How to Train Your AI Bot
Complete step-by-step guide to customizing ChatGPT and other AI tools to match your voice, style, and personality in under 10 minutes.
🎧 From Episode 2503: "Training Your Robot"
⚡ Quick Start (5 Minutes)
Follow these three steps to immediately improve your AI output:
Go to ChatGPT → Settings → Customize → Add your writing style and tone
List 5-10 words/phrases you never want AI to use (like "circle back")
Copy-paste 3-5 emails or messages you've written into a new conversation
Complete Training Guide
1 Access ChatGPT Customization
Navigate to ChatGPT's customization settings to set up your personal AI profile.
Steps:
- Open ChatGPT in your browser
- Click your profile icon (top right)
- Select "Customize ChatGPT"
- You'll see sections for "What would you like ChatGPT to know about you?" and "How would you like ChatGPT to respond?"
💡 Pro Tip: This customization applies to ALL new conversations. For project-specific styles, create dedicated GPT projects instead.
2 Define Your Voice & Style
Tell ChatGPT how you communicate and what makes your writing distinctive.
Copy-Paste Template:
**My Writing Style:** - Tone: [Direct/Conversational/Formal/Casual] - Sentence Length: [Short and punchy/Varied/Longer explanatory] - Formality: [Very casual/Professional but approachable/Formal] - Personality: [Straight-shooting/Warm/Analytical/Creative] **Voice Characteristics:** - I use contractions (don't, won't, can't) - I prefer simple words over jargon - I write like I talk - I use [specific phrases you commonly use] **What I NEVER want to see:** - "Circle back" or "touch base" - "Leverage" (use "use" instead) - "At the end of the day" - "Deep dive" or "drill down" - "Move the needle" - "Low-hanging fruit" - "Synergy" or "synergize" - "Think outside the box" - "At the end of the day" - "Game changer" - Overly corporate language - Excessive buzzwords
❌ Generic AI Voice
"We should leverage our synergies to optimize outcomes and circle back on deliverables."
✅ Your Trained Voice
"Let's use what we have and check in next week on what we promised."
3 Feed Your Writing Examples
Give ChatGPT actual samples of your writing so it can learn your patterns.
What to Include:
- • 5-10 recent emails you've written (remove sensitive info)
- • Text messages or Slack messages for casual tone
- • Any blog posts or documents you've written
- • Social media posts that represent your voice
📖 Complete Guide Available
This is a preview of our comprehensive AI training guide. The full version includes detailed steps for Microsoft Copilot, advanced techniques, common mistakes, and real examples.
📥 Download Complete PDF GuideReady to Train Your Bot?
It takes less than 10 minutes to set up and will save you hours of editing generic AI copy.