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This ‘Bad Prompt’ Is Going Viral—And It’s No Accident

It breaks the rules, ignores best practices, and still outperforms 90% of “expert prompts.” Here’s why.

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🧠 Today On AI Life Hacks

😵 A “bad” AI prompt that’s outperforming pro-level instructions
⚡ A 2-minute tool that turns longform content into viral short clips
🧠 A hack to make ChatGPT talk like you
📌 5 affiliate-friendly AI tools to level up your workflow
🎯 One final reminder to stop overthinking prompts

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🚨 Trending: The Prompt That Shouldn't Work (But Does)

You’ve probably been told to prompt like this:

  • Give it context

  • Give it structure

  • Use frameworks like PAS or AIDA

  • Include formatting commands

  • Add “You are an expert X” instructions

And yet…

This dumb little one-liner is going viral on Twitter and Discord:

“Act like someone who knows me better than I know myself. What’s holding me back right now?”

No formatting. No setup. No structure.

Just vibes.
And somehow? It slaps.

People are sharing screenshots of this thing diagnosing their bad habits, suggesting career pivots, writing better sales copy than they do… all from one "bad" prompt.

Why it's working:

  • It triggers the model’s emergent reasoning — a fancy way of saying it gets creative

  • It invites intuition, not instruction

  • It bypasses robotic outputs and feels more like a smart coach than a stiff consultant

Sometimes, removing rules unlocks better answers.

⚡️AI Fast Guide:

🚀 How To Turn Any Video Into 30 Viral Clips

This is the tool creators are quietly using to go viral everywhere.

Here’s the 60-second gameplan:

  1. Connect your YouTube or podcast

  2. Choose a template (TikTok, IG Reels, etc.)

  3. Click "Auto-Clip" — it’ll find viral-worthy highlights

  4. One-click post across all platforms

Repurpose will:

  • Auto-caption

  • Add headlines

  • Format for vertical scroll

  • Publish for you

Great for: creators, coaches, course sellers, or newsletter writers building omnipresence

💡 AI Life Hack Of The Day

🎯 Make ChatGPT Speak Like You
If you're tired of AI sounding… well, AI-ish — try this:

“Here are 5 writing samples I wrote. Learn my tone, sentence structure, and voice. From now on, write everything like I would. Be informal, punchy, slightly sarcastic, and occasionally curse if it fits. Confirm you understand.”

Paste your real writing.

You just created a tone-trained personal assistant.
Use it for emails, social posts, replies, sales pages — anything.

🔄 Bonus Tip

🧼 The 3-Word Prompt Cleanup Trick
If your prompt is a mess, and you don’t feel like editing…

Just add this to the end of any prompt:

“Rewrite my request to get a better result.”

ChatGPT will clean up your prompt for you, and run the upgraded version.
That’s prompt engineering... without the engineering. If you don’t like the initial rewrite then simply type:

“Try again 3 times.”

Then just choose your favorite.

🧰 Toolbox

🌀 Repurpose.io – Easily turn long-form videos into viral short clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

🧠 CustomGPT – Instantly build your own chatbot trained on your website, files, or data.

🧵 Castmagic – Turn podcasts, meetings, or videos into tweets, summaries, and blog posts automatically.

📥 SaneBox – Automatically filters email clutter so you only see what matters..

🤖 ManyChat – Auto-reply to Instagram comments & DMs with AI.

🎯 Final Thoughts

Some of the most effective AI prompts in the world are “bad” by traditional standards.

They’re:

  • Messy

  • Vague

  • Non-linear

But so are humans.
So if your prompts feel too rigid or too "correct" — try getting a little weird. That’s where the magic lives.