How To Create a ChatGPT Prompt Sheet for Success!

Ernest Usher
Sep 5, 2025
2 min read

1. Pick Your Focus Areas

Decide what buckets you need prompts for—business, personal, creative, learning, productivity, etc. Don’t jam everything together or it’ll look like a messy junk drawer.

2. Use the “Role + Task + Detail” Formula

Prompts work best when they tell me who to be + what to do + how to do it. Example: “Act as a career coach and write a 5-step plan for transitioning from retail management to digital marketing, with examples for each step.”

3. Organize by Category

Break the sheet into sections (Business, Personal, Creative, etc.) so it’s easy to scan. Use 2–4 prompts per section.

4. Keep It Clear and Concise

Long-winded prompts kill the point. Cut the rambling—if your prompt looks like a ransom note, trim it down.

5. Make It Visually Usable

Nobody likes walls of text. Put your prompts in bullets or boxes. Add headers, maybe even icons if you want it fancy. A sheet you’ll actually use beats one that looks like a law textbook.

6. Include a “Refinement” Section

Remind yourself that prompts are just the start. Add a note like: “After first response, refine with: make it shorter, add humor, rewrite for executives, etc.”

7. Test Before You Publish

Run your own prompts. If the output is garbage, tweak it until you consistently get something useful. A “success sheet” should actually work, not just look clever.

Example Layout for a Prompt Sheet

Business: 3–4 prompts
Personal Life: 2–3 prompts
Creative Projects: 2–3 prompts
Refinement Tips: 3 examples of follow-up instructions

So basically: keep it short, organized, and actually usable. No one ever looked at a 12-page “ultimate prompt guide” and thought, wow, I’ll read this daily.

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