If ChatGPT Is The Homie, Perplexity Is The Cousin With Receipts

Forget the hype and the horror stories—let’s make AI practical, warm, and wildly useful. We walk through a simple, real-world stack that turns scattered goals into clear steps: ChatGPT for planning and writing, Perplexity for research with receipts, Notion AI for organizing life, Quizlet AI for faster studying, and wellness apps like Calm and Headspace to protect your sleep and focus. No jargon, no gatekeeping—just tools that feel like a calm assistant who never sleeps.

We start by reframing AI as support for personal growth, not a replacement for your grind. Then we get specific: how to turn a vague goal into a week-by-week plan, how to sanity-check information without drowning in tabs, how to centralize tasks so you stop context switching, and how to retain more in less time with smart flashcards. You’ll hear a live example of mapping a new service—from supplies to training to timelines—showing exactly how research and planning tools hand off to each other to create momentum.

Along the way, we underscore the habits that make AI effective: start with one small question, ask for structure instead of perfection, and let wellness apps guard the energy that execution requires. If you’ve ever felt behind on technology, this is your on-ramp to using AI for everyday wins—clearer priorities, calmer days, and progress that compounds. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a gentle push into the future, and leave a quick review to tell us the first tool you’re trying.

Chapters

• 1:12 Welcomes, Mission, And Mindset
• 2:48 Why AI Now, Not Later
• 5:39 AI For Personal Growth: The Plan
• 6:31 ChatGPT As Your Assistant
• 7:10 Perplexity: Research With Sources
• 8:31 Notion AI For Organizing Life
• 11:12 Start Small: Download And Try
• 11:51 Real Use Case: Planning Dental Grills
• 13:15 Quizlet AI For Faster Studying

Transcript

Dr. Shon: 0:36

Today we are diving into artificial intelligence. But don't let that word scare you. Most people are scared of that word. They feel like, oh my gosh, and they're watching Megan, Megan 2.0. They might be a little intimidated. So today, our goal here on the Hood's Hood podcast is always about elevating and taking us to the next level as a tribe. All right. And I feel like this is where, you know, technology has already gone. But we don't need to be behind. We need to stay ahead and not try to catch up. So today we're gonna dive into that and see what you know, see what I can add to your toolkit for AI, and see if it's something you can let me know. Hey Doc, you ain't mentioned this one. So it's about us growing, just chilling. So grab you a coffee, get you a sip of water, come hang out with the doc. Um, if this is your first time here, I'm Dr. Chieftess Sunflower, aka Dr. Shon. Dr. Chiefess Sunflower, and I'm the Motivational Dentist. We're gonna unite your day with some good stuff to carry you, to help you stay motivated and going to the next level. Because we always need to be moving where? To the next level. Because we're not a tree. We don't stay stagnant, we don't stay just stuck in comfort too long, and we don't stay in our excuses. Now I talk about coming from hood to hooded because I came from poverty from the hood, and I made an effort to not allow that to be an excuse for me not to live my best life. Alright. So if you're here in the room, you are meant to be here. It is alignment over accident. Welcome to the tribe. Don't be shy. Drop your questions in the chat. Alrighty. So today we're diving into that. Artificial intelligence. Don't let it scare you. Think of it as your digital assistant that never sleeps. If you learn how to use it, your head, if you ignore it, you're gonna get left behind, guys. So don't get left behind. We're gonna make this easy. Because I like things easy. It's like when I first got on TikTok. I mean, not TikTok, but Twitch, it can be very intimidating, which is why a lot of people don't use Twitch because it's a huge learning curve. It's not like other apps where you can just get on it and it's easy. You gotta really kind of know a little bit of a tiny bit if you want to do more engaging activities. So it's the same way with AI for me. And we're gonna make this so easy today. AI isn't the future, it's the now. If you don't learn how to use it, you're already behind. That's something I want you to write down and think about as you go on and you carry out your everyday tasks. Because some way technology can help you. Don't be afraid of technology. You know, my ancestors created the internet. So we're the ones who created the internet. We can't be afraid of something we create. It's technology. We're gonna talk about how you can use AI for personal growth. We're gonna go in part two as well for the dentists out there, the pre-dental students, so you can be ahead of the curve. You're probably already learning this in dental school, but you know, in dental school, they like to do things old-fashioned, at least teach you the old-fashioned way before they bring all the AI in it. They're gonna teach you the old-fashioned, the real way to do it, which is always the best way to do it. I can remember when I was before I became a dentist, before I even got into Florida State, or maybe while I was at Florida State University studying for my bachelor's, I took this class because I didn't know what I wanted to do. So I took this class because I thought maybe I wanted to go into like the nursing field. So there was this class that taught us how to take blood pressure manually. Now, that class helped me even till this day to take my blood pressure manually as a doctor. So it's all about the things that you learn to help you grow. So don't be afraid of learning things. But AI is here to change the game. All right? So those are the three things we will focus on today. AI for personal growth. So the first one we're gonna talk about is, of course, my homegirl, maybe your homeboy. ChatGPT. Now, ChatGPT changes the game. I use it actually like my own personal assistant. I'd be like, Chat GPT, do this, make this thing. Help me it. Chat GPT is the homie. I know that sounds crazy, but turn a boring article into three bullets or even ask it to write affirmations in your voice. You can do whatever you want in ChatGPT, help you elevate your social media game, but that's mostly for business. But for personal growth, it can help you, you know, shorten your task. I love Chat GPT. If you use Chat GPT Tap to Hearts, drop a comment and let me know. Because I know we a lot of us do. But some of you, you some of you may not, but I'm telling you, just at least start there. For business owners, dentists, anybody, that's the first place to start. If you are writing, I don't know. It just does spelling check for spell check for you, help you be more creative in your task and makes them so much easier, especially with setting goals. Like, hey, I have this goal, what tools do I need? Or I want to get this skill, what tools do I need? So you can use it for your everyday life to help you do so much. So, Chat GPT, that's number one. Number two is a new tool that I found out about, and they say it's replacing Google. I don't know if y'all heard about this new tool, but it's called Perplexity AI, and I did download it. I'm still getting used to it because I'm so hooked on Google. But perplexity AI shortens all the reading that you do on Google. You know, you know how Google now, they have Google AI. I don't know if that's really what it's called, but it will summarize what you search for. So perplexity AI, their technology basically already does this, and it's supposed to be really good. It's Google with receipts, it gives you sources for everything. So if you're like me, if you're a nerd, or if you're not a nerd and you just want to use you just like Googling shit, like me, I'm always thinking and trying to plan and elevate and grow. So Perplexity AI is that Google of the now that the youth are using. So check that out, download it, and see if it can replace Google. We're gonna revisit this AI topic once we introduce this to see if you guys are using it and maybe find other topics. Perplexity AI. That's number two. Number three is gonna be Notion AI. So this is for organizing your life, your task, your journal, your goals. So you see how Chat GPT is a tool that you can use to help you get your goals in order because it really helps me like organize my goals for life. As a dentist, I'm so multifaceted that I want to do too much sometimes. So it helps me be like, hey, Dr. Sean, you already did enough. Calm fuck down. Chill out. You did enough for today. It just had me like ready to go. Like, oh man, this is such a big help to have you a little personal assistant. So get Google is your, not Google, ChatGPT is your first personal assistant, I am telling you. Perplexity AI is your research assistant. You know, I'm talking about AI for personal growth now. Notion is gonna help you keep these things that you discover organized. Now I'm not in dental school anymore, but once I was in dental school, it was just paperwork. You gotta stay organized on paper. Now it's not like that. Even in uh uh, well, in any school, I had to stay organized on paper, but now it's AI. In dental school, they really didn't allow you to have tablets and computers. The professors, for some reason, they grew up back in the day and they wanted to keep it old school. And I'm like, but now I'm sure they allow it more towards the end of my dental school matriculation. They started to allow it. But, you know, times change and they are changing so rapidly. So you gotta stay caught up. You hear me? Stay caught up. Don't get behind. At least download one of these personal apps today. Just download it and look at it. That's the first step. Don't download it. YouTube University is gonna be where you go to learn how to use it, to get more skills. So download one of them and research it. Just use it. Chat GPT is the easiest one. Get it, ask it a question. Hey, I want to do this in the next 12 months. How can I do it? Just ask it something simple. Just recently, I had ChatGPT help me come up with a plan for me to start creating dental grills, you know, gold grills, diamond grills, because I want to start offering this. And it just helped me come up with the list of supplies I needed, the training that I needed, when I should start, you know, the it just helped you like that. So it's like, oh, well, that was easy. Because if I wouldn't have done that, I'd have had to go and research this stuff myself. I could have used Perplexity AI also. But now you have a little plan. Number four is Quizlet AI flashcards. Now, this is a game changer for the students out there. If you were a student, Quizlet AI flashcards. Or if you're studying for anything, eventually I want to start offering masterclasses. And this could be a way for you to study for the test, even though it's not real test. But if you're really in school, this is a great way for you to study. It can break down your notes into flashcards without all the extra work. I mean, we used to spend hours creating flashcards sometimes in school. Or you had to buy one, buy the flashcards pre-made, but it's amazing for dental CE, for dental boards, for any kind of boards test, and even learning a new language. Quizlet AI flashcards. So, for example, my TikTokers, and you know, for my tribe worldwide, Quizlet AI. If you want to go to a new country and you want to learn the language, why not use this while you're on the plane to help you learn the words? You know, remember it. If you study for any type of test, check out Quizlet AI. Or if you want to learn a new language, check out Quizlet AI, Q-U-I-Z, L-E-T, Flashcards. All right? So that's four. And we're gonna go, we're gonna go into our last AI tool, which is AI Wellness Apps. AI wellness apps, such as Calm AI. I use this at night to help me calculate my sleep to get better sleep. If you are using Chat GPT and it says, hey, to get to your plan, you're gonna need to drink more water, get more sleep. You can come up with a plan for you to reach your goals or to get healthier. Calm AI helps me say, hey, it's bedtime. This is how much sleep you got, or you were snoring, or you know, it kind of could calculate that for you if you wear your Apple Watch or any type of smartwatch, which they have on the TikTok shop. Uh, smartwatches that can help you. But you download this app and it helps you get more sleep, track your sleep. Another one is Headspace AI to help you meditate and focus. These are wellness apps that can drive you for personal growth. And I'm sure there are so many more wellness AI apps to help you grow and meditate and focus. Instead of strolling at midnight, imagine asking AI to plan your morning routine for success. That's how you get discipline and sleep. That's our personal assistant now, because we're doing personal growth and we're using AI to get there. So don't stroll actually to plan your morning and help you get discipline so you can get more sleep. And the app for the sleep, AI isn't here to replace your grind, it's here to organize your mind. And that's exactly what it helps me do. Organize my mind. Even as far as my personal growth with being a streamer, it said, Dr. Sean, like, hold on. Your days are so busy you can't do everything. You have to prioritize in a certain way. For instance, I have nine piles of paperwork that I have to clear, right? It said, hey, don't just do piece by piece, organize the piles. I'm like, duh. So it helps in that manner in organizing your life, organizing your tasks, and helping you achieve that personal growth.