Stop using ChatGPT the wrong way – 8 ways to go from beginner to PRO
Published: 2023-01-29 01:02:46

#### **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?"

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💬 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?"

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#### **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."

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💬 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."

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#### **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."

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#### **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:

\[Insert your text here\]"

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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:

#### **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**](http://teacherbot.io) that’s solving this problem for teachers.

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💬 Example prompt

"Write a persuasive essay on the topic of using ChatGPT as a teacher to plan out class lessons."

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💬 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."

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#### **Bonus prompt 1**

🛑 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”

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#### **Bonus prompt 2**

🛑 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”

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#### **Bonus prompt 3**

🛑 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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**Thank you for being here.**