Shawn knight

Posted on Jul 6 • Originally published at Medium on Jun 29

2025 ChatGPT Case Study Series: 4 Months Later

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6 Months. 11 Formulas. 150 Articles. 1 Truth: AI Works When You Do.

Six months ago, I opened ChatGPT for the first time.

I wasn’t a developer.

I wasn’t an influencer.

I wasn’t some well-funded startup founder with a team behind me.

I was just a person with curiosity, a goal, and the willingness to work.

From Theory to Execution: The Power of the 11 Formulas

Before most people even knew my name, I wrote down 11 formulas.

These weren’t academic.

They weren’t from a productivity book.

They weren’t scraped from YouTube growth hacks.

They were built — in real time — from the patterns I observed while using ChatGPT as my primary execution partner.

These formulas became my operating system.

Every article. Every project. Every milestone since… came from these.

Here are a few that mattered most during this 4-month sprint:

Income Efficiency(goal reach) = (Focused Effort * AI Utilization) / (Time + Capital)

Task Completion Speed=(AI Automations+Systemized Workflows)/Decision Lag

Attention Value = (Content Output * Platform Presence) / Time

AI Productivity Boost = (Tasks Completed With AI - Tasks Completed Without AI) / Time Saved

Lost Potential = (Missed Opportunities * Time Delayed) - (Gains from Action Taken)

Decision Efficiency = Automated Decision Outputs / (Manual Decision Inputs + Processing Time)

And several others — all woven into the way I now work, think, and build.

What Actually Happened in the Past 4 Months?

After publishing the first 17 articles in the Case Study Series ,

I kept going.

By Month 3: OpenAI’s GM of Education, Leah Belsky , tagged me on LinkedIn.
By Month 3.5: I had already completed 100+ public-facing articles , while building out the backend of my app (A.I.N.D.Y.), and structuring an entire multi-platform visibility layer.
By Month 4: The articles, the frameworks, the formulas — they weren’t just theory anymore. They were the very reason any of this was possible at this speed.

The Backend Reality: A.I.N.D.Y. is Already Taking Shape

Is the app fully functional yet?

No.

But the backend optimization logic. The real engine driving the decision frameworks — is done.

The same formulas I used to accomplish all of this…

are now embedded into A.I.N.D.Y.

Waiting for front-end polish.

But already tested against live human behavior — mine.

The Bigger Truth I Learned

It’s easy to get caught up in features, dashboards, and tech buzzwords.

But at the core?

Execution speed. Decision clarity. Output velocity. Personal focus.

That’s what matters.

AI won’t work for you…

Until you work with it.

My Background Doesn’t Scream “Startup Founder”

I wasn’t born into this.

I didn’t have investors.

I didn’t have a network cheering me on.

I had formulas.

I had ChatGPT.

I had focus.

That’s it.

The Real Test Wasn’t Just How Much I Could Build…

It Was Whether Any of It Would Actually Work.

The answer?

It did.

Not just for me… but as a repeatable, explainable, documentable system

that others can now learn from, adapt, and scale for themselves.

What Comes Next?

The next chapters of this Case Study Series.
More frameworks.
The A.I.N.D.Y. front-end build and public release.
Expanded visibility across platforms.
And maybe most importantly… A blueprint for anyone out there wondering if AI can actually change their life.

If you show up with intention and effort…

It can.

6 Months. 11 Formulas. 150 Articles. 1 Truth:

AI Works When You Do.

This was never theory.

It was always a live test.

And now… the results are public.

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