Module 4 · Do the work — and keep your judgement Lesson 14 of 15
Automate one boring task
Pick one task you repeat — renaming files, a weekly report, turning a name list into email lines — and ask for the simplest way that works, then ask it to write the steps back as instructions you could follow next month. The win is the hour you get back, not how clever the script looks.
The concept
Pick one task you repeat — renaming files, a weekly report, turning a list of names into email lines — and ask for the simplest way that works. Then ask it to write the steps back as instructions you could follow next month without it. The win here is the hour you get back every week, not how clever the script looks.
The mistake is automating the wrong thing first — a task you do twice a year — and ignoring the one you do every week. Pick the repetitive one, write down how long it took before and after, and keep the steps somewhere you will find them.
Every Monday I paste 30 names and emails into a spreadsheet.
Task: show me the SIMPLEST way to turn a name column and an email
column into lines like: Name <email>
Then write it back as 3 numbered steps I can repeat next week, in plain
English, using the tool I already have (Google Sheets).Worked example
Every Monday I paste 30 names and emails into a sheet. Show me the simplest way to turn a name column and an email column into "Name <email>" lines, then write it as 3 steps I can repeat next week.
Your practice task
Automate one thing you do weekly, and write down the time it took before and after.
Do this before moving on. Reading a solution teaches the shape of it; typing it teaches you.
Key takeaway
Pick one task you repeat — renaming files, a weekly report, turning a list of names into email lines — and ask for the simplest way that works.
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