| Topic | Day | Time | Priority | Resources |
| What Is AI, ML & Generative AI? | 1 | 1 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ AI, ML & GenAI Explained — IBM · 🎓 Elements of AI (Free) — U. Helsinki · 📄 What Is Generative AI? — IBM · 🎓 GenAI for Beginners — Microsoft |
| How LLMs Actually Work (No Math) | 2 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ How LLMs Work — IBM · ▶️ Why So Many Foundation Models? — IBM · 📄 What Are LLMs? — IBM |
| The AI Tool Landscape (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) | 3 | 1 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Which AI Is Worth It? — YouTube · 📄 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini — MindStudio · 📄 Which AI for Which Job — Tom's Guide · 📄 Claude for Beginners — Ruben Hassid |
| What AI Can & Can't Do (+ Hallucinations) | 4 | 1 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Why LLMs Hallucinate — IBM · 📄 What Are AI Hallucinations? — IBM · 📄 Why AIs Make Things Up — The Conversation · 📄 Why Chatbots Hallucinate — CNBC |
| AI Terminology A–Z for Professionals | 5 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📕 GenAI Glossary — Google Cloud · 📕 GenAI Glossary — MIT Sloan · 📄 A–Z of AI Terms — Charity Digital · 📕 Glossary of AI — Wikipedia |
| The AI Boom: History & Timeline | 6 | 1 hr | 🟢 Low | ▶️ GenAI for Everyone (Andrew Ng) — YouTube · 📄 History of AI: Turing to ChatGPT — TECHi · 📄 A Brief History of AI — Planview · 🎧 Hard Fork — Apple Podcasts |
| AI Ethics, Bias & Responsible Use | 7 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | 📄 What Is AI Ethics? — IBM · 📄 What Is AI Bias? — IBM · 📄 5 Principles of AI Ethics — Prolific |
| Prompt Engineering Fundamentals | 8 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Prompt Engineering Basics — IBM · 🎓 Interactive Prompt Tutorial — Anthropic · 📰 One Useful Thing — Ethan Mollick |
| Prompt Frameworks (Role · Context · Task · Format) | 9 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ The Perfect Prompt Formula — Jeff Su · 📄 RTF Framework — Fabio Vivas · 📄 Prompt Examples — DAIR · 🎓 Beginner's Guide — Learn Prompting |
| Few-Shot & Chain-of-Thought Prompting | 10 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Chain-of-Thought Explained — YouTube · 📄 Few-Shot Prompting — DAIR · 📄 Chain-of-Thought — DAIR · 📄 What Is Few-Shot? — IBM |
| System Prompts & Custom Instructions | 11 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 🎓 Customizing ChatGPT — OpenAI Academy · 📄 Custom Instructions — OpenAI · 📄 Custom Instructions Help — OpenAI |
| Fixing Bad Outputs (Common Mistakes) | 12 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Prompt Engineering Secrets — IBM · 📄 5 Common Mistakes — Act · 📄 Mistakes & Fixes — God of Prompt · 📄 Prompt Best Practices — OpenAI |
| Prompt Libraries & Reusable Templates | 13 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📄 Prompt Library — Anthropic · 📄 Templates & Variables — Anthropic · 📕 Gemini Workspace Prompt Guide — Google |
| Iterating & Refining for Better Answers | 14 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📰 A Guide to Prompting AI — Mollick · 📰 Two Paths to Prompting — Mollick · 📄 Refining Prompts — NewMR |
| Advanced Prompting (Meta-Prompting & Chaining) | 15 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📄 Meta Prompting — DAIR · 📄 Prompt Chaining — DAIR · 📄 What Is Meta Prompting? — IBM · 🎓 ChatGPT Prompt Engineering — DeepLearning.AI |
| AI for Writing & Editing | 16 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | 📄 AI for Professionals — Jeff Su · 📰 Using AI Right Now — Mollick · 📕 Gemini Workspace Prompt Guide — Google |
| AI for Research & Summarization | 17 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Learn 80% of NotebookLM — Jeff Su · ▶️ Perplexity for Beginners — YouTube · 📄 NotebookLM Guide — Jeff Su · 📰 Four Singularities for Research — Mollick |
| AI for Data & Spreadsheets (Excel/Sheets) | 18 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ ChatGPT Builds Excel Formulas — YouTube · ▶️ Gemini in Google Sheets — YouTube · 📄 ChatGPT for Excel & Sheets — OpenAI · 📄 Best AI Tools for Excel — HubSpot |
| AI for Presentations & Slides | 19 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Build Slides with Gamma — YouTube · 📄 Copilot in PowerPoint — Microsoft · 📄 Create with Copilot — Microsoft · 📕 AI Presentation Guide — HubSpot |
| AI for Meetings & Note-Taking | 20 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Free AI Notetaker (Fathom) — YouTube · ▶️ Fathom Full Tutorial — YouTube · 📄 Otter Quick Start — Otter.ai · 📄 Copilot in Teams Meetings — Microsoft |
| AI for Brainstorming & Decisions | 21 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ AI Brainstorming Strategy — YouTube · ▶️ Custom GPTs for Decisions — YouTube · 📄 Brainstorming with ChatGPT — OpenAI |
| AI for Learning & Knowledge (NotebookLM) | 22 | 1 hr | 🟢 Low | ▶️ NotebookLM Full Tutorial — YouTube · 📄 Get Started with NotebookLM — Google · 📄 Audio Overviews — Google · 📄 Master Any Subject — Google |
| Build Your Personal AI Productivity Stack | 23 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Simple Productivity System — Jeff Su · ▶️ Second Brain with AI — Tiago Forte · 🎓 OpenAI Academy (Free) — OpenAI |
| ChatGPT Deep Dive (GPTs, Projects) | 24 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ ChatGPT Projects Deep Dive — YouTube · ▶️ Custom GPTs & Projects Guide — YouTube · 📄 Creating & Editing GPTs — OpenAI · 🎓 Using Custom GPTs — OpenAI Academy |
| Claude Deep Dive (Projects, Artifacts) | 25 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Full Claude Projects Guide — YouTube · 📄 Create & Manage Projects — Anthropic · 📄 What Are Artifacts — Anthropic · 📄 Build AI Apps, No Code — Anthropic |
| Google Gemini & NotebookLM | 26 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Gemini Beginners Guide 2026 — YouTube · 📄 8 Tips for NotebookLM — Google · 🎓 Quickstart: Gemini & NotebookLM — Google · 📄 Master Google Gemini — Jeff Su |
| AI Image Generation (Midjourney, DALL·E) | 27 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Midjourney in 12 Minutes — YouTube · ▶️ Learn DALL·E in 20 Minutes — YouTube · 📄 Getting Started Guide — Midjourney · 🎓 DALL·E for Beginners — CognitiveClass |
| AI for Video & Audio | 28 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ HeyGen Beginner Tutorial — YouTube · ▶️ Master ElevenLabs in 23 Min — YouTube · 📄 Free AI Video Generators — HeyGen · 📄 How to Use ElevenLabs — Fahim AI |
| AI-Powered Search (Perplexity) | 29 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Perplexity Step-by-Step — YouTube · 📄 Getting Started — Perplexity · 📄 Complete Guide — Jeff Su · 🎓 How-To Guide — Learn Prompting |
| Choosing the Right AI Tool | 30 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📄 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini — Towards AI · 📄 Which AI for Which Job — Kay Rottmann · 📄 Plans, Limits & Models — Morph · 📄 Enterprise Comparison — IntuitionLabs |
| Build Your Own Assistant (Custom GPTs & Claude Projects) | 31 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Custom GPTs in 5 Minutes — YouTube · 📄 Create a Custom GPT — Zapier · 📄 Introducing GPTs — OpenAI · 📄 Custom GPTs Guide — MIT Sloan |
| No-Code AI Automation (n8n, Make, Zapier) | 32 | 3 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ n8n for Beginners (Free) — YouTube · 📄 No-Code Automation Guide — Zapier · 📄 Get Started with Make — Make · ▶️ n8n Official Channel — YouTube |
| Connect AI to Your Tools (APIs, No Code) | 33 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Learn Zapier in 7 Min — YouTube · ▶️ n8n First Workflow — YouTube · 📄 AI by Zapier Guide — Zapier · 📄 Zapier MCP Guide — Zapier |
| AI Chatbots for Your Business | 34 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Free AI Chatbot (No Code) — YouTube · 📄 Create a Chatbot No-Code — Voiceflow · 📄 Build a Chatbot No Code — Lindy · 📄 Best No-Code Builders — SiteGPT |
| RAG Explained Simply (Chat With Your Docs) | 35 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ RAG Explained — IBM · 📄 What Is RAG — IBM · 📄 What Is RAG — IBM Research · 📄 RAG Explained — Built In |
| Vibe Coding: Build Apps With AI | 36 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Vibe Coding Full Tutorial — YouTube · 📄 What Is Vibe Coding — Google Cloud · 📄 Vibe Coding for Non-Coders — monday.com · 🎓 Vibe Code — Google AI Studio |
| AI Agents Explained (& How to Use Them) | 37 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ What Are AI Agents — IBM · 📄 2026 Guide to AI Agents — IBM · 📄 How to Build an Agent — IBM · 📄 Build AI Agents — n8n |
| AI for Marketing & Content | 38 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | 🎓 AI for Marketers — HubSpot Academy · 📄 AI in Content Marketing — HubSpot · 📕 1000+ AI Prompts — HubSpot · 📕 GenAI for Content — HubSpot |
| AI for Sales & Customer Support | 39 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ AI in Service & Sales — YouTube · 📄 AI in Customer Service — HubSpot · 📄 AI Customer Service — Zapier · 📄 Service Automation — HubSpot |
| AI for Operations & Workflows | 40 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ n8n Full Course (6 hrs) — YouTube · 📄 AI Workflow Automation — n8n · 🎓 Workflow Automation Tutorial — n8n Docs · 📄 n8n for Low-Tech Companies — TDS |
| AI for Finance & Analysis | 41 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Analyze Excel With ChatGPT — YouTube · ▶️ Recreate an Excel Model — YouTube · 📄 ChatGPT for Excel — DataCamp · 📄 GPT-4o in Finance — Finance Alliance |
| Build an AI Strategy for Your Team | 42 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ The Near Future of AI — Andrew Ng · 📄 Match AI Strategy to Reality — HBR · 🎓 GenAI for Beginners — Microsoft |
| Measuring AI ROI & Productivity | 43 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📄 Three Approaches to AI ROI — MIT Sloan · 📰 The Cybernetic Teammate — Mollick · 🎧 Measuring AI Productivity — Lenny's Podcast · 📄 Measure AI Upskilling ROI — Udemy |
| AI Governance, Security & Data Privacy | 44 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ GenAI Governance — IBM · 📄 AI Risk Management Framework — NIST · 📕 AI RMF 1.0 (PDF) — NIST · 📄 Data Privacy & AI — IBM |
| AI Skills That Make You Indispensable | 45 | 1 hr | 🔴 High | ▶️ Essential AI Skills for 2026 — YouTube · 📄 Skills Outlook — WEF Future of Jobs · 📰 Management as AI Superpower — Mollick · 📄 The New Skills Triad — WEF |
| Becoming an AI-First Professional | 46 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Most Useful AI Tools 2026 — YouTube · 📄 Integrate AI into Workflows — Upskillist · 📄 How to Use AI at Work — Udemy |
| Staying Current (Newsletters, Podcasts, People) | 47 | 1 hr | 🟠 Medium | 📰 One Useful Thing — Ethan Mollick · 📰 Lenny's Newsletter & Podcast — Lenny · 🎧 The Neuron: AI Explained — Apple Podcasts · 🎧 No Priors — YouTube |
| The Future of Work With AI & Agents | 48 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ Pyramid of Work & Automation — a16z · 📄 Rise of Agentic Coworkers — a16z · 📄 2026 Work Trend Index — Microsoft |
| AI for Entrepreneurs & Solopreneurs | 49 | 2 hr | 🟠 Medium | ▶️ 1-Person Business with Claude — YouTube · ▶️ One-Person Business A–Z — YouTube · ▶️ Build a Solo Business Using AI — YouTube · 📄 26 AI Tools for Small Business — HubSpot |
| Your 30-Day AI Action Plan (Capstone) | 50 | 2 hr | 🔴 High | 📄 Becoming AI-Capable in 30 Days — Adventures in CRE · 📰 Making AI Work — Mollick · 🎓 Elements of AI — Free Certificate |