Practice Everyday Tasks with ChatGPT

What you’ll learn

Practice using ChatGPT to compare options, draft messages, brainstorm ideas, and summarize text. Learn to refine an answer with clear feedback and review it before using it.

Key steps

1. 1

   Start a conversation for one task.

   Sign in to ChatGPT and start a chat. Keep related follow-up questions in that conversation so your instructions and earlier answers stay together.

2. 2

   Compare options with clear limits.

   Ask for a comparison of two choices. Specify the audience and a word limit, then ask a follow-up about the part that matters most to you.

3. 3

   Draft a message with context.

   Explain who the message is for, what happened, what you want, and the tone to use. Treat the answer as a first draft and revise it in your own voice.

4. 4

   Brainstorm within your constraints.

   Give a topic, budget or other limits, and the number of ideas you want. Choose an idea and ask for an expanded plan. If the ideas miss the mark, explain what needs to change.

5. 5

   Summarize and reshape your own text.

   Provide the text to summarize. Ask for an outline, bullet points, or a simpler version for a specific audience. Compare the summary with the original to check that important meaning remains.

6. 6

   Practice and ask for feedback.

   Ask for feedback on a draft or set up a practice interview. Respond to the questions, then ask how you could improve. Check factual claims, quotes, and suggested studies against real sources.