Think in Positions — A 12-Week Masterclass in Strategic Thinking With an AI Tutor - Learn to Think Several Moves Ahead.
Everything in here you could technically piece together from a free chatbot and a chessboard —
this pack is the masterclass that actually gets you to finish it. Games (chess, cards, Go,
whatever you already play) become the training ground for a real mental model of strategy:
position, tempo, evaluation, trade-offs, and thinking several moves ahead. You don't just get
better at a game — you learn to read any situation the same way, and by the end you apply the
whole method to one real decision in your own life.
Format: a digital guide with 12 ready-to-run ~60-minute sessions. You lead one session a
week; every step is scripted and timed, and every AI prompt is written for you — no strategy-game
expertise or prior AI experience needed.
What you get
- A "Never used an AI chat assistant? Start here" onboarding that takes a complete beginner
from zero to ready in about five minutes — no paid plan needed, any free AI assistant works.
- Four rescue prompts in the front matter for when a session gets stuck, confusing, too easy,
or too hard, so you're never left improvising.
- 12 deep weekly sessions, each ~60 minutes and fully scripted: a plain-language concept, a
concrete worked example, a minute-by-minute session plan, copy/paste AI-tutor prompts at every
step, a "show me" checkpoint, common mistakes to watch for, and practice.
- An AI-tutor prompt playbook — a Socratic starter that questions before it tells, a rescue
prompt for when the branches get overwhelming, a "level me up" prompt for when it feels easy,
and a guardrail that keeps you reasoning instead of just being handed the answer.
- A two-part real-world project that takes an actual decision in your life through the full
method — mapped, planned, and made — plus a personal strategy checklist you build across the
season.
The 12 weeks
- What Strategy Actually Is
- Position: Keeping Your Options Open
- Tempo and Initiative
- Evaluating a Situation Honestly
- Trade-offs and Sacrifice
- Thinking Ahead Through Branches
- Anticipating the Other Side
- Patterns and Principles
- From the Board to Real Life
- Project Week I: Map Your Position
- Project Week II: Make Your Move
- Demo Day and the Strategist's Habit
Who it's for
Adults who want to think more strategically at work and in life, and are willing to use a game
they already enjoy — chess, cards, Go, checkers, even a strategy video game — as the training
ground. No competitive-player background required; you just need to be willing to play something
and then explain your reasoning out loud.
Why this instead of a free chatbot
A raw chatbot will just tell you the "best move" the moment you ask, which teaches you nothing
you can reuse tomorrow. This pack ships the structure a free chatbot lacks: a real 12-week
progression from first principles to a real decision, a tutor deliberately set up to question you
before it answers, and a method — position, tempo, evaluation, trade-offs, thinking ahead — that
transfers to situations no chatbot tip-list ever covers. You leave able to generate the analysis
yourself, not just remember a list of tips.
FAQ
- Do I need any experience? None with strategy games specifically. Week 1 starts by defining
strategy itself, using whatever game you already enjoy playing.
- Which AI does it use? Any modern AI chat assistant — ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Gemini.
Free versions are enough; no paid plan required. Never used one before? The guide's first
section walks complete beginners through setup in about five minutes.
- Do I need to be good at the game to benefit? No — the game is the training ground, not the
point. You're learning to read positions and trade-offs, not to win tournaments.
- What's the real-world project? In weeks 10-11 you apply the whole method to one actual
decision in your life — mapping the position, then making the move — with the tutor stress-
testing your plan before you act.
- Refunds? Standard marketplace refund policy applies.
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