AI-Powered Time Management

AI-Powered Time Management

Instructor: Anton Voroniuk

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Use everyday AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to audit where your time goes and plan a realistic week that survives real life.
Protect your focus from distractions and reclaim the hours lost to meetings and routines, using ready-to-use prompts you can apply today.
Build a lasting AI-powered time-management system and walk away with a complete prompt library to keep saving time long after the course.

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There are 6 modules in this course

Learn how to use everyday AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to take control of your time — no technical experience required. By the end of this course, you'll be able to audit where your time really goes, build weekly schedules that survive real life, protect your focus from constant distraction, and cut the hours lost to meetings and routines.

This is practical, hands-on time management for busy professionals. You'll work through real prompts and lessons you can apply to your own schedule the same day. You'll learn to plan around fixed meetings, estimate tasks realistically, rebuild your day when plans fall apart, and turn AI into a genuine partner rather than just another app. What makes this course unique is its focus on AI as a time-management collaborator — pairing simple, proven techniques with the AI skills to actually stick to them. You'll also walk away with a complete Time-Management Prompt Library: ready-to-use prompts for every technique in the course, so you can keep saving time long after you finish. Start building a calmer, more productive week today.

Discover how AI can help you manage time, plan smarter, and make better daily decisions.

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment

5 videosTotal 9 minutes

Introduction to the Course 1 minute
How AI Changes the Way You Manage Time2 minutes
Quick Win: Is Your Day Overbooked? Find Out in 30 Seconds1 minute
Overview of AI Tools You'll Use3 minutes
AI Ethics & Security for Everyday Use 2 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Effective Prompting Principles 10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Test Your Knowledge10 minutes

Analyze how your time is actually spent by turning messy notes into clear patterns and insights.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 9 minutes

Measure Before You Manage: The Time-Audit Mindset 1 minute
Turn a Messy Time Log into a Categorized Audit3 minutes
Spot Your Three Biggest Time Leaks2 minutes
Find Your Peak-Focus Hours from a Week of Notes2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Designing Time-Tracking Categories That Actually Help10 minutes
Reading Your Time Data Objectively10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Test Your Knowledge10 minutes

Build realistic weekly schedules that account for meetings, deadlines, buffers, and disruptions.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 ungraded lab

4 videosTotal 10 minutes

Time Blocking, Time Boxing & Buffers: Scheduling Methods That Work3 minutes
Build a Time-Blocked Day Around Fixed Meetings2 minutes
Work Backward from a Deadline to Start Dates3 minutes
Rebuild Your Schedule After a Disruption3 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Estimating How Long Tasks Really Take10 minutes
Planning for Overruns: Building In Contingency Time10 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 15 minutes

Plan Your Real Week with AI15 minutes

Protect your attention by reducing distractions, batching small tasks, and rebuilding focus quickly.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 9 minutes

Deep Work & Attention Residue: Why Focus Is a Time Problem1 minute
Split Your Day into Focus Blocks and Interruptible Hours3 minutes
Batch Small Tasks to Cut Context-Switching2 minutes
Build a 60-Second Re-Focus Routine After Interruptions2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Using AI to Audit and Cut Digital Distractions10 minutes
Single-Tasking: Prompts That Keep You on One Thing10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Test Your Knowledge10 minutes

Streamline recurring meetings, routines, and communication habits that silently consume your week.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 ungraded lab

4 videosTotal 8 minutes

The Meeting Tax: Where Recurring Time Hides1 minute
Build a Timeboxed Agenda to Keep a Meeting Short2 minutes
Design a Repeatable 20-Minute Weekly Review2 minutes
Set Up Two Daily Comms Windows and a Triage Rule2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Which Meetings to Decline, Shorten, or Replace10 minutes
Morning & Shutdown Routines That Save Time Daily10 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 15 minutes

Run a Meeting Through a Timeboxed Agenda15 minutes

Consolidate your time-management system with prompts, assessment, and a 30-day workflow plan.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 assignment

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