Red Green Repeat Adventures of a Spec Driven Junkie

ChatGPT Book Summary Prompt

I found an awesome ChatGPT prompt to summarize any non-fiction book and give me action-able steps based on the book. The prompt:

I want you to act as a Life Coach. Please summarize this non-fiction book, (Book Title) by (Author’s Name). Simplify the core principles in a way a child would be able to understand. Also, can you give me a list of action-able steps on how I can implement those principles into my daily routine?

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As an LLM like ChatGPT trains on information out there - do not blindly trust the results!

This is how I validate with this prompt:

  • Use books I love and know well - is ChatGPT’s result aligned with what I know/remember of the book?
  • Find reviews/summaries to validate - this may be just confirm LLM’s input.
  • Read the book - using the summary as a guide.

AI tools like ChatGPT are amazing - just remember, they are tools!