To put it bluntly, ChatGPT is the bomb. Since its release, people have used it for everything from coding to creative art. And honestly, with the right prompts, it can be used for almost anything. There’s little ChatGPT can’t do, and with a world of possibilities at its fingertips, it’s truly a holiday for professionals and creators. So how can you use ChatGPT in your workflow today to improve your productivity, creativity, and, let’s be honest, save some time doing the heavy lifting? Here are a few ideas.

ChatGPT is a platform par excellence, representing a categorical shift away from traditional search engines (I’m looking at you, Google) and, some might argue, even better than knowledge-based forums like Stack Overflow Quora. But unlike those platforms, where you can rely on user posts based on their experience, relevance, technical knowledge, and likes, on ChatGPT you have the entire AI language model waiting for your prompts – and that’s what matters most: your prompts.

Generic questions get generic answers, which may be exactly what you want. But if you want specific answers, you should say so and provide all the necessary instructions and guidelines to set the "rules," so to speak, including the type of work, style, restrictions, etc.

The better you get at controlling ChatGPT, the better the output will be. As the saying goes, “Garbage in, garbage out.” But you don’t have to be an expert right away. With time and patience, you’ll eventually learn how to tweak your ChatGPT inputs well enough to get what you want.