Podcast Summary: The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell

Episode: 23 Things You Didn’t Know ChatGPT Could Do
Date: October 17, 2025
Host: Dan Martell

Overview

Dan Martell, entrepreneur, coach, and bestselling author, reveals 23 creative, underutilized ways to use ChatGPT and AI. Drawing on his own experience building AI companies and leveraging automation for personal and business growth, Dan offers actionable ideas for maximizing productivity, deepening self-discovery, and accelerating business success—without burning out.

The episode blends practical "how-to" steps with Dan’s trademark no-nonsense advice and stories. He skips basic AI uses and focuses on strategies for founders, solopreneurs, and ambitious individuals eager to unlock more from AI in their lives and businesses.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Master Prompt for Your Life (00:30)

• Build a comprehensive life prompt: include your values, goals, weaknesses, and principles.
• Use AI to filter every answer through your unique lens for personalized recommendations and decisions.
• Action Tip: Ask ChatGPT to help you craft detailed questions, answer, and save the context as a PDF. Attach this PDF for future AI queries.

2. Hidden Truth Mirror (01:18)

• Feed AI with your writing, journals, or content and ask for unseen patterns or blind spots.
• Quote: “Ask it: Tell me something unique about me that I don’t see yet.” (01:30)

3. Books That Don’t Exist Yet (02:00)

• Train ChatGPT on a person’s public content (e.g. Sarah Blakely on parenting) and create a hypothetical book with their style and ideas.

4. Decision-Making Journal (02:48)

• Log major decisions and expected outcomes into ChatGPT, instruct it to challenge your thinking and review your choices for continuous improvement.

5. AI Camcorder Method (03:25)

• Upload raw transcripts or notes from a task, ask AI to turn them into a clear, repeatable checklist, SOP, or playbook.

6. Goals Breakdown—Actions (04:15)

• Describe your goal to AI; ask for a structured 30-60-90 day action plan to get there.

7. Dream Visualization via AI (04:40)

• Let AI generate vision boards or life images based on your goals—motivating you with daily visuals of your desired future.

8. Automated Savings & Investments (05:02)

• Have AI design a plan for automating wealth-building (emergency fund, debt pay-down, investments) tailored to your current finances.

9. Tax Deduction Finder (05:30)

• Advice: “Talk to a professional first,” but let AI scan your expenses monthly for deductions, credits, and grant opportunities.

10. Personal Board of Advisors (06:05)

• Use AI to model advice from experts (living or dead) by identifying those who’ve achieved your goals, then role-play conversations with their perspectives.

11. Future Self Letters (07:07)

• Prompt AI to write motivational letters from your future self, anticipating your state at 30, 90, or 365 days to keep you aligned with your ambitions.

12. Context-Aware Memory Vault (07:42)

• Build a “second brain” in AI: project folders with life, finances, and values. AI uses your stored context to give highly relevant decisions.

13. Just-in-Time Learning Paths (08:30)

• Let AI design focused learning journeys—only the essentials you need right now, not generic courses.

14. Meeting Assistant (09:05)

• Upload Zoom calls to get summarized notes and actionable to-dos.
• Memorable Moment: Dan shares how a team member uses a real-time AI necklace that summarizes meetings live (09:37).

15. Risk Assessment Partner (10:00)

• Dictate your business/personal dilemmas to AI using voice apps; get structured pros, cons, and risk insights for better decisions.
• Quote: “I like to use the voice app and I’ll go on a run and I will talk through my earbuds to AI about my life.” (10:04)

16. Message Sharpener (10:15)

• Use AI as a “tone editor.” Speak harsh or verbose messages and have AI rewrite them concisely or more kindly.
• Demo:
  • Dan: “Yo, bro, why didn’t you send me the 2026 goals yet?” (10:42)
  • ChatGPT: “Hey, I noticed I haven’t received the 2026 goals yet. Could you please send them over when you get a chance?” (10:46)
  • Dan: “Let’s go. I love it. Thank you.” (10:57)

17. Travel Architect (11:05)

• Plan multi-stop trips with AI: input budget, interests, dates. AI returns itineraries with hidden gems, weather patterns, and kid-friendly ideas.
• Dan’s family used this for a 9-month, 15-country “world schooling” tour.

18. Emotional Debrief Partner (12:10)

• Vocalize tough moments to AI, then ask for a lesson or silver lining—an instant support mechanism.
• Quote: “If you stay in your head, you’re in trouble. If you get things out… it helps.” (12:50)

19. Content Story Generator (13:05)

• Have AI prompt you for meaningful stories, then repackage them into a “Point-Story-Lesson” (PSL) format to share with the world.

20. Contract Translator (13:38)

• Upload contracts to AI for a plain-English summary and highlight risky clauses. Great for prepping non-lawyers for legal discussions.

21. Contract Creator (14:17)

• Give AI full context (location, specifics)—it drafts legally sound contracts and flags fairness or one-sided issues before legal review.

22. Tough Conversation Roleplay (15:20)

• Use ChatGPT as a sparring partner to practice difficult conversations with employees, family, even bankers.

23. Eulogy Writer (16:10)

• AI writes your hypothetical eulogy—offering perspective on how you want to be remembered.
• Inspired by Dan’s first business coach: “Write your eulogy. Focus on what family, friends, colleagues, community would say.” (16:30)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Most people are only scratching the surface of what’s possible.” (00:13)
• “If you stay in your head, you’re in trouble. If you get things out… it helps.” (12:50)
• [On message sharpening]
  • Dan: “I need you to take what I’m about to say…and take exactly what I said, but resay it in a way that’s kinder, softer, and more still direct, but not as harsh.” (10:19)
  • ChatGPT: “Absolutely…I’ll reshape it into something a bit gentler for you.” (10:35)
• “A eulogy is an incredible way to have alignment with your life and actually see how you might be remembered…” (16:17)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:30–01:18: Master Prompt & Hidden Truth Mirror
• 02:00–04:15: Books, Decision Journals, Checklists, Goal Planning
• 04:40–06:05: Visualizations, Financial Automation, Tax Help, Board of Advisors
• 07:07–09:05: Letters, Memory Vaults, Learning Paths, Meeting Assistance
• 10:00–10:57: Risk Assessment, Message Sharpener (with live demo)
• 11:05–12:10: Travel, Emotional Debriefing
• 13:05–14:17: Content Stories, Contract Translation/Creation
• 15:20–16:10: Roleplay for Tough Talks, Eulogy Writing

Episode Tone & Takeaway

Dan’s energetic, candid, and practical teaching style encourages listeners to pick just one AI method and take immediate action. He connects each tool to real-life utility, ensuring listeners feel empowered—whether running a startup or designing a better life.

Final call to action: “Pick one that you think if I started doing that in my life, I think that’d be pretty great…let me know which one’s your favorite.” (17:00)

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