💼A. ①-1 [AI Reading Method for Business Professionals] "🔔Beginner's Guide 1" How to Create Your Own "Work-Effective" Summaries with ChatGPT
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"Summarizing" isn't just about making things shorter.
"Have ChatGPT summarize it"──
When you hear that, don't you just imagine "shortening the text"?
However,
"work-effective" summaries rely on "selective information" and "organizing for a purpose".
Therefore,
the key is not to have the AI "just shorten it," but to
**"have it create a summary tailored to your purpose."**
Prompt examples for creating "your own" summaries with ChatGPT
For example, when you want to create a book summary for the purpose of
**"reporting to your boss,"** you enter a prompt like this.
[Example of a prompt to create a summary for reporting to a boss]
From the text below, extract only the points necessary for a business professional to report to their boss, and summarize them in bullet points.
[Body Text]
(Copy and paste the text you want to summarize here)
With just this,
ChatGPT will create a "summary in a format you can use for work."
The point is to "convey the purpose."
If you ask the AI to "just summarize this,"
you will get a generic and shallow summary.
However,
if you include "what purpose you will use it for" and "who you are conveying it to" in the prompt,
it will become a summary tailored to you.
For example:
"So that I can understand the main points in 5 minutes"
"Information to include in a new business proposal"
"Key points for a presentation diagram"
"Data necessary for decision-making"
👉 By adding instructions like these, you end up with a summary "for yourself."
My thoughts after actually using it.
At first, I also thought "AI summary = just shortening."
However, once I started being conscious of prompts that convey a "purpose",
I became able to create "summaries that lead to action,"and I could apply them directly to documents and discussions.
AI is not "magic that can do anything."
But if you ask the "right questions," it will become your **"personal information organization assistant."**
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