Sharp in Five

Free mini-course

Models change every quarter. Delegation doesn't.

In 30 days you'll stop asking AI for things and start running it — with briefs it can execute, checks you can trust, and playbooks that outlive any single tool.

8 lessons5 weeks2 min a dayFreeNo app

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From User to Operator
8 lessons · 5 weeks
Lesson 1
Brief the AI like you'd brief a new hire
Outcomes

What you'll be able to do

  • Write a four-part brief that gets forwardable output on the first try
  • Use one gold sample to replace paragraphs of tone-and-format description
  • Verify AI output in 60 seconds — checking only what carries weight
  • Turn repeated prompts into saved playbooks that compound
  • Know which workflows are ready for an agent, and which never will be
Audience

Who it's for

You use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok most days, but every task still starts from a blank promptYou've been burned by a confident wrong answer at least onceYou manage work or people and suspect AI could take real tasks off your plate, not just polish sentences
The learning rhythm

Learn it once. Bring it back before it fades.

Each lesson arrives inside your daily brief. The widening gaps are intentional: you retrieve the idea again when remembering takes real effort.

Week 1
  1. Day 1

    Brief the AI like you'd brief a new hire

    “You need a competitor pricing summary for Thursday's leadership meeting. Which brief gets the most useful result?”

  2. Day 3

    Show it one, don't describe ten

    “You want the AI to draft your weekly team update in your voice. What's the strongest move?”

  3. Day 5

    Make it check itself, then check what matters

    “The AI produced a market summary with 12 statistics for your board deck. It's due in two hours. Best use of your time?”

Week 2
  1. Day 8

    If you've briefed it twice, save it

    “For three Mondays straight you've typed a fresh request for the AI to summarize the week's customer feedback. What's the operator move?”

  2. Day 11

    When to hand over the whole workflow

    “Which task is ready to hand to an agent end-to-end (with checkpoints)?”

Week 3
  1. Day 16 · spaced review, 5 days later

    Quick reps: the brief and the sample

    “Which opening move sets it up best?”

Week 4
  1. Day 23 · spaced review, 7 days later

    Quick reps: the playbook meets a suspicious number

    “What's the operator sequence before this reaches your VP?”

Week 5
  1. Day 30 · spaced review, 7 days later

    The capstone: run the whole play

    “What's the full operator play, from this quarter to next year?”

Try lesson 1

How it arrives

Zero extra emails.

No new subscription, no drip sequence, no second inbox thread. The lesson rides inside the daily brief you already get.

Sharp in Five — your daily brief

Your lesson

One idea, one question, two minutes.

Learning science, made practical

Built for recall, not completion.

  1. 01

    One useful idea

    A small lesson keeps cognitive load low enough to think, not skim.

  2. 02

    A question, not a quiz

    Retrieving the idea strengthens recall more than reading it again.

  3. 03

    Return after a gap

    Increasing intervals bring the idea back just as it starts to fade.

Questions

Models change every quarter. Delegation doesn't.

In 30 days you'll stop asking AI for things and start running it — with briefs it can execute, checks you can trust, and playbooks that outlive any single tool.

You'll join the Sharp in Five daily brief and this course in one step. Free, unsubscribe any time.