Chapter 4: Morning to Night — Rachel Holt

In this chapter

Your Morning Five-Minute Setup
Making Decisions Faster
The Mid-Day Reset
Closing the Day Without Loose Ends

Tools mentioned in this chapter

Reclaim.ai

AI scheduler that auto-blocks time for tasks

Google Calendar

Schedule and time-block your priorities

ChatGPT

Daily planning, decision support, and end-of-day review

Claude

Structured thinking and daily prioritization

Prompts to use

Click any prompt to expand it, then copy and paste directly into your AI tool. Replace the bracketed placeholders with your specifics.

My calendar and tasks today: [paste]. My priority this week: [state it]. What must happen today, what should I do first, and what am I possibly missing?

I'm choosing between [A] and [B]. My priorities are [list]. Which would you lean toward and why — don't just list pros and cons, give me a recommendation.

I worked on [list] today. Didn't finish [list]. Help me close two pending threads in three sentences each, and tell me what to pick up first tomorrow.

Here are my priorities for this week: [list]. Here is what's on my calendar: [paste or describe]. Help me allocate my time so the most important things actually get done. Flag anything that looks overcommitted.

I have high energy in the [morning/afternoon]. Here are my tasks for the week: [list]. Help me sequence them to match my energy levels and protect my peak hours for deep work.

Can't find the right prompt?

Ask your AI tool to write one for you:

"I need to [describe your goal in one sentence]. Write me a clear, specific prompt I can use to get the best possible result from an AI assistant."

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Video tutorials

Curated videos to go deeper on the topics in this chapter.

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