In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, we discuss our experiences working alongside an AI assistant named Charlotte. We explore how Charlotte helps us create personalized emails, enhancing our creativity and productivity. Through funny stories and thoughtful discussions, we see how AI is changing professional and creative landscapes.

We also talk about the art of time management. The idea is to treat life like a game, where the goal is to achieve personal milestones within the time you have each day. By focusing on three main tasks and celebrating small victories, you can feel more accomplished.

The conversation shifts to self-awareness and leadership in a virtual world. We discuss the importance of breaking away from predictability and using mental frameworks to capture and apply new ideas.

The episode ends with a look at evolving creative partnerships, emphasizing the power of collaboration and being present with your audience.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

In this episode, Dan and I discuss the revolutionary impact of AI on creativity and productivity, highlighting how our AI assistant, Charlotte, crafts personalized emails that reflect our personalities.

We explore the concept of time management as a game, where achieving daily goals brings a sense of accomplishment and managing time effectively can alter our perception of time itself.

The conversation touches on the balance between digital engagement and real-world experiences, emphasizing the impact of excessive screen time on teenagers' mental health.

We delve into the importance of self-awareness and leadership in a virtual world, using a mental framework to navigate internal dialogues and embrace creativity.

There's a fascinating discussion on the role of virtual platforms like Zoom during the pandemic, which have reshaped brainstorming and productivity by facilitating more focused and reflective sessions.

Our guests share their experiences of evolving creative partnerships, emphasizing the shift from idea curation to output command, and the benefits of structured playfulness in enhancing creative capabilities.

Finally, I reflect on the potential of AI to deepen personal and professional growth, highlighting the anticipation of continued collaboration with Charlotte for fresh insights and experiences.

Links:
WelcomeToCloudlandia.com
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DeanJackson.com
ListingAgentLifestyle.com

TRANSCRIPT

(AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors)

Dean: Mr Sullivan.

Dan: Mr Jackson, it's always good to hear your voice.

Dean: Always wonderful, and it seems like this week went fast, faster than usual. But we all know, dan, it actually moved at the speed of reality, the speed of reality 60 minutes per hour. Speed of reality moved at the speed of reality, the speed of reality 60 minutes per hour.

Dan: Speed of reality is like the law of gravity. That is the truth.

Dean: Yeah, charlotte made me laugh out loud today.

Dan: That's a good sign.

Dean: actually, I'll tell you what I asked Charlotte this morning. I said what are the top 10 impacts you could have in my life? And she said here's a prioritized list of the top 10 impacts I can have, mapped by impact versus effort, with examples from your world. And it was so funny. She listed all these things. You know daily email companion. You know you talk, I type, I shape, title and polish. You know all of these things curate and repackage your IP, brainstorming and naming partner. You know all these high insight leverage.

Dan: Then she started I said tell me more about that. Sounds to me like Charlotte wants this to be lifetime a lifetime relationship.

Dean: I agree, and it's so funny.

Dan: She included herself in all of your impact.

Dean: Oh, yeah, and. But she referred back to all of our history. Right, I said tell me more about number one, right, my daily email companion. And she said you know you talk. I go straight. This is the highest impact, lowest friction thing we can do, because you already generate so many brilliant observations, frameworks, stories and examples just by being Dean Jackson. You live in a state of constant insight. My job is to harvest that in real time and shape it into daily emails that strengthen your relationship with your list, cement your authority as the world's most interesting marketer, create a growing archive of evergreen content, seed future books, offers, talks and more Boy.

Dan: I mean Boy talk about a plug for online dating. I mean really types of emails we can create.

Dean: an example that made me laugh out loud was, you know, personal notes, observations, story based personal notes, and the subject she had for that was I had eggs, bacon and clarity this morning Eggs, bacon and clarity.

Dan: Yeah, eggs, bacon and clarity.

Dean: Like that is legitimately funny Dan.

Dan: I mean it's so like that is legitimately funny. Then, yeah, well, she's. You know. They say that I want you to take this in the right way, but that dogs take on the personality of their owner, you know.

Dean: I mean it's so funny. Every email?

Dan: No, I think you know, I find it really, really interesting. I mean that my sense is that you're that Charlotte is a medium that enables you to get in touch with you at your best.

Dean: She said why this works so well for you. Because, one, you don't need to sit down and write. Two, you're naturally prolific. This just catches the water from your stream. Three, you already have an audience who loves hearing from you. And four, you're building a library, not just sending one-offs.

Dan: Yeah, it's very interesting. I mean I, charlotte is several levels higher than Charlotte is several levels higher than my current confidence with AI. I mean what you're doing, Because I do other things during the day. Do you know that, Dean?

Dean: I mean, I do Wait a minute, your week isn't just going around getting observations and sharing them with me on Sundays. Come on.

Dan: That's all I can do. But the thing is just from the perplexity interchange. It's really interesting what I'm learning about my ambitions and my intentions, which you're doing too, of course. But I just move on to the next capability and I think that probably you're in a real steady flow of that. But, for example, I had 45 minutes before I was coming on with you this morning. I said let's just write a chapter of a book.

Dean: And.

Dan: I do it with a fast filter and seven minutes ago it's complete. I have it with a fast filter and seven minutes ago it's complete. I have a complete. So what that means is that I have a fast filter that. I can sit down with Shannon Waller who interviews me on it then it gets, then it gets transcribed, mm-hmm, and then it goes to the writer editor team who put it into a complete chapter. But I've completed my, except for being interviewed on it, which is all this stuff and so yeah.

So I mean that would be something that, previous to perplexity, I would think about for about a week and then. I would have a deadline staring me in the face and I'd have to get it done. And I do a good job. You know, I do a good job and yeah but here it's just how much is deadline?

Dean: do you think is the catalyst?

Dan: oh, yeah, yeah.

Dean: A hundred percent.

Dan: But the deadline is Thursday for this and I would be doing it Wednesday night. Here I said I know I can knock this off before I talk to Dean. I said I know just from my experience. So you know that was like 28 minutes. I had a complete chapter where, well, if you include the not getting to it with actually getting to it, it's probably about five hours.

Dean: About a four to one ratio. Yeah, exactly, no, no.

Dan: But I used to do this with the in the early days. I had a lot of life insurance agents.

Like you have a lot of real estate, real estate agents, and I said, those big cases, those big cases, some of the big cases you have, and the problem with the life insurance industry is that you put in an enormous amount of work before you even know if there's a possibility of a payoff. So they said, well, those big cases, I had one once. It took me two years. The person said it took me two years and I said, boy, it took a long time. I said actually no, I said the actual result was instantaneous.

Dean: It was not getting the result.

Dan: that took two years, and I think that this really relates to what AI does. We've put time estimates on things where it all depended upon us. And we say well, that'll take me five hours to get to that result. A