How to Make AI Sound EXACTLY Like you

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(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Martell says everyone loves using AI for writing but hates sloppy AI text, recognizable by words and patterns he names, and argues AI cannot replace the human where it matters most. His method is to first build a ‘brain’: capture and store everything in one place — he says he records every meeting, call, decision and AI conversation, using tools he names such as Granola, Pocket and WhisperFlow, and storing in Obsidian, Notion or Google Drive. He recounts recording a 27-minute drive conversation with his wife about where they would be in 5 years. Next, teach AI to think like you by connecting it to Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Slack and Granola — each connector taking about 2 minutes, he says — and have it interview you for at least four rounds of questions to fill gaps, producing a ‘mental system’ document. Then train its voice: have it analyze your last 20 sent emails, 20 Slack messages and 20 documents separately for sentence length, punctuation, favorite and never-used words, openings and closings, producing a Voice Style Guide, while keeping banned words and structures out. He cites a consumer marketing survey claiming 20% in 2025 said heavy AI use made them trust a brand less, rising to 40% in 2026 and 54% for Gen Z. He still reviews and edits everything himself, and warns against outsourcing your own thinking, citing an MIT study of 54 students writing essays in which the AI group showed the weakest brain activity and 83% could not quote their own essays minutes later. His rule: use AI to extract from you, not impose on you.

Key takeaways

• Build one ‘brain’ in a single home such as Obsidian, Notion or Google Drive by recording every meeting, call and decision; Martell says 30 days of capturing everything gives more raw material than most people collect in a year.
• Connect AI to Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Slack and Granola so it learns your beliefs, stories and viewpoints from your existing documents.
• Have AI interview you for at least four rounds of questions to fill knowledge gaps, then save the result as a ‘mental system’ document for future AI systems.
• Create a separate Voice Style Guide per channel by analyzing your last 20 emails, 20 Slack messages and 20 documents for sentence length, punctuation, openings, closings and words you never use.
• Stay in the creative process and review everything: Martell cites an MIT study of 54 students where 83% of the AI group could not quote their own essays minutes after writing them.

Episode details: published September 30, 2026 · 18:13 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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