How to Use ChatGPT as Your Reading Co-Pilot 📚

Issue #50 — Level up your Book Reading Journey. How/Why Meditate. Dream vs Goal.

Aug 05, 2023

💡 Here are 3-tips to help you learn, grow, and be inspired this week!

🎓 Learn

In one of our past issues, I shared how ChatGPT saved me 5 hours a week, but today, I'm about to reveal an even more exciting role for ChatGPT - my reading co-pilot!

Whether you're a seasoned bookworm or just starting your reading journey, we all know that reading can sometimes feel like work rather than an enjoyable experience. But worry not because ChatGPT is here to make reading fun, personalized, and incredibly effective.

Now, let's dive into some interesting examples of how I leverage ChatGPT as my reading co-pilot:

Prompt #1: Actionable Summary

Request: Write a short, actionable summary of <Author Name> "<Book Name>"

Prompt #2: Chapterwise Summary

Request: Provide chapter-wise, concise summaries of "<Book Name" by <Author Name>.

Prompt #3: Popular Highlights and Quotes

Request: Share the top 10 popular highlights and quotes from the <Book Name>.

Prompt #4: Read Book Summary in Your Favorite Author's Style

Request: Write the summary of "<Book Name>" using the tone and style of <Your Favorite Author/Celebrity>.

Prompt #5: Turn Books into Your Personal Coach

Request: Explore how the principles from the book "<Book Name>" can be applied to <your role>.

Fun fact: Did you know that there have been over 130 million different books published throughout history? Reading all of them would take a staggering 267,000 years! Even 0.01% of books will take 26 years to read.

I've managed to read over 150 books in the last 5 years, averaging around 25-30 books per year; I wish I had ChatGPT as my reading co-pilot sooner!

Here are a few additional guides to help you on your journey of reading:

Happy reading!

🚀 Growth Tip

Since I started a regular meditation practice, I have experienced the power of meditation to boost productivity and overall mental performance. With the correct type of meditation, we can :

Improve Focus
Sharpen the attention
Be more resilient to emotional ups and downs.

And all of these are the foundation for a high-performing lifestyle.

Andrew Huberman has done a fantastic job of explaining the process and purpose of meditation. Highly recommend watching this long but insightful documentary on meditation.

🤩 Inspiration

[On a different note, here’s something I’m excited to share to help you boost your productivity and performance through better writing in 2025]

How Samir, an Engineer, Transformed His Career with One Skill

Samir wasn’t a writer. He was a software engineer, great at building things but struggled when it came to explaining ideas, pitching projects, or sharing updates.

After being passed over for a promotion, he realized something: It wasn’t his technical skills holding him back—it was his writing.

He signed up for a copywriting course, thinking it would help him write better emails. (It did that and more.)

In a few months, Samir’s emails were clear and persuasive. His project proposals got approved faster. He became the go-to person for internal presentations. And, yes—he finally got that promotion.

Why? Because writing is a meta-skill.

Whether you’re an engineer, designer, accountant, or manager, writing impacts everything. Emails, reports, pitches, presentations—good writing makes you more productive, more effective, and more valuable.

Here’s the good news: WRITING IS A SKILL. You don’t “have it”, you learn it.

If you can improve only one skill in 2025, make it writing.

I’ve spent over $5,000 on different writing courses, and out of all of them, I highly recommend CopyThat—an email-based copywriting course you can complete in just 30 minutes a day for 10 days.

✍🏻 Check it out here: CopyThat