After months of using ChatGPT with Memory enabled, the author found that treating it as a dump for random facts was ineffective; instead, the key is teaching the AI how the user actually works. The first tweak is performing a ChatGPT Memory audit by going to Settings > Personalization > Memory and deleting outdated or contradictory entries, as conflicting instructions from different time periods cause inconsistency. The author deleted roughly half of their saved memories, and the improvement in response quality was immediate. The second tweak is focusing on saving information that shapes every conversation, like standing instructions for a new team member, rather than trivial facts such as liking coffee or a favorite song. Examples of useful memories include preferring a conversational tone over corporate lingo, disliking AI clichés like "dive into," "it's important to note," and "in today's rapidly evolving landscape," and preferring responses in bullet points rather than long paragraphs. These changes, made over the past few weeks, led to responses closer to the author's preferred style, better tracking of ongoing projects, and less need to fill in gaps during conversations.