Before any negotiation, get 5 data points on salary from 5 different sources.

Each quarter, ask 6 people around you the same 3 open questions about your performance.

When an employee returns with a delegated problem, don't take it — return it with two questions.

Request output as JSON with a defined schema to enable automated processing without manual parsing.

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.

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) fetches real docs for the model before answering. Know the difference.

Check all your emails on haveibeenpwned.com to know which breaches exposed your data.

Don't paste contracts, health data, or IP into a public model — may appear in later training.

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.

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

Before using any reference or quote AI cites (book title, article, study), verify it actually exists before citing it publicly.