By skyforbes I’d throw in stuff like:
“Write me a cold email.”
“Create 10 business ideas.”
“Give me a marketing plan.”
And 9 out of 10 times, the replies sounded robotic, generic, or just… meh.
Then it hit me — the problem wasn’t the AI. It was how I was talking to it.
When I started treating ChatGPT like a thinking partner, not a typing machine, everything shifted.
Instead of asking it to do tasks, I asked it to reason with me.
Stuff like:
“Act as a startup strategist. Before writing anything, ask me 5 questions to clarify the target audience and offer positioning.”
“Break down my goal into smaller mental models before you suggest solutions.”
“Think step-by-step like a CMO planning a product launch on a tight budget.”
The difference? Night and day.
It stopped giving surface-level answers and started producing systems — frameworks I could reuse again and again.
That one mindset shift — from “generate” to “think” — saved me hours, helped me build better prompts, and even led to frameworks I now use daily in my workflow.
If you’ve been feeling like ChatGPT is giving mid results lately, this might be the unlock you’re missing.
Try this:
“Before answering, think like a strategist. What key questions or assumptions would you clarify first?”
Watch how your results change. Seriously.
💾 Save this before your next prompt — it’ll change how you
(I’ve been compiling the frameworks + examples that worked best — it’s all in my bio if you want to explore deeper.)