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The AI Trick That Feels Like Cheating (But Isn’t)

Written by Danielle Price Griffin | Dec 3, 2025 2:45:00 PM

Ever start writing something and immediately regret your life choices?

  • A sales email. 
  • A podcast title. 
  • That dreaded About page.

You stare. You stall. You scroll LinkedIn “for research.” And suddenly, 40 minutes are gone and you still have… nothing.

This is where most people give up or power through with a mediocre draft.

 

But there's a better way.

Use AI before the blank page gets painful.

  1. Open ChatGPT. 
  2. Type:  “Help me brainstorm titles for a podcast episode about [topic]. I want it to sound [tone] and catch attention without being clickbait.”
  3. Or try:  “I’m writing an About page for my website. Here’s what I want people to know {your details]. Can you help organize this into a few rough sections?”

Rather than outsourcing your thinking, you’re building a scaffolding to create around it.

The real skill is knowing when to pause and ask for help,  even if the help is a chatbot. You don’t have to be perfect.

And once you get that first push, the rest comes faster.