Most people think their problem with ChatGPT is the AI.
It isn’t. It’s the way they enter the conversation.
They open a blank chat, type whatever rushes through their mind, press send, and hope the model “figures out what they meant.” When the answer comes back vague or unhelpful, they assume the tool failed.
The uncomfortable truth is simpler:
99 percent of bad ChatGPT outputs start with unclear inputs.
Yesterday, someone told me, “ChatGPT never gives me good answers.”
Their entire prompt was nine words long and ended with “you know what I mean.”
No. It doesn’t. It only knows what you give it.
Clarity is the real skill.
The moment you give ChatGPT a clear goal, a specific task, a tone, a format, a constraint, everything shifts.
It stops guessing. You stop rewriting.
Your work becomes faster, cleaner, and dramatically more accurate.
There are ten habits that make this happen immediately.
Ten simple rules that remove confusion, save hours, and turn ChatGPT into the most reliable partner in your week, even if you’re not technical, even if you feel overwhelmed, even if you don’t know where to start.
Today, you’ll learn all ten.
The 10 Habits That Fix 99 Percent of ChatGPT Problems
1. Turn on Thinking Mode
What it does: Gives you clearer reasoning, better assumptions, and more accurate answers.
How to use it: Start with “Show your reasoning and assumptions before answering.”
Why it matters: You stop guessing what the model is thinking and see the logic behind the output.
2. Start every chat with one clear goal
What it does: Removes confusion and prevents the model from drifting.
How to use it: Begin with “The goal of this chat is…”
Why it matters: Most bad outputs come from vague objectives. This fixes that instantly.
3. Ask for an outline before deep work
What it does: Forces clarity, structure, and the right direction before writing anything long.
How to use it: “Before writing, show a full outline.”
Why it matters: You avoid rewrites, wasted time, and output that isn’t what you meant.
4. Ask it how it would ask itself
What it does: Upgrades your question into the version the model performs best with.
How to use it: “Rewrite my question so the answer is 10× more accurate.”
Why it matters: A better question produces a better result every time.
5. Limit each request to one task
What it does: Keeps the model focused and reduces diluted answers.
How to use it: Break big requests into smaller messages.
Why it matters: ChatGPT excels at precision, not chaos.
6. Set audience and tone every time
What it does: Tailors the output to who you’re writing for.
How to use it: “Write for a busy, non-technical professional who wants clarity.”
Why it matters: Without this, everything reads generic.
7. Ask it to critique its own answer
What it does: Forces the model to improve its own work.
How to use it: “Before finalising, critique your answer and upgrade it.”
Why it matters: You get a cleaner, sharper version without extra effort.
8. Reset context when answers feel off
What it does: Clears hidden assumptions and drift from previous messages.
How to use it: Start a new chat, restate the goal in one sentence.
Why it matters: Old chats get messy; fresh chats perform better.
9. Ask for a plan before the solution
What it does: Gives you a roadmap so you know what’s coming.
How to use it: “Give me a step-by-step plan before doing the work.”
Why it matters: You catch mistakes early, not after a 2-page draft.
10. Use checklists for precision
What it does: Removes ambiguity and produces exact steps.
How to use it: “Turn this into a checklist with specific actions.”
Why it matters: Checklists force clarity and predictability, two things AI excels at.
Tooling for Trust: Building Your Seatbelt for the AI Era
It’s not hackers that worry me most.
It’s good people, smart, careful people, pasting client data into an AI tool because they just needed something done faster.
AI risk isn’t about headlines. It’s about inputs, what we feed the machine, knowingly or not.
And in this new world, you’re only as safe as your rules.
That’s why I built the AI Risk & Policy Toolkit, not to make anyone paranoid, but to give every business something they’ve never had before: a seatbelt for the AI era.
It doesn’t turn you into a compliance lawyer. It helps you stay confident while your team experiments, creates, and automates.
Inside, you’ll find:
Leak Mapping Worksheet – to spot where your data quietly slips into third-party tools.
Tool Vetting Checklist – five questions to test whether an AI tool deserves your trust.
AI Policy Templates – clear, editable rules you can drop straight into your team handbook.
Quarterly Review Sheet – a simple ritual to stay proactive instead of reactive.
The moment you write it down, panic turns into process.
That’s the point. You protect your business before you ever need protection.
If this sparked something in you, come say hello on LinkedIn; that’s where I share the deeper lessons, tools, and systems behind ConfigurAI.
For the human side, the messy experiments, reflections, and moments that shape the work, you’ll find that on Instagram.
And if you want to see how it all connects, the business, the story, the mission, it’s all at orgesameli.com
Because what we’re building here isn’t just about AI.
It’s about making technology feel human again
Thanks for reading,
See you next Tuesday with more ways to cut the busywork and get your time back.
Orgesa Meli
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