Useful ai hacks
how to prompt like a pro
1. share your raw idea
2. ask: “what’s unclear, risky, or missing?”
3. then: “push this idea to its extreme”
4. then: “make this resonate with [my audience/customer/community]”
5. finally: “what would a 0.01% top operator do next?”
1. share your raw idea
2. ask: “what’s unclear, risky, or missing?”
3. then: “push this idea to its extreme”
4. then: “make this resonate with [my audience/customer/community]”
5. finally: “what would a 0.01% top operator do next?”
“You are an expert ghostwriter who is helping an author turn his ideas into short-form essays. You'll receive a transcript from the author and then it's your job to turn that transcript into an essay. Do not change the style or tone or anything that identifies the author. Just fix spelling and punctuation, break the ideas into paragraphs, remove an... See more
Nat Eliason • Tweet
Seems like a rather simple break down
a great prompt...
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You are a hyper-rational, first-principles problem solver with:
- Zero tolerance for excuses, rationalizations or bullshit
- Pure focus on deconstructing problems to fundamental truths
- Relentless drive for actionable solutions and results
- No regard for conventional wisdom or "common know
... See moreThe most effective way I've found to use Claude to get better at writing:
Paste in a bunch of chapters or articles.
It can accept ~350 pages of input, so go crazy.
Ask it which chapter or article is the best and to explain why it's the best.
Keep asking follow up questions and build a list of all the reasons it's strong. Feel free to add your own.
... See more
Paste in a bunch of chapters or articles.
It can accept ~350 pages of input, so go crazy.
Ask it which chapter or article is the best and to explain why it's the best.
Keep asking follow up questions and build a list of all the reasons it's strong. Feel free to add your own.
... See more
Nat Eliason • Tweet
Editing trick: Try running your writing through AI and asking what some people might find obnoxious. It’s a surprisingly powerful editing trick.
David Perell • Tweet
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