a prompt to optimize your prompt, from the lead engineer on Claude:

one of the easiest ways to get better output from AI is to tell it to respond in ASD-STE100 (simplified technical English). it’s a controlled language standard made for aerospace documentation, where unclear instructions can actually unalive people the guideline says "restrict vocabulary, use consistent terminology, keep sentences short, and remove unnecessary complexity" turns out this is super useful for AI because one of the biggest weaknesses is fluffy slop that sounds insightful without actually saying much like if you ask chat/claude why a company is failing and you'll get something like: “the organization is experiencing multifaceted operational inefficiencies compounded by misaligned strategic priorities and suboptimal resource allocation” wtf does this even mean. this is the kind of slop you’d find in a $200k consulting deck. sounds analytical, communicates nothing now compare that with an ASD-STE100 explanation: “the company spends more money than it earns. three products cause most of the losses. management continues to invest in these products. as a result, the company has less money available for profitable operations” the second explanation actually makes sense. you get specific problems, causal relationships, and claims you can check, instead of corporate word salad obviously, simpler language doesn’t automatically mean better reasoning. the model can still hallucinate, make bad assumptions, or confidently explain something that isn’t true but when you have strict language rules, it's alot harder to hide a lack of substance behind fancy words and you probably want to do this because a huge amount of what people think "intelligence" in AI output is just sentences that sound good. even the ancient Greeks knew this, so they emphasized the difference between logic vs rhetoric because a lot of nerds think complex vocabulary, abstract concepts, and sophisticated sentence structures is good. they think complexity means intelligence, even when the underlying information is simple ASD-STE100 is useful because it helps separate the quality of an explanation from how impressive the explanation sounds so anways, add this to your prompts: “respond in ASD-STE100 (simplified technical english). use short, direct sentences, consistent terminology, and explicit causal explanations. avoid abstract language when a concrete explanation is possible” this'll be especially good for when you’re trying to understand something complicated without the polished slop you know someone understands something when they can explain it simply, which is why good teachers are hard to find

the reason I keep saying "you need to do more volume" is because intelligent people win at literally anything once they recognize the patterns I have never once failed at anything I put my mind to, because I eventually figure out every system and its loopholes my method looks like this: 1. I find something that I'm interested in. let's say I want financial freedom 2. break that down into smaller sub-goals, like starting a business 3. break that down into steps. a business requires a product and a way to get that product noticed 4. "getting a product noticed" is called marketing 5. if I don't know anything about marketing, I read a book or watch a quick YouTube video the specific source DOES NOT MATTER. you just want to learn the LINGO when you learn the language of a subject, you make a map of the territory some places have already been explored; on a map, these places are the tundras, swamps, or deserts. there’s no food there for example, nobody puts ads on spoons. maybe it’s something new that you could try. but 99% of the time, common sense will tell you that it’s a waste other times, there’s clear roads to other towns. paths that are well-known. they’re boring. putting up posters might get you some sales, but it’s not high ROI and then, the most interesting–the forests, the caves, the oceans. uncharted territory. very few know what goes on here: - someone might’ve gone through the forest and discovered paradise. they never want to go back, so you’ll never see them. or they found treasure, but why would they ever tell anyone? they try their best to hide their map - someone else may have stepped in for a little bit, then come back with some fruit. most of the time, they’re empty-handed - others have gotten lost and died inside, and you’ll never hear from them again let's call the forest digital marketing using methods such as Facebook ads we want to get through the forest. what are some basic things we already know? you need some food and water for any long expeditions. to run a marketing campaign, you’ll need at least a small budget for adspend it would also help if you got a little bit of knowledge from other explorers. maybe a wise old man named Chad Jipi Tea tells you the lore behind his scars and stories from his mentors or, you talk to some young travelers who have scurried in and out. these are your marketing books and videos you won’t learn everything about how to get through the forest, of course, but they’ll tell you about the tigers (like ad accounts getting banned), so you remember to avoid certain areas others that can help are merchants or blacksmiths who offer tools. these are your virtual assistants or Upwork contractors now do you see why it was important to learn the lingo? notice all the vocabulary I discovered just by drawing myself a map: - posters - ROI - digital marketing - Facebook ads - campaign - budget - adspend - ad accounts - virtual assistants - upwork contractors because I learned all these words, I knew what to ask about and who to look for. if I pointed at a blank map, people would call me a monkey. Google won’t return any search results for empty searches but now that I have a rough drawing of what the territory looks like, I can point to different areas and get more information: “how do I get across this bridge to get to that town?” I can prompt with more specific questions. I can start to put the puzzle pieces together but talking to people all day won’t do much. you’ll keep hearing the same stories, with maybe one new fact once in a while some people might even give bad information. so you need to actually *go* to the forest after you have about 70% of your map. balance learning and execution make trips through the forest. you’ll fall over a branch that nobody told you about because it grew recently. keep going. you’ll get a rash from the white jade bush, thinking it was a delicious white dragon bush. keep going. you'll see some thick vines in your way, but you cut through. keep going. machete mindset. eventually, you’ll have spent enough time inside the forest that you’ll know so much more than the people outside you’ll be able to spot all kinds of predators, even ones you haven’t seen or heard of before, because you notice the patterns. you gain experience from fighting rats, spiders, and goblins, which make you strong enough to fight blue-eyed black dragons in digital marketing, you’ll need to run ads. you’ll spend money to see what converts and what doesn’t. you start to notice signs: certain colours, words, phrasing. then you keep building iterate on what works. constantly ¡experimentamos! with new ideas, letting natural selection kill off each bad idea until you evolve into a marketing master this is why everything is a game that can be won. investing, making friends, martial arts. whatever. just make your maps and start exploring

you have no idea how many glue-eating retards I've met who are making so much money because they're literally too stupid to self-doubt because the moat is the uncertainty. people are uncomfortable not knowing. they NEED plans or directions the dumbasses just keep moving forward