PAT BERRY — TRADE COMPANION
CHAPTER 8: Save and reuse your voice guide
Starter worksheet for review — October 19, 2026

A voice guide helps an assistant draft in language you recognize. It should preserve your judgment, facts, and boundaries as well as your tone.

1. Collect three short examples you wrote and like. Remove other people's private information.
2. Create a guide with tone, reader, preferred words, avoided words, supported beliefs, and facts that must not be invented.
3. Save it as a text file. Paste it into a new conversation with your task, or use your assistant's supported saved-instructions feature. Test with one short draft.

Trade application
Include your service terms, professional vocabulary, and the claims that require evidence or review.

Reusable voice guide
Who I help:
_______________________________________________________

How I sound:
_______________________________________________________

Words I use:
_______________________________________________________

Words I avoid:
_______________________________________________________

Beliefs and boundaries:
_______________________________________________________

Verified facts:
_______________________________________________________

Approved example:
_______________________________________________________

Task-specific instructions:
_______________________________________________________

Review date:
_______________________________________________________

Use verified facts. Personalize examples. Keep private customer records in your own secure system.