Here’s a prompting mistake that’s easy to make, especially when you already have an idea you’re excited about. You tell AI what you’re thinking 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. For example: ❌ 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧: 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 5-𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘎𝘗𝘛. 𝘐’𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵? Seems like a perfectly good prompt, right? The problem is that you’ve already handed AI the answer: 𝗮 𝟱-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲. So instead of exploring the best solution to your actual goal, AI will probably start helping you make your 5-day challenge better. This is called 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. You gave AI a starting point, and its thinking is now influenced by that starting point. Try this instead: ✅ 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧: 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘎𝘗𝘛 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘔𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 7 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. 👀 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? In the first prompt, you asked AI: “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?” In the second, you asked: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹?” AI can be incredibly useful for brainstorming, but if you give it your preferred answer too early, you may unintentionally turn it into an 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿. And sometimes your original idea WILL be the best one. The point isn't to avoid sharing your ideas with AI, it's to be intentional about 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 you share them. 🧪 𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 Think about something you're currently trying to decide in your business.