Our Mission is Simple: Turn Creators into Masters of AI, Not its Servants.
I'm John Hocking, the founder of Get Skills Academy. I started this platform for one reason: I saw too many talented creators getting frustrated with AI. They were promised a revolution but were left with robotic content and wasted hours. I knew there had to be a better way—a system to put the creator back in control. That's why I created the QUEST framework.
The Story Behind the Academy
Why Most Creators Fail with AI
When I first dove into AI content tools, I saw the same story everywhere. Creators would start with excitement, feeding a simple prompt into a tool like ChatGPT, hoping for magic. What they got back was generic, soulless, and frankly, unusable. The AI's writing lacked a unique voice, its facts were often wrong ("hallucinations"), and it couldn't grasp the subtle art of storytelling that connects with a real human audience.
The result? Frustration. Creators were spending more time fixing bad AI output than it would have taken to write from scratch. They were falling into the "Over-Reliance Trap," letting their own creative muscles atrophy while becoming glorified copy-pasters.
I realized the problem wasn't the technology itself. The problem was our approach. We were asking the AI to be the artist, when we should have been treating it like a powerful, but clueless, apprentice. It needed a skilled master—a human creator—to give it direction, context, and purpose. It needed a framework.
The QUEST Framework™: Our Answer to the Chaos
I developed the QUEST framework as a systematic, repeatable process that anyone can use to get extraordinary results from AI. It's not a "prompt hack"—it's a complete philosophy for creative collaboration that ensures you remain the strategic mind behind every piece of content.
Question
Every great creation starts with a powerful question. This first step is about defining your objective with absolute clarity. Who are you trying to help, and what specific problem are you solving for them? This sets the strategic direction for the entire project.
Uncover
This is the research and discovery phase. You must uncover the hidden assumptions, knowledge gaps, and unique angles in your topic. This is where you feed the AI context, data, and examples, transforming it from a generic machine into a subject-matter expert.
Experiment
With a clear goal and rich context, you now enter a phase of rapid iteration. You use our AI Mentors to experiment with different hooks, tones, formats, and outlines. This is where you generate your raw material, learning and adapting with each output.
Synthesize
The AI's job is to generate options; your job is to make choices. In this crucial step, you synthesize the best elements from your experiments. You combine, edit, and arrange the raw text into a coherent, polished draft that aligns with your original vision.
Transfer
True mastery isn't just about completing one project—it's about internalizing the skill. The final step is to transfer what you learned. You take the insights from the process and apply them to a new context, solidifying your skill and turning AI from a tool you use into a partner you understand.
This framework is the core of everything we teach at Get Skills Academy.
More Than Just a Framework
The Get Skills Academy Ecosystem
The QUEST framework is our philosophy, but the Academy is where it comes to life. Your free membership gives you access to a complete ecosystem of tools, training, and community designed to accelerate your growth.
The QUEST AI Mentor GPT Library
Get exclusive access to our ever growing library of custom-built AI Mentors. Each GPT is designed to solve a specific creator challenge, from writing better prompts with 'Prompt Perfector Pro' to maintaining your unique voice with our 'Brand Voice Guardian'.
Personalized Creator Paths
Don't follow a one-size-fits-all curriculum. Choose your path—whether you're a Blogger, YouTuber, Podcaster, or Social Media Manager—and get a step-by-step learning journey with tutorials and tools tailored to your specific goals.
Interactive Creator Community
Join our private members-only group for interactive discussions. Share your results for feedback from peers and mentors, request new GPTs to solve your problems, and connect with a network of creators who are all on the same journey.
The Ultimate AI Resource Directory
Cut through the noise. Get access to our personally curated and constantly updated directory of hundreds of AI tools, websites, and articles. We find the best resources so you can spend less time searching and more time creating.
Join Us on the QUEST
If you're ready to stop wrestling with AI and start creating with it, then you're in the right place. Our free Academy membership gives you access to the QUEST framework, our full suite of QUEST AI Mentor GPTs, and a community of creators who are all on the same journey. Let's build the future of content creation, together.