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You can use AI to think clearer, move faster, and deliver superior work. Most people treat AI like a gadget. Borrowed IQ is a different mindset. You add brainpower on demand, so your decisions, writing, research, and creativity all jump. It is now realistic to borrow 50 to 100 IQ points today, and most people do not realize it. What would you do with 50 to 100 extra IQ points, today. You lead, AI scales you.
Borrowed IQ means AI thinks with you. You rent brainpower on demand, apply your judgment, and deliver better results.
- You ask better questions because AI offers options and angles you did not see.
- You see consequences sooner because AI can simulate scenarios and test ideas.
- You move faster because AI drafts, summarizes, and organizes while you decide.
- You reduce errors because AI checks facts, math, and logic, and you verify the parts that matter.
Net effect, it feels like your IQ went up by 50 to 100 points. Outcomes improve, blind spots shrink, and you can prove both.
Here is what Borrowed IQ looks like today
- Decisions: you ask sharper questions, evaluate tradeoffs early, and validate choices before you commit and execute. The goal is not speed for its own sake, it is removing blind spots.
- Writing: you get a credible first draft in minutes, then you edit for voice and accuracy. Output rises, quality increases, fatigue drops.
- Research: you scan sources fast, pull key facts with links, and turn hours or days into minutes. You keep a source trail you can cite.
- Creativity: you generate many options, pick the best, and refine. Quantity becomes a path to quality.
- Meetings: you capture decisions, responsible parties by name, and deadlines. Nothing falls through, loops close the same day.
- Operations: you keep checklists and templates that AI fills, you approve and publish. Repetition stops eating your calendar.
Borrowed IQ in action: improve a weekly newsletter
Goal: cut time, raise quality, stay in your voice.
- Write a one paragraph brief, 3 minutes Prompt: “You are my senior editor. Here is the brief: [paste 4 sentences on goal, audience, angle, proof]. Give me a five part outline and one strong data point for the opening.”
- Get a fast research pack, 7 minutes Prompt: “You are a research analyst. Find five recent credible sources that support this topic. For each, give a one sentence takeaway, a short quote, and the citation with date.”
- Draft in my voice, 10 minutes Give the model one page from a past newsletter. Prompt: “Match this tone. Write an 800 word draft from the outline. Use the data point from Source 3 and one quote from Source 2. End with a single call to action that invites readers to reply with JOIN.”
- Tighten and fact check, 10 minutes Prompt: “You are my copy chief. Cut 15 percent without losing meaning. Replace vague lines with the best sourced facts from the research pack. Flag anything that looks shaky.”
- Create the teaser, 3 minutes Prompt: “Write a 50 word teaser for LinkedIn. One line hook, one insight, one practical takeaway, one soft invite to reply.”
Save these each week
- The brief
- The research pack with links
- The draft and final
- The teaser
How you know it worked
- Time to publish drops by half
- Replies and forwards increase
- You feel less drain after publishing
That is borrowed IQ at work. You stay the editor, AI supplies speed, options, and checks.
The near future, why this matters now
Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer at X, the moonshot factory at Google, and author of Scary Smart, projects a near future where AI intelligence accelerates far beyond ours, possibly adding 4,000 IQ points within three years! Imagine a partner that searches all known knowledge in seconds, chains complex tasks without drama, and never gets tired. Picture product strategy built in hours, not months or quarters. Personalized service at scale for every client. Constant testing of offers and pricing with live data. A library of playbooks that improves after every project. Gawdat’s point is trajectory, not a literal IQ score. The takeaway is compounding capability that feels like a multi order jump. If that future lands soon, you want the muscle built now.
Borrowed IQ is rented brainpower. Use it to think better, not to think less. Build the habits now, compound the advantage every week.
I am opening the AI Insider Lab next month. We will use these ideas and more to upgrade how you work, raise your output, and unlock faster wins. Reply with JOIN, I will add you to the announcement list.
See you on the inside,
Chad
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