The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the most popular self-help books ever published, and its style of encouraging internal improvements that can translate into external success has been copied and imitated a million times, as has its catchy title of "[number] [noun] of [hyperbolic adjective] of [happy/successful/wealthy] people." Of course, applying the ideas of any advice book consistently can be difficult without a clear day-to-day plan. Rather than revisiting the book directly, I decided to undertake an experiment based on a single prompt to ChatGPT to translate the seven habits into a two-week, step-by-step routine that could fit into an existing schedule.
I told the AI chatbot: “Act as a practical coach and set up a 14-day experiment to help me follow The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People step by step. Break each habit into simple daily actions that fit into a normal routine and keep everything realistic and easy to follow.”
