What if I told you ChatGPT doesn’t have to be intimidating, confusing, or filled with tech bro jargon?

I just dropped a new video on YouTube that walks you through everything you need to know to start using ChatGPT—even if you’ve never touched AI before.

🎥 Watch it here:

👇 In this video, I cover:

• What ChatGPT really is (in plain English)
• What you can do with the free version vs. the paid version
• How to talk to ChatGPT like it’s The Rock, Dolly Parton, or a data scientist
• How to tweak its personality and responses
• How to create your own custom GPTs
• Why “projects” are my favorite new feature
• Bonus: yes, there’s a raccoon survival scenario

Look, I get it. ChatGPT sounds like tech bro stuff. It’s not. I spent a lot of time teaching myself this and it’s genuinely too good not to share, so here’s my no-jargon breakdown of what it is and how to actually use it.

What is ChatGPT?

Think of it like a magic 8-ball, except instead of guessing, it’s pulling from a massive pile of real knowledge scraped from across the internet. Ask it when the next Royals game is, ask it to write SQL code, ask it to explain hydraulics. It handles all of it.

Level 1: Priming it with a persona

This is where it gets fun. Tell it to talk like someone. The Rock, Dolly Parton, a data scientist, a mechanic. It’ll stay in that voice for the whole conversation. Telling it to “talk like Gary Vee” or “respond like a certified nutritionist” actually changes the quality and tone of the answers. Try it. It’s free in the no-login version.

Level 2: Customizing your settings

Once you’re logged in, go into your settings and tell it who you are and how you want it to talk to you. Mine is set to be concise, list the main points first, and call me out when I’m not following through on things. The more you set this up, the better it works for you over time.

Level 3: Build a custom GPT

A couple of clicks and you can build a specialized version with its own persona, instructions, and even documents you upload for it to reference. The Projects feature works similarly, like a folder where every conversation shares the same instructions. Great for keeping different topics separate.

The honest takeaway

If you’re still using Google for everything, just try typing the same question into ChatGPT first. It’s not going away. The more you use it, the more it learns how you think. This is 101-level stuff but start here and you’ll wonder how you worked without it.

Thanks for reading and watching.

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