3 Surprising Ways AI Helps Me Fry My Chickens and Get Things Done

Welcome to the next issue of Fry Your Chickens! — the newsletter that helps you fry those pesky chickens (aka your fears), laugh along the way, and create a finished seven-minute podcast in just five minutes. (More on that later!)

?? This Issue’s Highlight: 3 Ways You Can Fry Chickens with AI

Here are three “Holy crap, you can do that?” things I’ve seen recently with AI:

1. Fry This Chicken: Gather All Your Tasks

Did you know ChatGPT can read colors? I use four-color pens in my notebook and four colors of markers on my whiteboard. My notes are color-coded: anything in green is a humor idea (I like to collect at least three ideas per day), and anything in red is a follow-up.

That’s a manual process — it hasn’t changed in years (I won’t say how many, but let’s just say I was doing it when I had a Compudyne PC running Windows 3.1).

Here’s the cool part. I can now take pictures of all my notes, upload them to ChatGPT en masse, and go to a thread called “PROCESS MY NOTES.” It will read all the pictures, move the red items to one list (text file) and the green items to another text file.

The query in the thread also tells it to add any notes within a box for tasks. So if I have a task that says, "Create a template to brand your slides" (in red), and "Note: Check Fiverr for a quick fix before you do anything else" is in another color but everything is in the same box, it gives me a task with a note.

At this point, I still manually move the notes to the appropriate file — but automation is on the horizon (I know this because I wrote "Automate the note process" in red).

2. Fry Your 'Is Their Site/Video Better?' Chicken

I started a thread by saying, "Here is my website: www.philbarth.com." I then entered, one at a time, the websites for other speakers and asked ChatGPT to tell me where their site was better and where mine stood out. This became a series of paired comparisons.

The website comparisons were nearly instantaneous, but the video comparisons took a few minutes. At one point, I even ran out of ChatGPT 4.0 time — and I have a paid subscription! (Note to self: Fry the limits on subscription time.)

After about 10 comparisons, I asked, "Okay, now give me the themes." Voila — I had a list of what I needed to improve on my website, AND what I could feature more since it helps me stand out (hint: it's rubber, has a beak, and makes noise when you squeeze it).

3. Podcast Magic

I’m not sure we’re frying any chickens here, but I uploaded a PDF copy of my book Great Things Happen Every Day to Notebook LM. Five minutes later, I had a seven-minute podcast (and they nailed it) where AI podcasters discussed my book!

It also did a summary — though there’s still work to be done. It said my grandma and my mother-in-law were my parents, and my son was my father-in-law.

?? Dad Joke Double Dose

What’s a newsletter without a few laughs? Here’s your Dad Joke Double Dose for this issue, brought to you by ChatGPT:

1. Why did the broom get a promotion? Because it really swept the competition away.
2. What did the big flower say to the little flower? Hey, bud!

Got a dad joke for future letters? Message me, and you could see your joke featured here (with credit, of course)!

How I Got These Jokes

Here’s the exact prompt I used to get these fresh dad jokes: "I want you to be the biggest dad joke teller in the world - I need two new dad jokes - the funniest and yet not particularly well known jokes you can come up with."

?? Work / Life Balance - Congratulations to Kenny and Vanna!

Here's why I like to save time with AI: It allows me to focus on what really matters.

For example: Last Saturday, Beth and I had the honor of celebrating a very special day — the wedding of our son Kenneth Barth to his wonderful new wife Vanna. Welcome to the family, Vanna!

?? Fry Your Chickens in Action: Where Have You Used AI to Fry a Chicken?

I’d love to hear from you. Where have you used AI to tackle a challenge or “fry a chicken”? What tips do you have for me? Share your thoughts in the comments or reply to this email — I’m always looking for fresh ideas to make those chickens shut the cluck up.

?? What’s Next?

• Celebrations: On Sunday, my wife Beth and I are celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary, and on Friday, I’m celebrating my birthday. (Not sharing my age, but let’s just say it’s more than 34!)
• Speaking Engagements: I’ll be in Vancouver at Project Summit / Business Analyst World on November 4 and 5. On Monday, I’ll deliver my “Fry Your Chickens” keynote, and on Tuesday, I’ll present my new AI presentation.
• 2025 Speaking Engagements: I’m booking keynotes for 2025 now, so if your organization could use some humor and stress relief (and who couldn’t?), let’s talk!
• Coming Soon: My new book, Fry Your Chickens! Seven Ways to Get Those Chickens Inside You to Shut the Cluck Up, is in the works. Stay tuned for exclusive sneak peeks and some rubber chicken giveaways as we approach the launch.