You're Not Late (Yet): Learn 98% of Gemini in Under 26 Minutes
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So, everyone keeps obsessing over Claude
and ChatGPT, but no one is looking at
this tool. And yet, I've used it to make
more money, be more efficient, and do
less of the stuff that I don't really
want to do. And the coolest part about
it is that it's embedded in everything
that I already use. So, in today's
video, let me talk to you about Gemini.
So, look, the last few months I have
been on a bit of a mission, basically
testing out every single AI tool there
is. And over the last few weeks, I've
been focusing on Gemini. Now, you might
be asking, what makes Gemini different
from Claude, ChatGPT, or any of the
others? Well, the answer doesn't really
come down to the AI itself. It's about
who's behind it. Google, a $4 trillion
company, one of the biggest on the
planet. So, really think about it for a
second. Google owns an absurd amount of
the infrastructure that most of us use
day-to-day. Your email, Google. Your
calendar, Google. Your documents,
Google. The platform that you are
watching this on right now, YouTube,
well, that's also owned by Google.
Almost no other AI has that. Not a
single one of them is already integrated
inside of everything that you use. So,
I've gone ahead and pulled together the
best tips that I found while using it,
and I'm actually split them into three
levels. You've got beginner,
intermediate, and advanced. But, real
quick, before we get into it, as your
big brother here on YouTube, [music]
I want to give one of you a brand new
MacBook. It's a little gift for me to
help you along in your online journey.
So, if you want to win, here is all that
you have to do. I want you to watch the
entire video. Once you've done that,
leave a like, and also leave a comment
of which tip that you found the most
useful. Even though the topic of today's
video is AI, if it isn't AI comment, you
will be disqualified. Trust me, I can
tell who's actually watched the video
and who hasn't. [music] So, go ahead and
drop it in the comment section, and come
back to next week's video, and I'm going
to leave it as a pinned comment under
that. But, with all of that out the way,
let's jump straight into it. All right,
so starting off with beginner tip number
one, setting up your personal
intelligence. Now, I know that that
might sound fancy, but honestly, it's
not. It took me like 10 or 15 minutes to
set up, if that. Literally, all you have
to do is hit the settings icon, click on
personal intelligence, and then you're
going to see three things pop up. You've
got memory, connected apps, and
instructions, and we're going to come
back to memory in just a second. So,
let's actually start with connected
apps. This is where you're actually
going to link whatever you're already
using day-to-day, your calendar, your
email, your Google Workspace, YouTube,
pretty much anything Google related, you
can just plug it in here. Now, this is
actually going to become a bit more
relevant later on in the video when we
get into one of the more advanced tips.
So, for now, just go ahead and connect
it while you're already here. Then,
you've got instructions, and this is
really just you telling Gemini how you
want it to behave with you moving
forward. Because when it comes to AI,
context is everything, right? Yes, of
course, the tool is super powerful, but
if it doesn't know how you work, how you
think, and how you want to work with it,
it's going to slow you down more than it
actually speeds you up. And honestly, I
cannot stress enough how worth it it is
to sit down and do this. So, mine is
actually configured to do two things.
First is keep answers short and straight
to the point. And second, I told it not
to be a yes-man, okay? Actually, push
back on me. If the idea is weak, tell me
it's weak, and then also tell me why.
That way we end up going back and forth
instead of just agreeing with whatever I
say. It's little things like this that
might seem tedious to do, but spend
literally 15 minutes doing it properly,
and [music] I promise you the payoff is
huge. Now, I said that we'd actually
come back to memory, and here's why.
Because this one is in a slightly
different spot for whatever reason. So,
you're going to go back into settings
and just below personal intelligence,
you're going to see import memory to
Gemini. You're going to click into that,
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>> and then there's two options sitting in
there. Now, I'll be honest, if this
feature didn't exist, I would probably
still be on ChatGPT right now. I stayed
there way longer than I should have
purely because of its memory with me.
Because after you've worked with an AI
for long enough, it starts to understand
your preferences, your business, and the
way that you make decisions. Moving to a
new tool can feel like starting from
zero. And starting fresh from zero
wasn't something that I was looking to
do. But look, you don't have to worry
about that anymore because these days it
is so easy to transfer over. The first
part here is importing your memory. How
it works is Gemini is actually going to
give you a prompt. You're going to copy
it, you're going to paste it into
whatever AI that you've been using, and
it actually hands you back a summary of
everything that knows [music] about you.
And then, you're going to bring that
summary over to Gemini, paste it in, and
done. Then the second one goes a little
bit further than that. You can actually
export your entire chat history and
bring that all in, too. Now, I know that
these seem pretty similar, but they are
actually quite different. Memory is more
of like a summary. So, your job, your
preferences, facts about you, that kind
of thing. Whereas chat history is
literally every conversation that you've
ever had with it. And that means that
you're not sat there trying to play
catch-up and rebuild your past
conversations. So, if you are properly
making the switch, honestly, I would
just do both. And even if you're only
trying Gemini out for now, I would still
do it anyways. To do it, it's pretty
simple wherever you're coming from. I'm
not going to show you exactly how to get
it done because it's slightly different
depending on where you're actually
migrating over from. But once again,
just head into the settings of your old
AI, and somewhere in there there's going
to be an option
>> [music]
>> to export your chat history. From there,
just come back to Gemini, click on
upload, and give Gemini your files. Is
it a little tedious? Yes. Is it worth
doing? Absolutely. Remember, this all
comes down to context because context is
everything with AI, and the more it gets
to know about you, the better it gets.
[music] So, now that you've helped
Gemini understand you a little bit
better, it's probably worth
understanding it a little better, too.
And that's actually tip number two,
understanding the different models in
here and what each of them is actually
doing to your usage. Because when you
signed up for Gemini, you probably saw a
bunch of different plans on there, each
one saying that it had more usage than
the last. And what that usage actually
is is tokens. Now, tokens are basically
just credits that you're spending every
time you use the software. And look, if
you're balling out and you've got no
problem paying hundreds of dollars a
month on buying extra credits, then by
all means you can go ahead and skip this
tip and move on to the next one. You
see, at my companyconsulting.com, we've
got AI built into pretty much every
department at this point. Sales,
support, marketing, dev, all of it. And
then on top of that, we've either built
or licensed multiple AI software
companies that our clients use every
single day. That's thousands of users
across multiple tools. And when you add
all of that together, we are literally
spending hundreds of thousands of
dollars a month just in tokens alone.
Now, of course, you're not spending
anywhere near that, I know. But it works
the exact same for you, just on a
smaller scale. It is the difference
between getting your work done or
hitting your limit halfway through and
then just sitting there waiting for it
to reset. And it really just comes down
to one simple concept. The higher up the
tiers [music] that you go, the more that
the model thinks and the more complex
the work it can handle. But that also
comes at a price. And that price is
tokens. The deeper that it thinks, the
more that it burns. So, let me actually
walk you through the three models that
Gemini has to offer. The first one is
called flashlight, and this is for all
the stuff that doesn't really need much
thinking at all. This will be just for a
quick back and forth or summarizing a
meeting script, organizing a prospect
list, maybe refining the text on a
resource that you've built. Basically,
all of the things that you could
technically do yourself, but you're just
handing it over to to save time. Look,
let's be real, none of that needs any
real thinking from it, which is exactly
why you should be using it because
flashlight barely touches your usage.
Then you've got your middle ground,
which is actually called flash, and this
is really your daily driver, okay? It's
the balance between getting proper work
done while also not torching your usage
by doing it. Now, with this specific
model, you get a bit of that second
layer thinking, where it's reasoning
through the problem instead of just
handing you the obvious answer. So,
let's say you're either building
something or working through something
that needs a little bit more thinking,
this is where you're going to spend most
of your time. And then there's pro, and
this is really the one that you're going
to pull out when your boss asks you for
something that you haven't even started
and he asked for it yesterday. In this
case, there is no time for back and
forth or arguing with it. Or this is for
if you're working on something that's
really big and important, where you
actually need multiple layers of
thinking. I'm talking complex multi-step
stuff. That is what Pro's for. But once
again, use it sparingly because if you
don't, you're not going to get more than
a few back and forth from it. All right,
so you've got Gemini understanding you
and you already know which models to
reach for when you need to get a
specific task done. Now we're actually
going to take it a step further and
become a lot more efficient when it
comes to using Gemini. And that is tip
number three, which is gems [music] and
skills. You see, once you start using
these properly, you're going to realize
how often you've just been wasting your
time prompting AI with the same
instructions typed out again and again
for the exact same job. And that's just
a waste if you ask me. Well, that is
exactly what these next two features are
there to fix. So, let's start with gems.
Now before we get into it, you might be
wondering why would they name this gems?
I'll be honest, I had no idea. So I
actually asked Gemini why they called it
gems and apparently it's because you
customize it for a specific job, which
to me still didn't really make sense.
But anyways, where were we? Yes, a gem
is basically just a regular Gemini chat,
but with the knowledge base that you
actually stack on top of. Now what that
means is it already knows the context
that you've given it, right? So it
already knows the instructions that
you've set. So you're not going to be
sat there re-explaining yourself over
and over. So let's say you write your
emails in a certain way. Instead of
telling Gemini how you like them written
every single time, instead you build
that into a gem once and from then on,
it just knows. Or maybe Gemini is
helping you refine a process. You can
upload all of the documentation behind
that process and then it can just
reference it directly when it helps you
build. Look, either way setting one up
is pretty quick. All you're going to do
is hit the settings icon, then you're
going to click on gems, you're going to
hit add new gem, you're going to give it
a name, a quick description, and then
you're just going to spend a bit of time
on the instructions because well, I mean
that's kind of the entire point, right?
Then the last step is to actually upload
any files that you have that would help
this gem get the job done. And look,
you're not just limited to one of these,
okay? You can build different gems for
different tasks, for different projects.
So I would just recommend giving them a
go. [music] Now on the other side of the
coin, you've got skills. A gem is
something that you can talk to, okay?
Like a customized version of Gemini to
go back and forth with, but a skill is a
repeatable process that Gemini can call
into when it needs to complete a certain
type of task. And once that is created,
Gemini can just pull from those
instructions, so that way
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>> you don't have to re-explain how to do
something. And the best part is, you
don't even need to build these from
scratch. You can just describe what you
want, and then you can have Gemini build
a skill for you. And if you've already
got a skill file written for Claude or
any other AI for that matter, you can
just upload it straight into that. And
let's say that that's too much effort
for you, or you want to get a little bit
more creative, there's actually a site
called AI Agents Library, and people are
already sharing ready-made ones on
there, so that way you can just go ahead
and download it. Literally thousands of
them sitting right there, between
writing, coding, design, whatever it is
you need, it's probably there. So, if
you just spend some time setting up both
of these, you're going to save a lot of
time repeating yourself over and over
again. Now, look, I don't know how much
time you spend on YouTube, but if you're
anything like me, it's probably more
than you would like to admit. And look,
I think that this is the most valuable
platform out there. The amount that you
can learn on here for free is crazy. I
think it's something like 500 hours of
video are uploaded to YouTube every
single minute, which is 30,000 hours of
content every hour. So, that comes out
to something like 80 years of content a
day that's posted. Now, of course,
granted, that's not all educational,
okay? A lot of it is entertainment or
just random bits and bobs. So, look, the
point is there is a lot of content on
this platform, which is genuinely great.
But, there is nothing more annoying than
only needing 30 seconds of a video and
then having to watch through the whole
thing to get it. Even if you bump it up
to two or three x speed, you can still
spend hours on here trying to absorb
everything. Well, you don't have to
anymore, which is tip number four, which
is using Gemini for YouTube. Now, you
remember how Google basically owns
everything? Well, YouTube is one of
those things. So, it makes sense that
Gemini would talk to it directly. You
can actually click the Gemini button
while you're on a video, and you can ask
it questions about what you're watching.
And from there, you can actually get the
the thing summarized, or pull out the
bits that you actually need. And this is
especially useful when there's no
timestamps on a video and you're trying
to track down one specific thing without
scrubbing through the whole video. Now,
look, it's not perfect. It can
hallucinate, and depending on how tricky
the question you're asking, it doesn't
always get it right. I actually use
specialized tools for this myself most
of the time. These are designed from the
ground up to help with this, but during
my last few weeks where I've only stuck
to Gemini and just used it as my daily
driver, I made myself stick to it
instead. And the truth is that Gemini
gets you about 70% of the way there, and
for 0% of the price because it's already
included in your subscription. And for
most of you out there, 70% is more than
enough. All right, so this next tip is
going to fall into the bracket of it's
pretty cool, but you probably don't
really need it, but you're already
paying for it every single month, so you
might as well know it's there. And
that's tip number five, which is using
Gemini Live. And what it does is,
instead of typing back and forth with
Gemini, you can just speak to it like
you are literally on a call with
someone. And on top of that, you can
actually turn on your camera so it can
see exactly what you're looking at while
you're talking to it. So, realistically,
for most of your day-to-day, you're
probably not going to use this that
much. I mean, to be honest, that was the
case for me. But when I was putting this
video together, I actually spoke to some
of my colleagues on my product team if
they've ever used it, and I had some
interesting stories. One of them
actually told me that he used it to fix
his garage door. He literally pointed
the camera at the motor, and then told
Gemini what the issue was, and it
actually walked him through exactly how
to reconfigure [music] it, what to push,
what to hold, when to stop, basically
whatever goes into configuring a garage
door motor, which is pretty impressive
if you think about it, but it's a bit of
a niche one. I'm sure if you play around
with it and test it, you'll find some
more use cases for this specific [music]
function. And now for the more
intermediate tips, we're going to focus
on building with Gemini. So, look, one
of the most frustrating things for me
when I'm building something with AI is
having to sit there, copy it out, and
paste it into whatever it is I'm working
on. And then, go back, work and tweak
some more, and then copy it back again
every single time. [music] That back and
forth takes forever. If you've ever used
AI before, then I'm sure you've been
there, too. Well, look, Gemini's got
something for that, which brings us to
tip number six, use canvas. Your chat
stays on the left, and whatever you're
working on sits on the right. So, that
way, when you ask it to change
something, it's just going to update it
right there in place instead of
reprinting the whole thing back at you
to copy over. Look, this one's a little
bit hard to describe cuz there isn't
just like one specific use case for
this. It works for writing, it works for
coding, it works for studying, basically
anything where the thing is constantly
updating, and you want to keep your eye
on it as it does. So, instead of trying
to explain, let me just go ahead and
show you how it works. Let's take
studying cuz that's a easy one for me to
show you. Now, look, I'm not studying at
the moment, but just to show you how it
works. I'm actually going to go ahead
and upload a chapter from one of my
favorite books straight into the canvas,
and then I'm going to ask it to build me
a 10-question quiz off the back of it.
And you're going to see that it's
interactive, as well. Now, the first
question, if I get it wrong, it's going
to tell me straight away, and then I
move on to the next one. So, look, you
might be in the same position as me,
which is not in high school or not
studying in college, [music] but I know
there's a lot of you out there that are
just learning something, okay? Whether
that's exams or certifications, or you
just generally want to brush up on your
knowledge about something. Well, then in
that case, this is for you. Then you've
got coding, and it works the exact same
way. It just asks you to build a simple
app to do whatever you need, and it
builds it right there in the canvas. So,
let's say I wanted to track one of my
workouts. Let me give it some basic
information about what I want, and let's
see what it comes up with. And there it
is, first version working. Now, sure, I
could sit here for a while, make it
perfect, but the whole reason I would
build this instead of just downloading
something off of the App Store, is that
I can make it exactly what I need it to
be. And it doesn't need to be workout
stuff, either. If there's something
you're stuck on for work, something
that's a pain to deal with, see if you
can actually build an app around it. I
mean, look, it's sitting in your
subscription anyways. And lastly, canvas
works the exact same way with writing,
too. So, if you're working on a script
or a document, you can just bring it up
into the canvas and work on it right
there instead of juggling two different
tabs. So, look, up until now, almost
everything that we've done has had
Gemini's stuck inside of its own chat
window. The next tip [music] changes all
of that, and that's actually using
Gemini inside of Chrome. Now, this one
is probably obvious, but this is only
going to work if you're using Chrome as
your main browser. It's not going to
work with Safari or Firefox or anything
else. [music] But as long as you're
using Chrome, you've got it. So, if you
look at the top right of your screen,
there's actually an ask Gemini button
there. You're just going to click on
that, and then Gemini is going to open
up on the right side next to whatever it
is that you're currently working on, and
now it can actually see your screen. So,
let's say you've read some long article,
and you've got a question about it. You
don't need to copy a big chunk out and
then paste [clears throat] it into a
chat anymore. It's already looking at
the page. You just ask directly there.
And if you want to get a real techy with
it, you can actually point it to a few
different tabs at once. So, let's say
you're booking a holiday, you've got
[music] five different places that
you're thinking of staying at. Normally,
you're clicking back and forth between
those tabs trying to figure out which
one's cheaper, or which one's got the
better reviews, or closer to the beach.
Instead, you're going to type the at
symbol, you're going to pick your tabs,
and ask it once. It's going to go
through all five and tell you which one
fits what you're after. Now, look, I
know that sounds like a small thing on
its own, but once you get used to it,
it's saving you that 15 seconds of
jumping between tabs every time. And
when you're doing that 30 or 40 times a
day, it starts to add up a lot more than
you think. [music] Now, right at the
start, I told you that the reason Gemini
is different is because Google is the
one behind [music] it. And Google runs
pretty much everything you're already
using day-to-day. And this is supposed
to be where it all pays off. And it
does, in a way, and I'm going to get
into the butt in just a second. But
nevertheless, that brings us onto tip
eight, which is making use of the
workspace integration. You see, some AI
tools do plug into other software to
some degree these days. But because
Google owns the tools themselves, they
are built [music] directly into the
software. I mean, it's already sitting
there inside of Gmail, Docs, Sheets, all
of it. You never have to leave what
you're doing to go and use it. So, let's
take Gmail for example. You're writing
an email, and there's a little pen icon
sitting right there in the compose
window that will basically write it with
you. Or let's say that you land on one
of those threads that's gone 40 replies
deep, and you have no idea what's even
been decided anymore. Just tell Gemini
to summarize it, and then it hands you
back exactly what was agreed and what's
landed on you to do. Docs work the exact
same way. It's just a panel sitting
right next to whatever it is that you're
writing. Draft the whole thing from
scratch, get it to summarize what's
already there, or ask it a question
about whatever you're reading without
ever opening a new tab for it. Sheets is
probably the one that saves you the most
pain out of all of them. Basically, tell
it what you want to do, and it writes
the formula and drops it straight into
the cell for you. No more sitting there
Googling how to build formulas because,
respectfully, if the tool can write the
formula for you, well then why are you
spending 20 minutes on the task? And on
top of all of that, you can tell it to
pull from an email thread, or let's say
a file sitting in Drive, both at once,
and draft something off of the two of
them together. Now look, on paper, this
is all very impressive, but it's really
only effective if you're already on
Workspace, if Docs and Sheets, as well
as Gmail, are your daily drivers. If
that's you, brilliant. This is going to
work exactly how you would want it to.
If it's not, then none of this really
applies to you the same way, and that is
something I'm going to come back to once
we've gone through the rest of the list.
All right, so that's the intermediate
stuff done, and the last two on this
list are stepping up from everything
that we've covered so far, but they're
probably the ones you're also going to
get the most out of. First up is Spark.
Now, if you've ever heard of Claude's
co-work feature or ChatGPT work, this is
basically the Google equivalent. It
basically runs on its own, makes its own
calls, and gets stuff done for you
without you sitting there watching it
happen. Trust me, I'm aware of how that
sounds. AI doing its own thing, making
its own calls, that probably makes you
feel a bit uneasy, and I totally get it.
But think about it like this, Spark is
basically like hiring your own personal
assistant, and I'm sure you would agree,
if you hired a personal assistant, and
then you just sat there overlooking
[music] every single task that they did,
well then you'd kind of be missing the
whole point, no? The whole reason you
hire someone like that is that they take
the load off of you. And that is exactly
why, right at the [music] start of this
video, I told you to go and connect your
calendar and all of your other apps.
Because that is what makes this personal
assistant good at its [music] job. So,
after a couple weeks of using this, here
is how I've got it working for me. Every
night before I go to bed, it's going to
go through my entire inbox while I'm
asleep, and that way by the time that I
wake up, it's taken everything that came
in and actually turned it into a summary
sitting inside a Google Doc. That way I
just grab my coffee and I spend my
morning going through what's priority
and what's not, instead of having to go
through every single email one by one.
Now, you might not be getting emails at
all hours like me, but let's say you've
got a lot on your plate this week. That
is when you sit down, you give Spark the
full list of everything that you need to
get done, and ask it to prioritize it.
It's going to go ahead and block out
time on your calendar for each one, so
that way you can just do the work
instead of trying to juggle it all in
your head. Or let's say your inbox is
full of hundreds and hundreds of emails,
just ask Gemini to go through them and
clean it up for you. And if you want to
push this a bit further, Spark can work
directly on your laptop, too. If you're
anything like me, your desktop is a
complete mess. You've got files and
folders you haven't touched in months,
if not years. You can literally just
tell Spark to go in there, sort it,
categorize all of it, and a few minutes
later, you come back to a clean desktop.
Now, look, I want to put one caveat
here, okay? Because I don't want you to
come back to me saying, "Hey, Spark's
deleted all my important files." AI has
gotten good these days,
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>> really good, but I'm not sure it's at
the point that I trust it with
everything. So, let's say you have a
folder with your banking information,
medical records, anything like that.
Just move it somewhere else safe first,
and then let Gemini work the rest. All
right, so last one on the list, tip
number 10, is deep research. But, we're
going to do something a little different
with it here, and I'm going to get into
that in just a second. You've probably
got a rough idea what this is by now.
It's when you get AI to go off and pull
together a full research report on
whatever it is that you've asked it. And
it's genuinely useful, okay? But, you've
got to know how to properly use it. If
you are not specific about what you
actually want out of it, you're just
going to get a whole lot of nonsense
back and you would have burned a big
chunk of your usage getting there. So
before I even run the research, I get
Gemini to help me build the prompt
[music] first. I give it a bit of
context on what I'm trying to do and
then I tell it to ask me as many
questions as it needs before we go
anywhere near the actual research and
the results come back noticeably better
since I started doing it this way. But
look, you already know that AI can go
ahead and do the research. That's
nothing new, right? What we're doing
here is taking it one step further. Now
once that report's done, we're actually
going to pair it with something called
Gemini notebook. Now if you haven't come
across it yet, they also sometimes call
it notebook LM. It's depending on where
you look. Google can't seem to really
settle on a name for it. But the point
is all you need to do is drop your
report straight into it. Then you're
going to click the notebook icon in the
top right. It's going to open up a new
tab. Once again, it doesn't cost you
anything extra either. It's [music]
already sitting in your subscription.
Once you're in there, it can feel a
little overwhelming at first. There's
quite a bit going on in there. You have
audio overviews, flashcards, mind maps,
quizzes, full written reports, [music]
the whole lot. That alone probably I can
make a whole dedicated video on, but
that's not what we're going to do today.
The one I want to show you here is the
audio overview. So let's say you've
pulled together all this research.
[music] You're going to click into the
audio overview. You're going to pick
your format. I would probably start with
deep dive if I wanted the full
explanation, but brief, critique and
debate are also useful depending on what
you're trying to do. Then you're going
to pick your length and you're going to
pick which source it's actually pulling
from. And what it spits out on the other
end is basically a podcast episode
[music] built entirely off of your own
research that you can just put on
whenever you want. So I'll actually put
it on if I'm going for a run or going to
the gym or let's say out on a long
drive. It's basically another way for me
to get the information into my head.
Once again, I know that not all of you
are students. I mean, I'm not, but even
if reading's just not your thing or
you're trying to get some sort of
certification or become an expert on a
topic, this is genuinely very useful and
I would put it near the top of your
list. So I'll actually get my team to
put up a 10-second clip of what it made
for me.
>> Yeah, that is the exact problem that
this research blueprint we're doing a
deep dive into today tries to solve.
It's um it's basically a rigorous
treasure map.
>> Now look, that was only 10 seconds, but
I hope you kind of get the idea, right?
This is actually quite insane. So, on
its own, deep research basically just
hands [music] you a big wall of text,
whereas notebooks is what actually turns
it into something that is a lot more
approachable that you're actually going
to sit down and use. Or in my case, just
something I can put on and listen to.
Those are the 10 tips that I found
useful when using Gemini. But, I've got
to be a little bit honest with you here
for a minute. Like I said right at the
start, Gemini is in a unique spot
because Google owns it, and Google owns
most of what you're already using. And
there is genuine upside to that, okay?
It's right there in your Gmail, in your
Docs, everywhere you work. It's good
across the board, but that's exactly the
problem. It's good across the board and
not great at any one thing. Because it
feels like Google got so focused on
getting Gemini into everything, they've
gone very wide with it, okay? Gemini is
in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Search, Chrome
on your phone, literally everywhere.
But, going wide doesn't automatically
mean going deep and making it
exceptional at one thing. And here's
where I personally think they've fallen
a bit short at the moment. And you can
see it. It's changed so much over the
last few months that it just doesn't
feel ready. And that is the trap with
all of these generic AI tools. The wider
you go, the more that you try to do, the
more average the whole thing gets. It
ends up being fine in everything instead
of brilliant at just one thing. And for
most of what we covered today, fine is
enough. It's going to tidy your inbox.
It's going to teach you something. It's
going to sort your files. Little fixes
that take some weight off of your day,
but that's not the stuff that changes
your life. What actually does change
your life is having something
specialized. Something built to go deep
on one area and really deliver there,
whether that's your health, your
relationships, or your income. So, if
you are after real change in one part of
your life, not just the surface level
stuff, then I'm running an event called
the Side Hustle Summit. It runs from the
6th to the 13th of September live over
the course of 5 days and it's completely
free to join. I'm going to show you how
AI can help you build a side hustle
without showing your face, without any
money up front, and without any
experience going into it. And to top it
all off, I'm bringing my own
billion-dollar mentor with me. Someone
who's helped other people generate over
10 billion dollars tracked online. So,
if that sounds like you, come join us.
There's going to be a link in the
description [music] to sign up. And
before you go, remember that MacBook I
mentioned at the start? If you want to
win it, drop a comment and let me know
which one of these 10 tips you found
most useful. But until then, as always,
I'm watching from afar and I'm rooting
for you.
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This video explores the practical benefits of using Google's Gemini, highlighting its deep integration into the Google ecosystem. The creator details ten actionable tips ranging from beginner setup to advanced productivity workflows—such as personal intelligence, model selection, Gems, skills, YouTube interaction, Gemini Live, canvas for project management, Chrome integration, workspace tools, and deep research with Notebook LM—arguing that while Gemini may not be the 'best' at any single task, its ubiquity and connectivity offer immense efficiency gains for daily tasks.
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