After you’ve gone through the interface of your AI tool of choice - like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini - it might be helpful to have some straightforward prompting templates to come back to.

Answering your questions about business and technology

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Some people that I talk to tell me that I am supposed to talk to ChatGPT like it’s a human and other people tell me not to ever do that.  Who should I listen to?~ L.B.

If ChatGPT were a new hire, it would be that overly formal coworker who starts every freakin email with “Per my last email…..” and thinks “Best regards” is edgy.  Here’s how you can start by fixing that.

When you start paying attention to the models that you are using with AI tools, you’ll eventually come across flash models.  These are smaller, faster models that can’t do as much as some other models but you may want to use them anyway.

“I tried ChatGPT once and it was just useless, so I stopped.”

That’s one of the most common things we hear. And we get it.

One of the challenges for ChatGPT has been that it gives you the answer if you ask it a question.  Usually this is what people want.  In some cases, though, they want to learn a topic and are looking more for guidance than just the answers.

AI tools like ChatGPT are great for speeding up repetitive tasks

Answering your questions about business and technology

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There are differences between GPT-5 and the old models that I am used to using.  Do you have a framework that I can use with GPT-5 to help structure my prompts to get consistently better results?~ Joe

If you aren’t using AI tools to accelerate and personalize your learning, you are missing out on a massive opportunity.

Taking time to look back and reflect is a way to “stop and smell the roses”.  Basically, slow down for a period of time and have gratitude for the things that you appreciate.

You can use an AI tool like ChatGPT to help you with this process. You might even be motivated to...