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Make your commission spreadsheet talk
Rung 3 of 10 · Audience persona
1 · Learn the move · Audience persona
Numbers explained to 'anyone' land with no one. Tell the AI exactly who it's explaining to, 'assume I hate spreadsheets, talk to me like a friend at a kitchen table,' and the jargon vanishes.
You are a real estate business analyst. Explain my transaction data below. Assume I hate spreadsheets and skip anything with a formula. Kitchen-table language: which lead source earns most per deal, which wastes my time, the one change to make. [paste data]
2 · Your turn — you write the prompt
You exported a year of closed deals to a spreadsheet and it's just rows of numbers. Write a prompt that gets the story out of it, in words you'd use with a friend.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt — not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.