Some of this content can originally be found in my tweet thread - But I’ve included bonus content for my subscribers here. Have a great weekend.
Mistake number one:
🛑 Don't use it like you use Google to search
✅ Give it context, Ask ChatGPT to take the role you need it to take.
💡 Simply put, Have a conversation with it, and be nice
💬 Example Prompt
"You are a travel booking expert, and I'm on a $2000 budget. I'm living in Copenhagen and want to go somewhere nice and warm in December. Where in the world do you think I could go?"
💬 Example Prompt
"You are a world-famous Michelin-star restaurant chef, the best of the best. Could you please provide me with a simple and easy-to-cook 3-course meal that would impress the president?"
Mistake number two:
🛑 Asking for the conventional
✅ Ask it to go against the current
💡 Ask for things that go against the norm, that challenge the recipient, ask it to come up with new angles, and see things with a different lens.
💬 Example Prompt
"Topic: Growing your followers on Twitter
For the above topic, give examples that contradict the dominant narrative. Generate an outline for thought-provoking content that challenges assumptions."
💬 Example Prompt
"Topic: Parenting a 2.5 year old
For the above topic, give examples that contradict the dominant narrative. Generate an outline for thought-provoking content that challenges assumptions."
Mistake number three:
🛑 Ask for a list of 5 things
✅ Ask it to come up with new angles, or ideas that are uncommon or novel
💡 Super charge your brainstorming with ChatGPT
💬 Example Prompt
"Topic: How to double my available time.
For the topic above, brainstorm new angles or approaches. Prioritize ideas that are uncommon or novel."
Mistake number four:
🛑 Use it to respond to your emails
✅ Teach it your tone of voice, and then respond to emails
💡 Feed GPT with your writing and use NPL to extract a prompt for your style
💬 Example prompt
"You are a classification AI, Using NLP I want you to analyze the text below for style, voice, and tone. Then create a prompt to write a new text in the same style, voice, and tone:
[Insert your text here]"
Once you have your voice and tone use it to write whatever emails you need. And they will be personal and in your tone of voice: Here is a quick example:
Mistake number five:
🛑 Just use the standard response
✅ Ask it to vary its output
Outline
Bullet points
Persuasive essay
Chunks of text of less than 280 characters 😉
Using the structure: 1) What, 2) Why, 3) How
💡 Leverage the power of AI
💬 Example prompt
"Create a mind map on the topic of using ChatGPT as a teacher to plan out class lessons, listing out the central idea, main branches, and sub-branches."
Check out teacherbot.io that’s solving this problem for teachers.
💬 Example prompt
"Write a persuasive essay on the topic of using ChatGPT as a teacher to plan out class lessons."
💬 Example prompt
"Using the structure: 1) What, 2) Why, 3) How. Write about the topic of using ChatGPT as a teacher to plan out class lessons."
Bonus prompt 1 (not published on Twitter)
🛑 Asking for the obvious
✅ Use unconventional prompts
💡Try using prompts that are more open-ended or abstract.
This way you’ll get unique and creative responses nobody else is.
By getting weird, you can unlock ChatGPT's creative potential.
💬 Example prompt
"Write a poem about the art of doing nothing”
”Describe feeling like a world-famous artist in 10 adjectives”
”Write vividly about how it feels to float in space”
Bonus prompt 2 (not published on Twitter)
🛑 Settling with the ChatGPT writing style
✅ Add in human-written techniques
💡Ask ChatGPT it to work according to the style you want to use
💬 Example prompt
"Write a brief post about why writing is an essential skill in 2023.
Use these strategies:
- Use strong persuasive language
- Ask questions to transition between paragraphs
- Back up main points with evidence and examples
- Speak directly to the reader”
Bonus prompt 3 (not published on Twitter)
🛑 Getting just ONE perspective
✅ Have ChatGPT write from different perspectives
💡Explore new ideas and perspectives, and add depth to your writing.
💬 Example prompt
"Topic: Productivity for designers
For the above topic, write multiple perspectives from a group with different viewpoints. For each perspective, write in their own voice, using phrases that person would use.”
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