Use Chat GPT to Improve Productivity in Your Business

Large Language models, such as Chat GPT, are very new, changing rapidly, and suddenly dominant in the world of work, leaving many small businesses and leaders unsure as to how they should be thinking about this new development. Are robots replacing people? (Kind of, but not really) Does this mean all my problems are solved? (No) Is this going to revolutionize how we do business in this society? (Probably)

But if we can wade through the apocalyptic warnings, the overly optimistic hyperboles, and find a pragmatic, reasonable stance, ambitious people stand to gain tremendously from the arrival of this technology. AI is a force multiplier for modern entrepreneurs and high-powered employees, and, if you know how to use it, it can catapult you ahead of the competition.

To that end, we’ll be giving a few specific applications of Chat GPT that you can use in your business to save time, improve profitability, efficiency, and quality, with specific prompts to guide you.

Product Development

Chat GPT is excellent at quickly giving you a place to start on any topic. You might not agree with its output 100%, but critiquing something that is mostly right – and exists – is significantly easier than creating something from nothing. Chat GPT jumps you past the time-consuming first step…

National gas prices continue their decline since September, sitting at just over $3.07/gal as of Tuesday, with Oklahoma coming in as the state with the cheapest gas ($2.57 avg.), and Hawaii edges out California by about 1 cent to be the most expensive, at $4.67. Cell phone bills continue to climb each year, with the average cell phone bill now coming to $144/person per month, or over $1,700 a year.

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg brought his pitch of the metaverse to the world: a multi, multibillion-dollar digital open world where people would spend nearly all of their time – in virtual offices, on virtual dates, gaming, buying digital and real-world goods, etc. Recently, however, reports from May 2023 demonstrate that the largest and most relevant metaverse platform, “Decentraland” had only 38 active daily users, bringing in a lifetime total revenue of $470. Some news outlets are reporting that the Metaverse isn’t dead – it was never alive at all. Citi had valued the Metaverse at $13 trillion. In reality?…

Small churches averaging 60 worshipers per Sunday account for 59% of all churches in this country, for a total population of 9 million individuals. Mega churches (2,000-9,999 congregants) and super-mega churches (over 10,000 congregants) together account for only about half of 1 % of churches in this country and serve a total population of just under 5 million…

Your weekly chance to test your Bible knowledge! The answer to today’s question may surprise you:

Q: Which of the Gospels do most scholars believe was written first?

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How Should Christian Leaders Respond to High-Profile Conversions?

First, the good news.

Shia LaBouef, formerly the bad boy of Hollywood, whose antics had gotten so outrageous that insurance companies refused to cover films he was acting in (according to industry insiders familiar to the author), has finished RCIA and is now officially a member of the Catholic Church and dedicated to following Christ, even going so far as to publically confess some of his more unfortunate indiscretions of the past.

Kat Von D., of the reality TV show LA Ink fame, and once a high-profile occult-enthusiast, has converted to Christianity and now attends a Baptist church in Indiana. Kat has purposely stayed away from doing a lot of media publicizing her conversion in 2019, but she did post a video of her baptism recently and posted a picture that showed her getting rid of occult books. In a rare interview, she told Christian commentator Allie Beth Stuckey that she is “on fire for Christ.”

On the one hand, this news is exciting, should be celebrated, and it is, frankly, kind of a relief after the slew of high-profile de-conversions we saw during the pandemic years. Whenever a sinner repents, there is rejoicing in heaven, and we can rejoice along too. But Christian leaders always need to be aware of temptation in these cultural moments, where co-opting the fame of a celebrity convert can end up distorting the gospel and even undermine the work.

• China is now the #1 exporter of cars worldwide.
  

• Samsung expects to post a 35% drop in profits for Q4, falling short of expectations.
  

• Religion News Service cites data to say Americans are becoming less spiritual and less religious.
  

• Christian colleges around the country experiment with various “free-tuition” models.