Before judging intent, call and ask — avoid 80% of misunderstandings.

After hearing your partner, reflect back three sentences: content, feeling, and underlying value.

Do not say "I know how you feel". Name the feeling with a precise word and verify it.

Paraphrase what you heard before responding — speaker confirms you heard.

After guessing what a close person feels, verify explicitly instead of trusting your hunch alone.

Learn 4 signals that reveal the model invented info instead of citing documented fact.

Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.

Before believing a "shocking" image, drag it to Google Lens or TinEye to find its true source and date.

Do not share any "shocking" news for 24 hours — breaking news is often corrected on day 1.

Turn a 200-page PDF into a Q&A conversation with exact-quote answers.

Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?

Every AI claim: search 3 independent sources. If absent from any, treat as hallucinated.

Before relying on AI in specialist field, show to human expert — 30% of time uncovers core error.

Any question on recent events/prices/releases: check model training date — ignoring = confident wrong answer.

"According to a 2019 study", "As Academy X stated", "approximate but accurate" — these are immediate-verify flags.

Break a big task into 4-6 sequential steps, each a separate prompt + human verification.

Use AI to expand research, summarize, surface angles — then YOU write the final text in your voice.

Explain your problem to the model out loud. You often find the solution while explaining, before its reply.

Feed one model's output to another and request harsh critique. Disagreements expose weak points.

Never write the same prompt twice. Save every successful prompt in a tagged, searchable file.

Set "system instructions" once in your account = every chat starts from your context automatically.

Before asking AI, paste relevant docs/refs. It answers from "your knowledge", not its imagination.

Every factual AI claim = ask for a source. No source = don't use.

Before publishing/sending: 5 mandatory verification questions. No exceptions.

Define 5 contexts where you'll NEVER use AI. Write them. Stick to them.

Use AI for a bad-fast initial draft, then YOU rewrite completely. Blank page is the killer.

After YOU write, ask AI for 3 improvements only. Don't let it "rephrase".

Identify 5 phrases/words that are "you". Ensure 2+ appear in any AI-assisted text.

"AI text didn't copy anyone" is myth. Ensure you don't publish someone's idea/sentence unattributed.

Every AI claim needs a live source. Never cite a source you haven't read.

Google your name every 3 months. First 10 results = your identity to the world.

LinkedIn measured by "who contacted with opportunity", not followers or likes.

Same photo across platforms. Refresh every 18-24 months. Natural light, clear face, calm background.

Your bio across platforms says same thing, same tone, same values. Even at different lengths.

For each bad Google result: either delete (if legal) or bury under stronger content.

Before pasting anything in AI: redact names, numbers, emails, financial data.

Every AI reflects training-data biases. Check: gender, culture, economic class.

In academic/professional: state when AI used. Transparency protects + builds trust.

Don't ask AI "write in author X's style". That = using their commercial style sans permission.

For each task automated with AI, ask: "Freed for higher value, or replaced my learning?".

AI = info-gathering tool. Personal decisions (marriage, career, medical, friendship) = human decides.

Ask the model to "think out loud" step by step before the final answer, especially for logic and math problems.

Before sharing any emotionally charged image (disaster, shocking event), reverse-search it to learn its true source and history.

Before using any specific AI-provided fact (number, name, date, quote), apply a 5-question checklist in under a minute.