When someone pushes your buttons, your first draft isn't your best draft. In this episode, Tony shares a practical, emotionally intelligent way to use AI when you're angry, so you don't send that email you'll regret.

Learn a repeatable 3-step process to:

• Vent safely (without blowing up your inbox)
• Rewrite with clarity and calm
• Set boundaries while keeping your dignity

You'll also hear how to use AI as a temporary therapist, why your response says more about you than them, and what a Roman emperor got right about difficult people.

Try The Diffuser GPT now:

Bookmark it so you can find it before your next meltdown.

Want help using AI with more emotional intelligence? Join the How to Use AI Facebook group.

In the show I mentioned I'd reommend a couple of other links also:

1. Angry Email Translator

Purpose: Transforms angry or strongly-worded emails into more diplomatic and professional communication.

Features:

• Rewrites emotionally charged messages into polite, actionable, and thoughtful emails.
• Provides strategic consultation on what to omit and what to emphasizs.
• Access: Available through God of Prompt and YesChat.ai platforms.
• God of Prompt

2. Tailored Emotional Support Companion

Purpose: Offers customised emotional support, making mental health care accessible and personalised.

Features:

• Provides empathetic listening and personalized guidance.
• Designed to assist users in managing emotional distress.
• Access: Available through GPT Store.

Welcome to How to Use AI and Automation, the podcast for total beginners.

If you are further along in your AI journey, this episode

might simply be a recap for you.

I am Tony Wynyard, and each week we explore clear, practical ways

to work with AI not just use it, especially if you are drowning in

admin or tired of tech overwhelm.

Just a reminder, every episode is also available in video on my YouTube channel.

You'll find the link in the show notes or by visiting tony winyard.com,

and if you want to ask questions, share your progress or get support,

come join our Facebook group.

"How to use AI" It's all linked in the notes.

Today we're talking about a completely free and very beginner friendly AI tool.

Google Notebook LM. It lets you upload your own documents, PDFs, Google Docs,

web articles, and then ask questions, get summaries, and even generate

an audio podcast style overview.

Think of it as your first AI system, the kind that actually reads what you

give it, and talks back with insights.

So let me explain.

Say you upload a client brief, a training document, or even a blog post.

Notebook LM turns it into a notebook.

You can query like a chat bot, ask things like, what are the main ideas?

Or summarize this so a 10-year-old can understand it.

But here's the exciting bit.

It can also generate an audio discussion between two AI voices,

like a podcast about your content.

It's not exactly high drama, but it is highly useful.

Ideal for personal learning, client training, or just digesting long

material without needing to read.

Let's do a quick walkthrough.

If you're watching the video version, you'll see this in real time.

I'm heading to notebooklm.google.com logging in with my Google account

and creating a new note notebook.

Next, I'm uploading a real article, a brilliant piece I found today

about how Finland is tackling fake news through education.

It's a good news story and a relevant one.

Once I've uploaded the PDF Notebook LM instantly analyzes it.

You'll now see a summary appear.

I can ask it things like.

What's Finland's core strategy?

Or what's the main takeaway for schools?

And here's the part I really want you to see.

I hit the audio overview button and it generates a short podcast

episode summarizing the article as a natural sounding conversation.

Depending on how many sources you upload, takes between 10 seconds and

a minute or so to generate the audio.

I use this regularly to upload a couple of weekly newsletters, that

I then download onto my phone and listen to when I'm at the gym.

It's now finished generating, so let's have a quick listen.

So what we just saw is a powerful example of how AI can help you

engage with content in new ways.

As a business owner, you could use this to summarize onboarding

materials, proposals, or meeting notes.

As a coach, you could turn long reports into short listenable

summaries for your clients.

As a content creator, you might use it to test how well your writing communicates

key ideas, but this isn't just for work.

You can upload a recipe collection and ask for substitutions or quick tips.

Upload a chapter from a history book and ask it to explain it like a documentary

voiceover, or just use it to make a daily listenable briefing outta

blogs and articles you find online.

I sometimes use it to explain complicated concepts and make

them easier to comprehend.

And when I'm learning how to use new AI or automation tools, I

will often upload multiple sources about the tool or the app, and then

listen to the generated podcast.

Some creative examples I've heard from others include teachers

prepping lesson summaries, musicians uploading gig notes or interviews,

and turning them into content clips.

Event hosts summarizing speaker bios into conversational intro.

The key.

You're not just saving time.

You're creating new ways for people to understand and connect with information.

And don't forget, this is AI, not gospel.

It might miss context, nuance, or tone.

So if you are using the summaries or the audio for anything professional or

public, give it a once over, use it as a helpful draft, not a finished product.

So here's your quick action step.

Go to notebooklm.google.com log in, upload a piece of content you care about.

Might be a newsletter.

Your bio, maybe reviews from your clients.

Then ask it a few questions.

Click the audio overview, listen back and ask yourself, would this help

someone else understand it better?

That's AI as a co-pilot, not a gimmick.

That's it for episode two of How to Use AI Remember this episode,

including the live demo, is available in full video form on YouTube.

You can find that and more at tonywinyard.com or by checking

the show notes and I'd love to hear what you try with NotebookLM.

So join us in the "How to Use AI" Facebook group.

Tell us what content you uploaded and what you got back.

Until next time, keep it simple and remember.

You don't need to be technical to start working with Using NotebookLMai.