Lesson 3 of 5 in For office workers: faster writing
Turn a wall of text into bullet points
Busy people skim. Bullet points get read; paragraphs get skipped.
Do this
Find a long paragraph or report in your inbox. Paste it into the AI and ask for bullet points with a specific audience in mind.
Try it now
Copy this prompt and paste a paragraph where it says [PASTE TEXT]:
>Convert this paragraph into 3-5 bullet points for a busy executive who has 30 seconds to read. Each bullet should be one line. No fluff.
[PASTE TEXT]
Check yourself
Are the bullets one line each? Would a busy person read them? Did anything important get cut?
What just happened
Compression is one of AI's strongest skills. It can reduce 500 words to 5 bullets while keeping the meaning. The trick is naming the audience ('busy executive') and the format ('one line each'). The AI then knows what to prioritize and what to drop.