Procrastinating? Overthinking? Waiting for motivation?

In Episode 6 of How to Use AI (and Automation), Tony Winyard shows you how to break free from perfectionism and overwhelm — with the help of beginner-friendly AI tools like ChatGPT, Goblin Tools, and Otter.ai.

🎧 What You'll Learn:

• Why procrastination isn’t about laziness — and what it really means
• How to use Goblin Tools to break big tasks into small steps
• How ChatGPT can coach you through the messy middle
• What happens when you let AI support your first draft instead of fighting for the perfect one

🛠 Tools in this Episode:

• Goblin Tools: https://goblin.tools
• ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com
• Otter.ai: https://otter.ai

🗓 Free Webinar: Automate the Tasks You Hate

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Episode six; Outsmart Procrastination With AI.

Turn your Avoidance habits into action steps using the tools you already have.

You're listening to how to use AI and automation, the show for curious

business owners, creative freelancers, and complete beginners who want

to get more done with less stress.

I'm Tony Winyard, and today we are tackling a cheeky little gremlin.

That trips up just about everyone.

From high flying entrepreneurs to half asleep teenagers; procrastination.

But here's the twist.

We are not going to try and conquer procrastination, like

it's a monster under the bed.

Instead, we're going to outwit it.

We're gonna try anyway.

And we'll do that by showing you how to use AI tools to

bypass the emotional friction.

Stop overthinking.

And dare I say, actually start.

Because the biggest lie procrastination tells us is you need more time.

But most of the time we don't actually need more time , what

we need is less resistance.

Let me paint a little picture for you.

It's Thursday morning, I've blocked out two hours to write slides

for an upcoming webinar titled, automate the Tasks You Hate.

Perfect Timing.

I've got some water to drink.

I'm just gonna do a bit of writing.

Um, but what do I actually do?

Well, first I colour code a Trello board I haven't used since 2022.

Then I start researching new slide fonts.

Half an hour later I'm watching a YouTube tutorial on how to

animate a loading spinner.

Now, do I actually need a loading spinner in my webinar?

No, of course not.

What's happening here?

It's classic procrastination, but in disguise.

It feels productive, but it's actually avoidance with good branding.

Eventually, I caught myself and instead of powering through, I

paused, opened ChatGPT and I typed.

Pretend you are a future version of me who's already finished this

webinar and it went really well.

What advice would you give me to get started?

The response?

Spot on, encouraging, slightly smug, but exactly what I needed.

That small shift; using AI as a motivational mirror got me back

on track and this my friend, is where AI gets interesting.

Here's an little insight why we procrastinate and how AI can intervene.

'cause what I've learned and what psychology backs up, is procrastination

is rarely about laziness.

It's usually one of three things.

1. Overwhelm, the task is just too big.

2. Perfectionism.

You are afraid it won't be good enough.

3. Lack of clarity.

You're not even sure where to start.

And let's throw in another one.

The magic of AI.

It cuts through all three of them, if you ask the right questions.

Let's break this down with three simple tools and how they work with your brain.

So number one is Goblin Tools.

Goblin.

You see it on the screen for those listening.

It's just goblin.Tools.

Sounds ridiculous, but it works brilliantly.

You paste in a task like.

"Prepare a pitch deck for Monday's client presentation" and it

breaks it into human sized steps.

You open your existing deck, read through the client notes, draft

three key points, update visuals.

Each step feels manageable.

This is called reducing cognitive load, and it's half the battle.

Second tool otter.ai.

Many of you may know it.

If you find yourself overthinking, just talk.

Open Otter record a voice note where you ramble about what you are stuck on.

Then take the transcript, paste it into ChatGPT with this prompt; "here's what

I'm trying to figure out. Can you give me a clear three step plan from this?"

Suddenly your messy mind becomes a tidy action plan.

And the third tool ChatGPT itself as a self coaching tool.

This one's gold.

Use a prompt.

"I'm putting off writing my sales page. Talk to me like a coach who

understands I'm tired and overwhelmed, but I want to make progress".

It'll return something kind, motivating, and most importantly, specific.

Because the real superpower of AI is that it never gets bored of encouraging you.

It doesn't judge you, and it won't let you off the hook unless you tell it to.

So let's say you are a coach and you've been meaning to record a

video for your new offer for weeks.

You tell yourself you need to be in the right mood.

The lighting needs to be perfect.

You need a new jumper.

Sound familiar?

Instead, open ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini, and say, "write me a rough

video script in my voice. Introducing this offer. Keep it under 90 seconds".

Boom, first draft's done.

Then use goblin tools to break the rest into steps.

Maybe it's review the script.

Choose a location, record a 90 second take.

Upload it to YouTube.

Suddenly you are not wrestling with a hundred feelings.

You are just checking off these different steps.

So here's your challenge for the next week, pick one task

you've been putting off.

Something that's been lurking, like an unpaid parking ticket in your brain.

Paste it into goblin tools and break it down.

Then ask ChatGPT.

Give me a friendly reminder and one sentence of encouragement for each step.

Now, schedule the first 10 minute block in your calendar.

This combination of micro steps, AI support, equals momentum.

You'll be amazed at how this tiny shift snowballs.

When you try it, I want to hear what happens.

Share it in my Facebook group, "How to use AI".

You'll probably help someone else finally start too.

So just to recap the tools that we've talked about today, ChatGPT, but

it could be Claude or, or Gemini.

Goblin tools, which is like a magic to do, which is at Goblin Tools and Otter ai.

So this week we didn't just talk tools.

We talked about behaviour.

Procrastination thrives in ambiguity and fear.

But clarity, kindness, and momentum.

That's where AI shines.

And remember, don't wait for motivation.

Let motion create motivation.

Don't aim for perfect.

Just get started.

Don't do it alone.

Let AI be your sidekick.

Remember, you can watch this episode on YouTube or Spotify For demo walkthroughs.

Join the free live webinar.

The next one is Monday, 1st of July, which is called Automate the Tasks You Hate.

And you can sign up at Tony Winyard dot com.

Join us in our Facebook group, which is, how to use ai.

And the, all the episodes you can find on YouTube and on various podcast players.

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Let's build a world where AI supports real people doing real things, even

when we're not quite feeling it.