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Master AI Prompting: The Game-Changing Technique That Transforms Your Results

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[Intro music fades in, then under]

This is “I Am GPTed,” and I’m Mal, your Misfit Master of AI — the only AI guide who still sometimes types “Chapt GPT” by accident and just rolls with it.

Today I’m going to show you one simple prompting move that makes your AI answers *way* better, a sneaky use case you probably haven’t tried, a mistake I used to make constantly, a quick practice exercise, and a dead‑simple way to judge if the AI just handed you gold…or glitter.

Let’s get into it.

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So, the one prompting technique I want you to steal today is what I call **“Role + Result.”**

Two parts:
1. Tell the AI *who* it is.
2. Tell it exactly *what* you want back.

Here’s the lazy way most people – including past-me – do it:

> “Write me an email asking for a deadline extension.”

You’ll get something like:
> “Dear Sir or Madam, I humbly request a brief extension…”
Polite. Useless. Feels like a Victorian ghost wrote it.

Now the **Role + Result** version:

> “You are a friendly but professional project manager who writes clear, concise emails. Write a 120-word email to my manager asking for a 2-day deadline extension. Use everyday language, no fluff, and include one brief reason and one reassurance I’ll still deliver quality.”

Same task, totally different output:
Shorter, sounds like a human, and you don’t accidentally sound like a nervous intern from 1892.

Anytime you open an AI:
- Start with: “You are a [specific role]…”
- End with: “Give me [format, length, style].”

That’s it. Role + Result. Tattoo it on your prompt brain.

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Now, a **practical use case** you might not be using: **turn the AI into your personal “thinking partner” for decisions.**

Not big life decisions, we’re not doing “Should I move to Bali?”
I mean everyday stuff like: “How should I structure my week so I don’t drown?”

Try this:

> “You are a productivity coach who works with overwhelmed beginners. Here is what my week looks like and what I need to get done: [paste your chaos]. Suggest a simple weekly schedule in plain language, with 3 priorities per day, and no more than 2 hours of meetings daily. Then summarize it in a bullet list I can paste into my calendar.”

Most people only ask AI to **write** things.
Use it to **think with you**. That’s where it quietly becomes absurdly useful.

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Let’s talk about a **common beginner mistake** — my signature move when I started:

I used to type **massive, vague prompts** and then blame the AI.

Stuff like:
> “Help me with my business, marketing, and content strategy.”

That’s not a prompt; that’s a cry for help.

Here’s how to fix it:
- One clear goal per prompt.
- One clear audience.
- One clear output.

So instead of the monstrosity, you say:
> “You are a marketing coach for solo freelancers. I’m a web designer targeting small local businesses. List 5 simple content ideas I can post on LinkedIn this week to attract those clients. Keep each idea to one sentence.”

Specific in, specific out.
If your prompt could double as a therapy session, it’s too vague.

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A **simple exercise** to build your AI skills this week:

Pick **one tiny task** you do often — emails, lesson plans, meeting notes, whatever.

1. Ask AI: “You are my assistant. Rewrite this to be clearer and shorter: [paste your thing].”
2. Then reply: “Now give me a second version that is more casual and a third version that is more formal.”
3. Compare the three, pick your favorite, tweak it.

Do that once a day for a week.
You’ll learn:
- How to ask for different tones.
- What you actually like.
- How to i

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