--- title: "AI Quick Tips 302: Use AI tools to change how you think" description: Use AI tools to challenge your thinking and improve problem-solving skills with high-level strategies and practical applications. 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[Human + AI Playbook Template](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/en-us/human-ai-playbook) - [NotebookLM Masterclass](https://maven.com/thoughts-brewing-llc/learn-notebooklm-in-a-weekend-2-cohort) - [Fractional COO/CTO Services](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/en-us/fractional-coo/cto-services) - [Contact](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/en-us/contact) What are you looking for? # AI Quick Tips 302: Use AI tools to change how you think March 19, 2026 ![Picture of Damien Griffin](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/20cb51297a34e5d5d7c3362ec1fae755) [Damien Griffin](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/author/damien) ![A graphic title card on a dark blue background. On the left is an orange robot head with a speech bubble containing the text 'AI'. To the right is a light blue circle containing the words 'Quick Tips'.](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/hubfs/AI%20Quick%20Tips-1.jpg) The narrative is out there, that AI tools only create “slop” and nobody should ever use them.   If that’s how you feel, I won’t change your mind *(I doubt you’d even be reading this)*.  I will put some ideas out there in case you come across someone with this message (or many someones), and you start to question if they are right.   To be clear, if you only prompt AI tools to create slop, then, yes, they will only create slop.  Doesn’t feel like news. If you don’t know how to prompt it to create not-slop then you’ll have to [read more of our posts](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/en-us/blog-subscription), [watch some of our videos](https://www.youtube.com/@thoughtsbrewingllc?sub_confirmation=1) or [schedule some training](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/en-us/next-level-ai-workshops).  I won’t be able to cover all of that here.  I will offer some high-level ways that you can use AI tools to challenge and/or change how you think about things.  This can be personal things, professional things, “one-day” things, etc.     #### Here are some suggestions - - Explore alternative ways that you can look at something - Ask the chatbot how else it could be seen… - See if something that you are thinking makes sense - Create any persona you want to practice tough conversations - I.e. asking for a raise - Identify gaps in your logic - Go through the [6 thinking hats](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/how-to-use-the-six-thinking-hats-to-make-better-decisions) - Find unintended consequences of your decisions/actions - Find ways to simplify simplex problems - Brainstorm ideas on anything - Practice asking or answering difficult questions   This is just a small section of a much larger list.   Notice how none of these have to create anything that you put out into the world.  No slop.  Just internal conversations and practice that you don’t even have to talk about.   If you do even one of these things, people will start wondering how you are “so prepared”. 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