Book 2 · Chapter 8: The AI-Powered Workday
This page builds a daily AI rhythm around your real schedule, with a printable planner sheet.
This page assumes you've read the chapter. It hands you the tools, not the lessons.
The chapter's four blocks, arranged around your real day. Set your hours and a few details and the plan lays itself out. Adjust and re-read it until it fits.
- 8:00 AM to 8:30 AMEmail and Communication Triage
Your AI's job here: help you respond fast and well. Not perfectly. Fast and good enough.
- 8:30 AM to 10:30 AMDeep Work with AI as Research Partner
This is where the real work happens. And your AI's job is to get out of your way and into your reference notes.
- 10:30 AM to 11:15 AMLunch and a break
Step away. The afternoon runs on a second wind.
- 11:15 AM to 1:15 PMCommunication and Admin
Your AI's job: be your voice.
- 1:15 PM to 1:45 PMWrap and Set Up Tomorrow
Your AI gives you a plan for tomorrow before you leave today.
Daily Rhythm Planner
The chapter's four-block workday. Fill in the times that fit your real day.
Block 1: Email and Communication Triage (30 minutes)
Your AI's job here: help you respond fast and well. Not perfectly. Fast and good enough.
Block 2: Deep Work with AI as Research Partner (2-2.5 hours)
This is where the real work happens. And your AI's job is to get out of your way and into your reference notes.
Block 3: Communication and Admin (1.5-2 hours)
Your AI's job: be your voice.
Block 4: Wrap and Set Up Tomorrow (30 minutes)
Your AI gives you a plan for tomorrow before you leave today.
From the Daily Rhythm: Four Blocks section.