Information overload can cost you 3–5 hours each week. Many people have tabs of unread documents they avoid because reading them from start to finish seems daunting. This RAM approach changes that: start by asking yourself, “What do I need from this in 1 minute or less?” then, break your input into 3–5 page chunks instead of entire books, and use one of three Golden Templates—Executive for understanding, Action for tasks, Data for facts—to get exactly what you need in about 90 seconds. Confirm the output with a quick 30-second quality check, and if necessary, follow up with prompts. You can also create a personal template library for common document types like client emails, research articles, or specs—saving 2–3 minutes each time you summarise.
By the end of this micro-course, you will be able to:
- Use the “Purpose-First” system (Goal, Input, Prompt) to turn any long document into a 1-minute summary in under 2 minutes—saving 3-5 hours per week.
- Apply 3 Golden Templates (Executive Summary, Action Summary, Data Summary) with copy-paste prompts that work for reports, emails, and PDFs.
- Troubleshoot AI outputs with the 30-second Quality Check and iterative refinement—getting exactly what you need without reading 20-page reports start to finish.
