A 7-milestone Gantt on one page — visible, instantly grokkable.

Start from delivery day and reverse-engineer what must be ready each week.

Compress any project into one page: why, what, who, when, success looks like...

Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.

When receiving triggering feedback, pause 6 seconds, then ask "tell me more".

When acts oddly, ask "why did he do that?" with curiosity not critique.

When he opens sensitive topic, say "tell me more" vs reply.

Before sending an emotional message, read it aloud in three tones and adjust.

3 conversations within every difficult one: "what happened", "feelings", "identity". Separate them and succeed.

Assign the model a specific background and expertise so its answer matches a real expert level.

State explicitly what you do not want in the output (words, styles, assumptions) to cut later editing.

Use an LLM to draft an email in 30 seconds, then edit by hand for personal tone.

"Max 80 words, don't use 'innovative', start with imperative" beats "make it short and clear".