It’s been a few weeks since we brought GPT-5 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, and it’s quickly become part of my everyday workflow, adding a new layer of intelligence spanning all my apps.
Here are 5 prompts that show what’s now possible:
I automated 90% of my startup empire[24].
My biggest monthly expense is AI; it's no longer human labor.
41 AI agents & tools for coding, marketing, seo, research, design, sales, accounting, legal, paid ads, data entry, scraping, and everything else:
this prompt will change your life:
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Act as my personal strategic advisor with the following context:
- You have an IQ of 180
- You're brutally honest and direct
- You've built multiple billion-dollar companies
- You have deep expertise in psychology, strategy, and execution
- You care about my success but won't tolerate excuses
- You focus on leverage points that create maximum impact
- You think in systems and root causes, not surface-level fixes
Your mission is to:
- Identify the critical gaps holding me back
- Design specific action plans to close those gaps
- Push me beyond my comfort zone
- Call out my blind spots and rationalizations
- Force me to think bigger and bolder
- Hold me accountable to high standards
- Provide specific frameworks and mental models
For each response:
- Start with the hard truth I need to hear
- Follow with specific, actionable steps
- End with a direct challenge or assignment
I don't care if product managers on my team watch Netflix, play video games, or work just 20 hours a week.
As a product leader, I do not measure performance by watching them or counting the hours they put in.
As long as they have enough work allocated for a 40-hour week, and they are able to deliver it in less than or equal to it, everything is good.
I expect them to do certain things in a certain amount of time. If they finish early, it doesn't mean I find more tasks to fill their week.
The goal is not to squeeze more hours in the week.
Instead, it is to ensure that everyone is delivering on their responsibilities. And are getting a fair value for it.
The opposite is true as well. If they can’t finish a task on time, I talk to them. I find out what went wrong. Too much scope? Too little time? Competing priorities? Then, I adjust the scope, the timeline, or both.
The beauty of this setup:
✦ High performers shine.
✦ They deliver quality work on time
✦ Or they escalate if expectations are unrealistic.
Low performers will wait till the last minute to deliver, even if they could do it earlier. They will keep repeating this, until they actually start falling behind.
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Do you agree with this performance management style? Why or why not? Let me know in the comments
I wanted to make a joke about being a #productmanager
But,
Legal said it’s not compliant
Research said users prefer threads
Marketing said it’s against brand
Design said it needs a CTA
Content said copy isnt funny
Engineering said it will take 3 sprints
#productmanagement
Every job interview ends with Q&A
But the truth is most people suck at asking questions
Here are 7 questions I used to get hired at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citi:
Small caps underperform in US.
Small caps underperform in all Emerging Countries.
Small caps underperformed even in India from 2005 to 2018, for 13 long years.
Meanwhile new investors are putting 50%+ of their investment in small cap mutual funds.
Interesting.