The reason is
01 / 11
Say why you want it.
Say this
Make this email shorter. The reason is that my client reads these on her phone between meetings.
Worked out from the reason
One at a time
02 / 11
Ask one question
at a time.
Say this
Before you start, ask me one question at a time, ensuring each answer informs the next question that you ask.
One at a time
03 / 11
Limit the questions.
Then tell it to stop.
Give it a number
Ask me between four and six questions.
If it keeps going
Stop asking questions and build it.
Today’s date
04 / 11
Tell it today’s date.
Say this
Today is date. Make sure what you give me is current as of today.
Two minutes
05 / 11
Give it a reading time,
not a word count.
Say this
I should be able to read this and know what to do next within two minutes.
Red team
06 / 11
Ask it to push back
on your plan.
Before a decision
Red team this plan. Find every weakness in it.
Before a hard talk
Steelman the other side. What is the best case against what I want to do?
Reverse engineer
07 / 11
Hand it examples
to copy from.
Say this
Methodically reverse engineer the look of these three decks. Study the fonts, the colors, the spacing, and the layout.
Then build a skill that contains the aesthetics and creates decks that are similar.
For an exact match
Mimic this pixel for pixel.
Fingerprint
08 / 11
Have it learn
how you write.
Say this
Look at 300 to 500 sent emails and build a literature fingerprint of how I write. Then create a skill that drafts replies like I do.
Stopped saying
09 / 11
Two phrases
I stopped saying.
Information dense
Only include what the reader needs.
Think deeply
You’re done when
10 / 11
Say what finished
looks like.
For a tracker
You’ll know you’re done when every row has an owner and a due date.
For research
You’ll know you’re done when you have checked all twelve files and listed anything you could not find.
Recap
11 / 11
Recap
Say why you want it.
Ask one question at a time.
Give it a reading time.
Ask it to push back.
Say what finished looks like.