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Amanda Caswell

I use the ‘potato’ prompt with ChatGPT every day — here is how it finds the holes in my logic

Smartphone displaying ChatGPT logo held in front of white OpenAI logo on green background.

Between Slack notifications, text messages, emails and doing actual work, my brain sometimes feels like mush when I have to start something new. Whether I'm speaking in a meeting or coming up with new ideas, there are times when I can't rely on myself to get it together fast enough.

That's when I lean on ChatGPT to reset my focus and help me see holes that I may not see otherwise. When I'm stuck on a thought or simply have no ideas at all, I turn to this one prompt in particular — and it boosts my productivity almost every time.

The anatomy of the mental wall

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