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Bonus — Patterns That Feel Like Cheating

These are the habits that separate people who use Claude from people who've made Claude a genuine part of how they operate. None of them are complicated. All of them are surprisingly underused.

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Page 10 of 14 · Module 3 — Get Better Results Than 90% of Users

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1. Let Claude Write Your CLAUDE.md

2. Ask Claude to Design Your Automations

3. The "What Am I Missing?" Pattern

4. Get Claude to Critique Its Own Output

5. Ask Claude What Questions You Should Be Asking

6. Use Claude as a Thinking Partner, Not Just a Task Runner

7. Let Claude Improve Itself

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The pattern behind all of these: You're not just using Claude to do things. You're using Claude to think better, work better, and build a system that keeps improving. That's the difference between a tool and an operating system.

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