more help.
And here's the real kicker:
What would’ve been a soul-sucking task actually became fun. It tapped into the creative part of me—the problem-solving part—because I wasn’t just doing the work… I was building a tool to do the work.
That’s what I think is underrated about AI.
It’s not just about speed.
It’s about turning the stuff you hate into stuff you can actually enjoy solving.
Curious—anyone else having moments like this with AI?
Or still trying to figure out where it fits in your day-to-day?
Let’s trade stories. I’ll share the custom GPT setup I used if anyone wants it.
