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Digital & AI
Reframe With "Explain Like I am 5"
Ask the model to explain a complex idea to a 5-year-old, then raise the level gradually.
Digital & AI
Few-Shot Prompting Technique
Give the model 2-3 complete input-output examples before your ask, instead of explaining the rule verbally.
Professional
Hemingway-Style Self-Edit
Edit draft Hemingway-style: short sentences, simple words, no flashy adverbs.
Social
DESC Builder for Recurring Conflict
Describe, Express, Specify, Consequence — a template to disarm any recurring quarrel.
Digital & AI
Expert-Student Dialogue for Knowledge Extraction
Have the model play expert + student who asks "dumb" questions — extracts tacit knowledge.
Social
Replace "Always/Never" With "Today/Now"
In fights, "you always..." is a no-return point. Swap with "today I noticed...".
Social
Rebalance Sibling Tension
Use a relationship grid to analyze sibling dynamics and discover your assigned role.
Administrative
Policy on One Page
Each policy: title, scope, 5 rules, exceptions, review date — one page only.
Administrative
Micro-Charter for Small Initiatives
For tasks under two weeks, a three-line charter instead of the full page — same protection, less friction.
Administrative
Stakeholder Feedback Loop Design
Don't wait for a stakeholder's complaint to learn their opinion — design a regular structured channel that asks before they complain.
Administrative
Lightweight Daily Decision Log
One line per decision you make: what, why, and which alternative you rejected — takes only 30 seconds.
Leadership
Translating Strategy into a Frontline-Repeatable Line
Test your strategy with one question: can a frontline employee repeat it verbatim to a customer?
Parenting
Building the Child's Own Self-Advocacy Skill
Teach your child to explain his own needs gradually — instead of remaining his only voice forever.
Parenting
The Screen Time and Sleep Science Conversation
Explain the biology of blue light and melatonin instead of a bare "forbidden" — understanding builds internal commitment.
Digital & AI
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CRTF Prompt Structure: Context-Role-Task-Format
Write a prompt that gives the AI model precise context, role, task, and expected format.
Digital & AI
Expert Persona Assignment
Assign the model a specific background and expertise so its answer matches a real expert level.
Digital & AI
Few-Shot Examples Before Asking
Show the model 2-5 examples of the desired output style so it mirrors the pattern with high precision.
Digital & AI
Chain-of-Thought: "Think Step by Step"
Ask the model to decompose the problem and show its reasoning before answering, raising accuracy on complex tasks.
Digital & AI
Plan Before Execute: Outline Then Run
Ask the model to write a numbered plan first and wait for your approval before executing.
Digital & AI
Explicit Negative Constraints
State explicitly what you do not want in the output (words, styles, assumptions) to cut later editing.
Digital & AI
Structured JSON Output
Request output as JSON with a defined schema to enable automated processing without manual parsing.
Digital & AI
Self-Critique: Review Your Own Answer
After the model answers, ask it to critique its own answer and improve it before final delivery.
Digital & AI
Detecting Model Hallucinations
Learn 4 signals that reveal the model invented info instead of citing documented fact.
Digital & AI
The Two Independent Sources Rule
Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.
Digital & AI
Knowledge Cutoff Awareness
The model does not know what happened after its training cutoff. Know each model's cutoff.
Digital & AI
Understanding RAG: Why the Model Sometimes Cites
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) fetches real docs for the model before answering. Know the difference.
Digital & AI
AI Email Drafting
Use an LLM to draft an email in 30 seconds, then edit by hand for personal tone.
Digital & AI
Auto-Summarize Meeting Transcripts
Convert a meeting transcript (60+ min) into decisions and action items in 2 minutes.
Digital & AI
AI Brainstorming 10 Titles
Don't pick the first title that comes to mind. Generate 10 with varied angles, then choose the best.
Digital & AI
Socratic AI Tutor
Ask the model to question you instead of answering, surfacing and deepening your understanding.
Digital & AI
AI Use Disclosure
When an LLM helps you with content you publish or send, disclose it clearly.
Digital & AI
Force Explicit Chain-of-Thought
Add "think step-by-step inside <thinking> tags before answering" — boosts complex-problem accuracy 30-40%.
Digital & AI
Diverse Few-Shot (Not Similar)
In few-shot, deliberate variety (positive/negative/edge case) matters more than count.
Digital & AI
Explicit Constraints Beat Guidance
"Max 80 words, don't use 'innovative', start with imperative" beats "make it short and clear".
Digital & AI
Iterative Refinement, Not Restart
Instead of rewriting the prompt, say "this part good. this part fix to X". 4 rounds = perfect output.
Digital & AI
Ask Model to Critique Itself
After each output, ask: "What are 3 weaknesses in this answer? How to improve?" — use its intelligence against itself.
Digital & AI
Master the System Prompt
Don't repeat instructions every message — set them once in System Prompt, save 70% writing time.
Digital & AI
Ask the Model to Write the Prompt
Don't know how to ask? Ask: "What's the best prompt to get X?" — it writes a prompt better than any expert.
Digital & AI
Hallucination Check: 3 Questions Before Accepting
Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?
Digital & AI
Cross-Check from 3 Independent Sources
Every AI claim: search 3 independent sources. If absent from any, treat as hallucinated.
Digital & AI
BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front
First line of email: answer/request/decision. Context after. Cuts read time 70%.
Digital & AI
AI as Rubber Duck for Thinking
Explain your problem to the model out loud. You often find the solution while explaining, before its reply.
Digital & AI
AI as "Draft Zero" Writer
Use AI for a bad-fast initial draft, then YOU rewrite completely. Blank page is the killer.
Digital & AI
AI Editing Pass
After YOU write, ask AI for 3 improvements only. Don't let it "rephrase".
Digital & AI
Preserving Voice with AI
Identify 5 phrases/words that are "you". Ensure 2+ appear in any AI-assisted text.
Digital & AI
Plagiarism Boundaries with AI
"AI text didn't copy anyone" is myth. Ensure you don't publish someone's idea/sentence unattributed.
Digital & AI
Citation Hygiene with AI
Every AI claim needs a live source. Never cite a source you haven't read.
Digital & AI
Chain-of-Thought Prompting
Ask the model to "think out loud" step by step before the final answer, especially for logic and math problems.
Digital & AI
Testing 5 Thumbnails/Covers Before Publishing
Just as you brainstorm 10 titles, generate 5 different thumbnail/cover concepts, and pick via a small sample, not instinct alone.
Digital & AI
AI-Assisted Spaced Retrieval
After a Socratic learning session, ask AI to generate retrieval questions at increasing intervals (1 day, 3 days, a week) instead of relying on random memory.
Social
Listening Without Solving
When he complains, don't solve — listen, empathize, ask "what do you need from me?".
Social
Broken Record
When pressured to retract, repeat request calmly same words — don't explain more.
Parenting
Feynman Technique
Ask your child to explain what he learned in simplest words — teach him "how to know".
Parenting
Deep Sibling Support — Beyond the "Special Hour"
Special time alone isn't enough — give the sibling language to explain his brother's situation to friends, and space for complex feelings like jealousy and embarrassment.
Parenting
The YouTube Algorithm Awareness Conversation
Explain to your child the next video isn't chance — an algorithm designed to keep him longer, not to serve him.
Digital & AI
Digital Feynman Technique
Record 5-min video explaining what you learned to a 12-year-old. Gaps expose themselves.
Psychological
Downward Arrow Technique
Under every negative thought, deeper one. Reveal with "what does this mean?"
Professional
30-Second Elevator Pitch
Summarize project in 30 sec capturing stranger's interest.
Professional
Career Capital Audit
List every rare and valuable skill you've accumulated — it's your currency to negotiate freedom.
Professional
Exit Interview Crafting
When resigning, write 3 highly constructive notes you leave behind — to make a difference.