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Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 20d

99% of LLM users miss this:

Simulate an expert’s internal monologue.

Prompt example:

“You’re a senior engineer fixing a critical system failure. Think aloud.”

Result?

- Nuanced reasoning
- Tradeoff analysis
- Emotional weight
- Real logic flow

It’s not answers.
It’s how experts thi

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 21d

99% don’t do this:

Prompt it to roleplay as a niche mentor.

Example:

“Act as a startup lawyer advising a solo founder building a fintech app in Europe.”

Now it thinks like an insider.

Better tips.
More nuance.
Real constraints.

Try:

- Veteran PM at Google
- Clinical trial desi

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 21d

Most teams onboard new hires the hard way.

Here’s the smarter route:

1. Ask your LLM to build role-specific onboarding docs.

- Include tools, workflows, KPIs
- Add FAQs from past hires
- Match tone with company voice

2. Share it on day one.

Faster ramp. Fewer repeat questions. B

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Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 21d

Most people grade creative work the wrong way.

Don’t guess. Customize.

Use an LLM to build your own evaluation rubric:

- Tell it your goals
- List what matters to you
- Ask it to create weighted criteria

Now you’re not just judging.
You’re measuring what you actually valu

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 22d

Most prompt poorly.

Here’s one question that pulls hidden insights:

“What would a subject-matter expert notice here that a beginner would miss?”

Ask it after each response.

It forces depth.
Reveals gaps.
Surfaces nuance.

Try it—and watch your outputs shift from average to expert

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 22d

Most people use LLMs to write.
Few use them to *judge*.

Try this:

Use an LLM to score proposals.

Feed in your criteria—
- Innovation
- Feasibility
- Fit for your org

Then let it rank and explain.

You’ll review 10x faster.
And surface best-fit ideas others miss.

Why not tr

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 22d

Most onboarding processes waste time.

Fix this with LLMs:

1. Ask for:
- Role
- Location
- Tech stack

2. Prompt the LLM to build:
- Day 1–5 task lists
- Tool links
- Policy docs
- Setup checklists

3. Repeat for every hire

Zero HR bottlenecks.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 23d

Hiring slow?

Here’s a trick 99% miss:

Use LLMs to generate custom interview questions.

Give the model:
- Job description
- Resume
- Core skills needed

Ask for:
- Behavioral questions
- Skill-based drills
- Red flag detectors

Faster screening. Better hires. Less bias.

Try it?

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 23d

99% of people miss this prompt.

Ask the LLM:

“What assumptions am I making in this argument?”

It spots:
- Hidden biases
- Gaps in logic
- Flawed framing

It’s like debugging your brain.

Want clearer thinking?

Let the model find what you're blind to.

Try it on your next draft.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 23d

Most LLM users write essays and emails.

But here’s something 99% skip:

Use LLMs to draft grant proposals.

Here’s how:

- Input your goals, timeline, budget
- Feed examples of past funded grants
- Add the review criteria

Refine until it matches what funders care about.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 24d

Most teams onboard new hires like it's 2004.

Fix it with this LLM tactic:

- List the role’s tools, tasks, workflows, and goals
- Ask the LLM to generate a detailed onboarding guide
- Review, tweak, and share with your new hire

Done in 15 mins.

Ramp time drops.
Clarity goes up

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 24d

How to stress test your onboarding process with AI:

1. Tell the LLM:
"You just joined our team. Ask anything that seems unclear."

2. Feed it your docs, tools, SOPs, and wiki.

3. Watch it find:
- Confusing steps
- Missing links
- Gaps in process

You’ll spot blind spots fast.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 24d

99% of LLM users miss this:

You can simulate tools inside the chat.

Try these:

- “Act like a Linux terminal. Parse this bash script.”
- “Act like a spreadsheet. Walk me through this Excel formula.”
- “Act like an SQL shell. Draft this query.”

You’ll prototype faster. Debug smarter.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 25d

Most people ask LLMs for names like amateurs.

Do this instead:

1. Give context
- Brand tone
- Target audience
- Use case
- Industry

2. Ask for 10-15 names
- Ranked for style, clarity, and memorability

3. Iterate fast

Good naming = faster traction.

Tried this yet

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 25d

Most people collect user feedback.

Then do nothing with it.

Here’s how to turn raw reviews into product gold with an LLM:

1. Paste survey + review text
2. Prompt:
- Group pain points
- Prioritize by volume + urgency
- Suggest features + fixes

You get a user-driven roadm

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 25d

Most people test their product with *expected* inputs.

That’s a mistake.

Ask your LLM to simulate weird edge cases:

- Conflicting user actions
- Bad data inputs
- Rare user behavior
- Uncommon device settings

Stress it in ways you never imagined.

What fails when things

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 26d

99% of LLM users miss this:

Auto-write onboarding emails from live user data.

Use:

- Sign-up source
- Behavior in first session
- Clickstream or survey data

Then prompt the LLM:

“Write an email for [type of user], highlighting [X features] in [tone].”

Engagement jumps.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 26d

Most people use LLMs for content or code.

But you can do this:

Describe your messy input →
Explain the target format →
Request a custom script.

LLMs will write:
- Regex
- Python
- Bash
- CSV transformers
- JSON normalizers

No-code automation unlocked.

What will

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 26d

Most people translate content blindly.

Try this instead:

Use an LLM to build a multilingual glossary.

- Define key terms in your niche
- Translate them into target languages
- Reuse across all teams and content

You get:
- Consistency
- Accuracy
- Speed

Why haven’t

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 27d

LLMs can train your hiring team.

99% don’t use this trick:

Generate fake but realistic interview responses.

Then use them to:
- Teach new recruiters
- Improve answer scoring
- Spot red flags faster

It’s low-cost, hands-on training.

Are you training future recruiters wi

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 27d

99% of devs miss this LLM use:

Turn raw error logs into prioritized checklists.

Here's how:

- Paste the log
- Ask: “Create step-by-step actions to debug this”
- Get a clean list sorted by urgency or likelihood

Faster triage. Less guesswork.

Your debugger just got smarter.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 28d

99% of people don’t do this with LLMs:

Draft contracts.

Here’s how to start:

- Input key terms
- Specify conditions
- Add jurisdiction

Then have a lawyer review it.

You’ll save hours.
You’ll cut legal bills.
You’ll get better contracts faster.

Why aren’t you doing

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 28d

Most people prep for interviews the hard way.

Instead, do this:

1. Paste the job description into an LLM
2. Ask: “Generate interview questions based on this description”
3. Then: “What would strong answers sound like?”

Now you’re training for *your* job—not just *any* job.

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 28d

Most people stop after writing the perfect interview answer.

Wrong move.

Here’s how to stretch one response into 3 different formats:

- Conversational (for podcasts)
- Corporate (for press releases)
- Journalistic (for media quotes)

Same content. Different tone.

Stop wasti

Lawton Solutions @lawtonsolutions.bsky.social · 29d

99% of teams onboard the slow way: long docs, messy Slack threads, confusion.

Do this instead:

- Feed your LLM company docs
- Add role-specific inputs
- Generate custom onboarding guides

Every new hire gets a tailored playbook in minutes.

Faster ramp. Fewer questions. Better rete