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4 min readSounding like you is too low a bar
Shannon Greyling · 6 September 2026 Sounding like you is too low a bar I used to ask AI to use real-life examples without actually giving it any. Yep, sounds ridiculous, right? I can laugh about this now, but at the time I thought I was being pretty clever with my baked-in tone-of-voice system instructions. I would write things like: My tone should be encouraging. Clear and practical. Warm but focused. Use real-life examples. Invite the reader into the process. Focus on helpfulness and...