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Email a busy person for advice with an easy ask
You want advice and your draft is huge. Get a short email with context, one ask and an easy out.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Write an email asking for advice. Who: [name/role] Context in two lines: [details] The one ask: [question] What I've already tried: [list] Time I'll take if they say yes: [minutes] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A short sendable email. 2. Subject line. 3. Flattery padding to cut. 4. A thank-you-if-no line. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name/role: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Write an email asking for advice. Who: [name/role] Context in two lines: [details] The one ask: [question] What I've already tried: [list] Time I'll take if they say yes: [minutes] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A short sendable email. 2. Subject line. 3. Flattery padding to cut. 4. A thank-you-if-no line. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. UK English. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name/role: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You state who and the ask.
The assistant asks what you've tried.
You get a short email.
What happens
Use Gemini to email a busy person for advice with an easy ask
You want advice and your draft is huge. Get a short email with context, one ask and an easy out.
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