Four tiny prompts that make ChatGPT 10x more useful

You ever ask ChatGPT a question and get something that feels… okay, but kind of meh?

Same.

Turns out, it’s not just what you ask—it’s how you ask it. After hundreds of hours using AI tools for writing, research, teaching, and explaining things to clients (and myself), I’ve found that four tiny phrases—literally just a few words—make a massive difference in how useful the answers are.

They’re not hacks or secret codes. But they work almost every time, especially when you want clearer, shorter, or more usable responses.

Here they are.