Lesson 1 of 7 · The controls you already own
Same question. Two answers.
From Get More From ChatGPT Without Better Prompts: When an answer disappoints, most people rewrite the question. There are faster fixes, and you already own them. Set how long ChatGPT thinks before it answers. Check what it remembers about you. Write your standing instructions once instead of retyping them every time. Seven short lessons, one control each, and an honest look at when the wording still matters.
Same question. Two answers.
- Course: 7 lessons
- Time: ~40 min
- Free: This lesson, no account
- Source: OpenAI Help Center and developer documentation
Nothing about the question changed. No extra detail. No clever phrasing.
One setting was different.
Most people never touch that setting. They rewrite the question instead, and then rewrite it again.
This course is about the settings.
Commit before you look
Commit before you look
Commit before you look
Your words are one lever. There are others, and you already own them.
How long it thinks. What it remembers about you. What you told it once and never again.
When an answer disappoints, the fastest fix is often not a better question.
Keep this one
Name one answer from the past week that you fixed by rewording. Write it in a line.
The last lesson comes back to it, so keep it where you will find it.
Topics: ChatGPT settings, thinking levels, standing instructions, what ChatGPT remembers, prompt editing, interactive