How to Get Ahead of 99% of People (with AI)

Step-by-step tutorial that turns ChatGPT into your AI Second Brain and trusted AI Sparring Partner!

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6 months ago, I was about to invest $30,000 into a marketing initiative that would have completely failed.

The only reason I didn’t?

A 5-minute conversation with ChatGPT that spotted the subtle flaw I was too emotionally attached to see.

In that time, I’ve noticed the top 1% all do 1 thing differently with AI…

They don’t use AI for answers. They use it to find questions.

1 friend used this exact method to realize he didn’t have to spend $5,000 in development fees (because he could vibe code his idea for less than $100 in 2025).

In this post, I’ll show you how to transform ChatGPT from a perpetual glazer who gives you generic feel-good advice into a strategic AI Sparring Partner that truly challenges and sharpens your thinking.

This turns $10,000 mistakes into $0 mistakes. You’ll have a system to pressure-test your ideas in minutes instead of months.

And you’ll walk away 10x smarter from the process.

I’ll show you the exact setup: get the right ChatGPT plan, then run 2 simple prompts in the same chat, and finally how to save it permanently as your 24/7 infinitely patient AI sparring partner.

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Get Paid ChatGPT Plan

Before we start, you need a paid ChatGPT plan.

The free version won’t work effectively because we want Projects and Custom GPTs to save everything permanently. So that you don’t have to do this every single time you open a new conversation.

This is the $20-per-month cheat code that pays for itself.

If you’re intermediate in AI, obviously you can stick to Claude or Deepseek or Gemini, and just follow the same process below.

But if you’re new to AI, I recommend starting with a paid $20/month ChatGPT plan.

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The 4-Step System

Here’s our simple 4 step system:

1. Build Your AI Second Brain

2. Active Your AI Sparring Partner

3. Create Your ChatGPT Project

4. Build Your Custom GPT

I’ll walk through it step-by-step below, but I highly recommend watching the Youtube tutorial if you’re new to AI.

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Step 1. Build Your AI Second Brain

First, we lay the foundation. Start a new chat in ChatGPT.

Use this prompt:

I want you to understand ME. I’m a [Role] at [Your Business]. Ask me every question you need to truly understand my business, goals, customers, and challenges.

Spend 30-45 minutes answering deeply. Be honest about your weaknesses. Share your data. Share what you really think. This builds the context right in your chat.

This information powers your “AI Second Brain”.

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Step 2. Activate Your AI Sparring Partner

Now for the fun part!

In the SAME chat, use this prompt:

Based on everything you know about me, become my AI Sparring Partner.

When I present an idea, your first response should include 3-5 questions I haven’t thought about, counterarguments, blind spots, or risks.

Short, powerful, and this instruction programs ChatGPT to automatically find your blind spots and weak arguments.

Let me show you exactly how this works…

Copy/paste the following line into ChatGPT:

My Idea: ‘I want to start a social media scheduling app.’

The OLD ChatGPT would glaze you:

“Great idea! Here’s a launch plan…” - generic, surface level, full of yes-man feel-good glazing.

But your NEW AI Sparring Partner challenges you:

• Why would someone switch from tools they already trust when switching takes time and carries risk?

• What feature gives you an edge strong enough to survive against platforms that now bundle scheduling inside their apps?

• How will you acquire users without spending heavily on ads in a market where CAC is high and margins are low?

• How do you plan to handle platform API instability, rate limits, and sudden policy changes that break smaller tools first?

• What prevents this from turning into a pure commodity where the only difference is price, which drives your revenue down?

And here’s another real example:

The purpose of your AI Sparring Partner is to help you think more deeply about the decisions and challenges you’re struggling with, to help you ask better questions, to help you learn faster and consider more options, and to identify and surface risks you may not even realize.

This collaborative paradigm will truly help make YOU smarter, better, sharper… that’s the point! And it’s probably my favorite way to interact with AI.

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Step 3. Create Your ChatGPT Project

Now we make this permanent.

In the left sidebar, create a new Project called ‘AI Sparring Partner’ and move this conversation into the project.

This keeps everything organized and gives you a clean workspace that remembers your context.

This should save you 5-10 hours every single week because you never have to re-explain your business or re-train your AI.

All your context is always there.

Loaded up into your AI Second Brain and AI Sparring Partner!

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Step 4. Build Your Custom GPT

Anecdotally, I’ve noticed higher quality personalized answers using a Custom GPT compared to Projects.

However, BOTH options are now shareable with team members, clients, and friends.

I do like having multiple conversations in Projects compared to GPTs, but I’ll show you how to build your own custom GPT as well.

In the left sidebar, click “Explore GPTs” and create:

• Name: AI Sparring Partner

• Instructions: Paste the AI Sparring Partner prompt, then paste the answers you gave ChatGPT after running the 1st prompt (AI Second Brain prompt).

• Knowledge: Upload more files as additional context, such as customer case studies, product information, support chats, pricing tables, etc.

• Enable web search

Now you have a 1-click business partner that knows your entire business and is programmed to find your blind spots, making YOU smarter, sharper, and better.

Never waste time explaining your context to AI again.

Before: Wasting hours getting generic advice, making costly mistakes, and constantly re-explaining your business to AI.

After: 10-minute deep-dive strategy sessions with an AI Sparring Partner that knows your business inside out.

Let the fun begin :)

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