Break a big goal into a 30-day sprint
Goal: {{describe}}. Why it matters: {{reason}}. Time available: {{hours per week}}. What's already true: {{progress, assets, constraints}}. 1. Restate the goal as an observable en…
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Add a promptDesign a decision default so you stop deciding
I keep spending energy on this recurring decision: {{describe, e.g. whether to take every intro call, what to work on first, whether to reply}}. It comes up {{how often}}. Current …
130 copies · 18 likesWrite the strategy memo, not the deck
Turn this into a strategy memo people can argue with: {{paste rough thinking, notes, or deck outline}}. Structure: 1. SITUATION — what's true now, with numbers, including the unco…
147 copies · 21 likesRun a workshop people don't zone out in
Design a {{duration}} workshop on {{topic}} for {{n}} people who are {{roles and level}}. Success = they can {{capability}} afterwards. 1. State the one thing they must leave able…
128 copies · 18 likesNinety days of positioning-first content, not topics
Build a 90-day content plan for {{company}} selling {{product}} to {{audience}}. Start from positioning, not topics: 1. State the one belief we need the market to hold. Then the t…
117 copies · 15 likesPrepare for a meeting in three minutes
I have a meeting in a few minutes: {{who's attending, topic, why it was called}}. Background: {{paste relevant thread, doc, or notes}}. Give me: 1. THE POINT — why this meeting ex…
114 copies · 15 likesTurn research notes into an outline with a real argument
Here are my notes: {{paste them, messy}}. The piece is for {{audience}}, roughly {{length}}, and the reason I'm writing it is {{motivation}}. First, tell me what I actually think.…
83 copies · 16 likesUntangle a competing-priorities conflict
Three people want different things from me this week: {{describe each ask, who's asking, their stated urgency, and the real consequence of delay}}. My capacity: {{hours}}. 1. For …
88 copies · 16 likesWrite the docs the next engineer needs
Write documentation for the code below, for an engineer who joins in six months. Structure: 1. WHAT AND WHY — what this does and the problem it exists to solve. Include the constr…
77 copies · 17 likesWrite the SOP so someone else can do it
Turn what I do into an SOP someone else can execute without asking me: {{describe the process, or paste a recording transcript of me doing it}}. 1. State the outcome and the stand…
63 copies · 16 likesTranslate expert writing for a smart non-expert
Rewrite the technical passage below for a smart reader with no background in the field. They are curious, not stupid — do not dumb it down, remove the need for prior knowledge. Me…
77 copies · 12 likesDebrief a bad day into something usable
Today went badly. Here's what happened: {{describe}}. Help me process it usefully, not comfortingly: 1. Reflect back what happened in plain factual terms, separating events from m…
62 copies · 15 likesInvestor update that builds trust in bad months
Write our monthly investor update. Data: {{revenue, growth, cash, runway, headcount, key metrics, what shipped, what went wrong, asks}}. Format: 1. TL;DR — three lines: the number…
76 copies · 12 likesDecide whether to build it, buy it, or leave it alone
You are a pragmatic operator deciding between building, buying, and doing nothing. The capability: {{what it must do and for whom}}. Why it is on the table now: {{the trigger - cus…
48 copies · 16 likesGive feedback that actually lands
Help me give feedback to {{person, role, relationship to me}} about {{situation}}. What I've observed: {{specific incidents with dates}}. What I want to change: {{behaviour}}. Cont…
51 copies · 14 likesRoadmap prioritisation you can defend
Here's my backlog: {{list items with any context you have}}. Our goal this quarter: {{goal}}. Team capacity: {{people and weeks}}. 1. For each item, state the outcome it's suppose…
72 copies · 14 likesMake notes you'll actually reread
Turn this material into notes I'll actually use: {{paste lecture transcript, chapter, or article}}. Purpose: {{exam, work application, long-term understanding}}. Produce: 1. THE S…
56 copies · 13 likesWrite release notes someone will actually read
You are writing release notes for the people who use this product, not for the team that built it. Here is what shipped, in raw form (commits, tickets, or my own notes): {{paste ra…
34 copies · 15 likesBoard meeting prep in one working session
Prep me for a board meeting on {{date}}. Since last time: {{what happened, metrics, misses, decisions taken}}. Open issues: {{list}}. Board members care about: {{per-person concern…
52 copies · 14 likesCut 30% of the words without losing a single idea
Edit the text below for concision. Target: 30% fewer words, zero ideas lost. Method: 1. First list every distinct idea in the original as a bullet (this is your checklist). 2. Rew…
71 copies · 14 likesRun a personal weekly review that changes something
Run my weekly review. Inputs: {{what I completed, what slipped, meetings I had, how I felt, metrics I track, open loops}}. 1. What actually moved forward this week, versus what me…
81 copies · 10 likesStructure a long piece before writing a word
I'm writing a {{length}}-word piece for {{audience}} about {{topic}}. My thesis: {{thesis}}. Before outlining, do this: 1. Name the reader's current belief and the belief I need t…
96 copies · 10 likesTurn a rambling voice note into a publishable post
Below is a transcript of me thinking out loud. Turn it into a publishable 700-word post. Rules: 1. Find the one argument I am actually making and put it in the first two sentences…
75 copies · 11 likesTurn analysis into an executive memo
Here's my analysis: {{paste findings, charts described, numbers}}. Audience: {{who}}, who cares about {{their objective}} and has 4 minutes. Write a one-page memo: 1. BOTTOM LINE …
81 copies · 11 likesTurn a review dump into positioning language
Here are {{n}} customer reviews: {{paste them raw, good and bad}}. Don't summarise them. Mine them: 1. The exact phrases customers use for the problem, quoted verbatim, grouped by…
60 copies · 7 likesContent brief a writer can execute without you
Write a content brief for "{{primary keyword}}" targeting {{audience}}, for a {{word count}}-word piece. Include, in this order: 1. The one question the page must answer, and the …
67 copies · 9 likesTurn a messy note app into something you can find things in
Here's what my notes look like: {{describe the app, roughly how many notes, what kinds of things are in there, how you currently search}}. The moment I care about: {{when I need to…
56 copies · 10 likesExplain a statistical result to a non-technical exec
Here's the result: {{paste the numbers — effect size, confidence interval, p-value, sample size, whatever you have}}. Method: {{what you did}}. Audience: {{role}}, who will use it …
56 copies · 9 likesSet the kill criteria before you start the bet
You are the person who has to shut this down if it fails. We are about to commit to {{initiative}}. The bet: {{what we are doing, why now, who is on it, cost in money and headcount…
52 copies · 12 likesWrite a mutual action plan the buyer will actually sign up to
You are a deal desk lead. Build a mutual action plan for a live deal that the buyer would put their name on. The deal: {{company, deal size, product, target go-live date}}. What th…
50 copies · 12 likesAnnounce a price increase without losing your best customers
You are an operator who has raised prices before and kept the good accounts. The change: {{old price, new price, effective date, who it hits}}. Why: {{honest internal reason}}. Wha…
46 copies · 12 likesHiring scorecard before the job post
I'm hiring a {{role}} at {{company stage}}. What I think I need: {{describe}}. Build the scorecard first: 1. MISSION — what this person is accountable for, in one sentence. 2. OUT…
63 copies · 10 likesEstimate work you have never done before
I've been asked how long this will take: {{describe the work}}. What I know: {{stack, team size, what already exists}}. What I've never done before: {{the unfamiliar part}}. Break…
51 copies · 10 likesBuild a morning routine around your real energy curve
Here's my actual week: {{when you wake, first obligation, when meetings usually start, when you crash, when you get a second wind}}. Non-negotiables: {{kids, commute, gym, medicati…
68 copies · 6 likesWrite a conference talk abstract that gets accepted
Conference: {{name, audience, track}}. The CFP asks for {{format and length}}. My talk is about {{topic}}. What I actually learned the hard way: {{the real story}}. Who I want in t…
62 copies · 8 likesTurn a vague project into a first action
I've been avoiding this: {{describe the project or task}}. It's been on my list for {{how long}}. What's true: {{deadline, stakeholders, what I've done so far}}. 1. Diagnose the a…
69 copies · 9 likesProposal that mirrors what they said
Write a proposal for {{company}}. Source material: {{paste call notes and their stated goals, constraints, and quotes}}. Our offer: {{scope and price}}. Structure: 1. THEIR SITUAT…
43 copies · 10 likesPlan next week from an overloaded task list
Act as my chief of staff for a weekly plan. I will paste my task list and my fixed commitments. Step 1 — Sort every task into: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, DELEGATE, or DROP. Every task …
49 copies · 9 likesPull only your own commitments out of a meeting recording
I will paste a meeting transcript. My name in it is {{name or speaker label}}. Extract only what I am now on the hook for — ignore everything assigned to other people. Output, in …
58 copies · 9 likesPlan a launch week that does not peak on day one
Launching: {{what}}, on {{date}}. Audience: {{who}}. Channels available: {{list}}. Team: {{who can do what}}. The single metric that decides whether this launch worked: {{metric}}.…
38 copies · 7 likesDecide which customer segment to stop serving
You are an operator who has had to narrow a business before. Segments we serve: {{for each: who they are, revenue, share of support tickets, churn, sales cycle, gross margin if kno…
48 copies · 9 likesChoose between raising now and cutting to default alive
You are a CFO who has taken two companies through a tight funding market. Be exact, not encouraging. Cash in the bank, monthly net burn for the last 6 months, and current MRR/ARR …
32 copies · 9 likesPlan a week that respects your real capacity
Plan my week. Fixed commitments: {{meetings and obligations with times}}. Goals this week: {{list}}. Energy pattern: {{when I focus best}}. Last week I failed to finish: {{list}}. …
45 copies · 8 likesDraft the postmortem from a raw incident timeline
Write a blameless postmortem from the raw material below. Incident channel or timeline: {{paste messages, alerts, and deploy events with timestamps}}. User impact as measured: {{wh…
58 copies · 8 likesWin a head-to-head evaluation you did not choose to be in
You are a competitive strategist on my deal team. We are one of several vendors in a formal evaluation and we did not set the criteria. Deal: {{company, use case, timeline, who run…
53 copies · 8 likesRebuild a skill you learned once and have not used in years
You are a coach for people relearning something, not beginners - the wrong plan wastes weeks on things they still know. Skill and the last time I used it seriously: {{e.g. SQL, fo…
16 copies · 9 likesTurn a week of your own mistakes into a study list
You are my coach. Below are the mistakes I actually made this week while learning {{skill or subject}}: {{paste them - wrong answers, failed attempts, corrections you received, thi…
56 copies · 8 likesRewrite a status update nobody reads into one your exec acts on
You are an editor who reads twenty of these a week and remembers none of them. My current update: {{paste the last one you sent}}. Who reads it and what they control: {{name the de…
49 copies · 8 likesDecide whether a recurring meeting should exist
Help me put a recurring meeting on trial. The meeting: {{name, frequency, length, attendees and their roles}}. Its stated purpose: {{what it is for}}. What actually happened in the…
36 copies · 8 likesCut a recurring commitment you already agreed to
You are a blunt chief of staff for one person: me. I am over-committed and need to drop something I said yes to. The commitments: {{list each recurring or ongoing thing - what it i…
49 copies · 8 likesFinish the course you abandoned in week two
I started {{course or book}} and stopped at {{where}}. Act as a coach who gets me over the line, not a motivator. Remaining contents: {{paste the module or chapter list}}. Why I st…
43 copies · 8 likesWrite your side of a performance review from evidence, not memory
You are a manager who has read hundreds of self-reviews and is tired of vague ones. Mine is due and I can only remember the last six weeks. My role and what I am measured on: {{tit…
47 copies · 7 likesWrite the memo that kills a project you championed
You are helping me write an internal memo announcing that we are stopping a project I personally pushed for. The project: {{what it was, when it started, what we promised}}. What a…
25 copies · 8 likesDecide which numbers belong on a dashboard nobody asked to see
You are an analyst cutting a bloated dashboard down to what changes decisions. Who reads it and what they decide: {{audience, the decisions they own, how often they look}}. Current…
44 copies · 7 likesRestart a project you abandoned three weeks ago
You are a blunt project coach. I stopped working on something and want to either restart it or drop it honestly. The project: {{what it is and why I started}}. Where I left it: {{p…
51 copies · 7 likesBuild a flashcard deck that isn't trivia
You are turning source material into a spaced-repetition deck for someone who needs to use this knowledge, not recite it. I will paste the material. Produce a table with columns: …
39 copies · 7 likesCompress a long report into what matters
Summarise the document below for {{role}} who needs to decide {{decision}}. Give me: 1. THE ONE THING — if they read nothing else, this sentence. 2. WHAT IT SAYS — five bullets, e…
60 copies · 6 likesDig out of the backlog waiting for you after a week away
You are my chief of staff on my first morning back. I was away {{how long}} and everything piled up. What is waiting: {{paste unread subject lines, task list, Slack pings, anything…
36 copies · 6 likesDecide with a one-page decision brief
I need to decide: {{decision}}. Options I see: {{list}}. Constraints: {{time, money, people}}. What I know: {{facts}}. Build a decision brief: 1. Reframe the decision — is this th…
41 copies · 5 likesBuild a multi-threading plan for a deal riding on one contact
You are a sales manager reviewing a single-threaded deal. Account and deal size: {{company, value, stage, expected close}}. My only real contact: {{name, title, what they care abou…
32 copies · 6 likesStudy a course you can only listen to on the commute
You are a tutor designing an audio-first study loop for someone who cannot take notes while learning. Material: {{paste transcript, chapter text, or lecture notes}}. My situation: …
47 copies · 6 likesWrite the internal business case your champion has to defend without you
You are a deal strategist. My champion has to sell this internally in a room I will not be in. The deal: {{company, product, price, contract length, who signs}}. My champion: {{nam…
41 copies · 6 likesWrite the data dictionary nobody wants to write
Here's a table: {{paste the schema, plus 10-20 sample rows}}. Team context: {{what the table is used for, who queries it}}. For every column produce: the plain-English meaning, th…
37 copies · 4 likesDecide what falls off when your week gets cut in half
You are my chief of staff on a week that just went wrong. What happened: {{sick kid, travel, incident, jury duty - and how many working hours I actually have left}}. Everything I …
24 copies · 6 likesGet a stalled deal through security and legal review
You are an AE who has lost deals to paperwork, not competitors. Deal: {{account, value, close date}}. Where it is stuck: {{security questionnaire / MSA redlines / vendor onboardin…
27 copies · 6 likesTurn a 40-slide deck into a memo people will actually read
You are an editor who has watched a deck get skimmed and misread. Source: {{paste the slide text, speaker notes, and any numbers, slide by slide}}. Context: {{who reads this, what …
34 copies · 5 likesReview a freelance writer's first draft before it reaches your editor
You are a content lead doing a first-pass review on a freelance draft. The brief the writer was given: {{paste brief - target query, intent, required sections, word count}}. The dr…
19 copies · 6 likesTurn a dense API doc into a working mental model in an hour
You are teaching me an unfamiliar API I have to build against today. Below is its documentation. Do not summarise it - build me a mental model. Give me: 1. THE SHAPE — the 5-8 co…
34 copies · 5 likesWrite the FAQ for an internal change your team will hate
You are the manager who has to stand behind this, not the person who decided it. The change: {{what is changing, from what to what, effective date}}. Why it is happening, in plain …
27 copies · 5 likesHand an automation over to someone who did not build it
You are the ops engineer who has to own someone else's automation from Monday. The workflow: {{what it does, which tools it touches, how often it runs}}. Paste the actual steps, no…
48 copies · 4 likesFit a certification syllabus around a full-time job
You are a study coach who plans around real calendars, not ideal ones. Certification and exam date: {{name, provider, date booked or target}}. Official syllabus or domain weightin…
20 copies · 5 likesBuild the evidence case before you ask for a raise
You are a blunt career coach who has sat on the manager side of these conversations. My role and level: {{title, scope, how long}}. What I have shipped in the last 12 months: {{pro…
45 copies · 4 likesWrite the handover that lets you take a week off uninterrupted
You are my chief of staff. I am away from {{dates}} and want zero calls. My open work: {{list projects, current state, what is due while I am gone}}. Recurring things I do: {{meeti…
65 copies · 4 likesWrite the operating cadence for a team that outgrew standups
Team: {{size, roles, how it's split, remote or not}}. Current meetings: {{list them all with frequency, length and attendees}}. What's actually going wrong: {{decisions taking too …
28 copies · 4 likesBuild your own thirty-day ramp plan for a new job
You are a mentor who has watched people succeed and fail in their first month. My role: {{title, team, company type, who I report to}}. What I was told I am here to do: {{paste the…
19 copies · 5 likesWrite the apology email after you broke something for customers
You are the person who has to send this, not a PR team. What broke: {{what happened, in plain words}}. Who was affected and how badly: {{segment, count if known, what they could no…
53 copies · 4 likesAnswer a vendor who just raised your price 40%
You are my procurement lead. A vendor has raised our renewal price and I need a position before the call, not a rant. Produce exactly five sections: 1. WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUY - wha…
17 copies · 5 likesTurn a technical spec into something your sales team can use
You are a writer who sits between engineering and the people who have to sell what engineering built. The spec or release doc: {{paste it}}. Who sells this and how technical they …
29 copies · 4 likesGet up to speed on an unfamiliar domain before tomorrow's meeting
You are briefing me before a meeting on a subject I do not know. Domain: {{topic or industry}}. Why I am in the room: {{my role and what I have to decide or contribute}}. Who else …
37 copies · 4 likesReforecast a quarter you already know you will miss
You are a finance-literate operator rebuilding a forecast mid-quarter. Original plan: {{targets by month and the assumptions behind them}}. Actuals to date: {{revenue, pipeline, sp…
35 copies · 4 likesBrief the expert who has to co-write a page you cannot fake
You are a content editor. This page needs a real practitioner's knowledge, and that person has thirty minutes and no interest in SEO. The target query and what ranks now: {{paste …
12 copies · 5 likesTurn a conference you attended into something you actually use
You are a coach who has watched people come back from events full of energy and change nothing. My raw notes, session titles and any recordings text: {{paste everything, unedited}}…
17 copies · 4 likesAnswer your biggest customer's off-roadmap request
You are an operator who has seen one large customer quietly become a product team's roadmap. What they asked for, in their words: {{paste the request or email}}. What they pay us …
15 copies · 4 likesTurn a year of scattered notes into your own performance review
You are an editor helping me write a self-review. I have a year of messy notes and a habit of underselling the work. My notes, tickets, docs and wins in whatever order they come o…
13 copies · 4 likesEdit someone else's draft without rewriting it in your voice
You are a senior editor handing feedback back to the writer - not rewriting for them. Draft: {{paste the draft}}. What it is for: {{publication, audience, and the one thing it must…
51 copies · 3 likesDecide whether to chase a market that keeps knocking
You are a skeptical strategy partner. We keep getting inbound from a segment we never targeted: {{who they are, how many have come in, what they asked for, what we sold them, what …
35 copies · 3 likesRewrite a job description that is scaring off good candidates
You are an editor who has read thousands of job posts. Current post: {{paste the full job description}}. What the person will really spend their first 90 days doing: {{be specific}…
44 copies · 3 likesWrite the sponsorship read a host will not mangle
You are a direct-response copywriter writing a host-read sponsorship. Below is what we sell, the audience of the show or newsletter, the host's usual tone, and the slot length. Wri…
13 copies · 4 likesTrack the things you are waiting on from other people
You are my chief of staff. I keep losing things I handed to other people and only notice when they blow up. Raw material - sent emails, Slack messages, meeting notes, anything whe…
34 copies · 3 likesScript a video your legal team has to approve
You are a video producer in a regulated company who has learned that legal review kills more videos than bad footage. Write a script that survives review the first time. 1. CLAIM …
15 copies · 4 likesWrite the one-page case for a hire you cannot justify yet
You are a pragmatic COO reviewing a headcount request. The role: {{title and what they would own}}. What is breaking without it: {{specific incidents, delays, or missed work in the…
44 copies · 3 likesRescue a deadline you already know you will miss
You are a calm delivery planner. I am going to miss this: {{what was promised, to whom, the original date, what is actually done, what is left, and how many working hours I really …
38 copies · 3 likesTurn a customer interview into proof you can quote everywhere
You are an editor mining a customer interview for usable proof. Transcript: {{paste transcript or notes}}. Who they are: {{role, company size, how long a customer}}. Where I want t…
26 copies · 3 likesDesign the onboarding curriculum for the next person in your role
You are an instructional designer. I am writing the learning path for whoever takes over my role. My role: {{title, team, what I own}}. The things I actually do weekly: {{paste a r…
27 copies · 3 likesRecover the two hours a day you lose to switching tasks
You are an operations coach who fixes calendars, not motivation. A real log of my last three working days - what I did, when, and what interrupted me: {{paste, rough is fine}}. Th…
28 copies · 3 likesGet the most out of thirty minutes with someone more senior than you
You are my coach. I have a short session booked with someone whose time is expensive, and I usually waste it on questions they could answer in a blog post. Return exactly four sec…
25 copies · 3 likesRun the account review that renews the deal months before renewal
You are a senior account manager who treats the business review as the renewal conversation. Account: {{name, contract value, renewal date}}. What they bought it for, in their wor…
18 copies · 3 likesWrite the one-page brief that stops a project starting wrong
You are an editor who has read hundreds of project briefs and knows which ones caused rework. Turn my notes into a one-page brief, then attack it. Output: 1. THE BRIEF - exactly t…
17 copies · 3 likesClose the gap between your skills and the job you want next year
You are a blunt career coach. I want a specific job in about a year and I would rather hear what is missing than be encouraged. The role I want, with a real posting pasted in: {{p…
15 copies · 3 likesChoose between building a channel and hiring your own reps
You are an operator who has run both a partner channel and a direct sales team, and knows which one hides its costs. Compare both routes using only my numbers. 1. WHAT THIS DECISI…
18 copies · 3 likesBrief an editor you have never worked with before
You are a producer who has been burned by vague briefs and now writes them so version one is close. The footage I am handing over: {{what was shot, runtime, audio situation}}. Whe…
16 copies · 3 likesRewrite the support macros that make customers angrier
You are an editor who has read thousands of angry replies to canned support responses. Below are macros my team sends and, where I have them, the replies they got back. Rewrite the…
11 copies · 3 likesBuild the editorial calendar you can actually staff
You are a content ops lead who plans against capacity, not ambition. Who writes and edits, with realistic output per month: {{names or roles, pieces each}}. The pieces or topics o…
25 copies · 2 likesDecide what to do with the ideas you keep writing down and never starting
You are a ruthless editor of someone else's ambitions - mine. My idea list, exactly as I wrote it, messy: {{paste every idea, side project and someday-item}}. Hours a week I genui…
30 copies · 2 likesWrite the chapters, description and end screen for a long video
You are a video packaging editor. Here is the video: {{transcript or detailed outline with timestamps, video length, channel topic, and what I want the viewer to do next}}. Give m…
29 copies · 2 likesPlan for the platform your business quietly depends on
You are a strategy advisor. One platform - an app store, a marketplace, an API, a single channel - can change terms and take a chunk of our business with it. The dependency: {{nam…
16 copies · 2 likesLearn enough of a field to hire someone better than you at it
You are a tutor helping me get literate in a field fast, because I have to hire and manage someone in it and I cannot fake it. The field: {{name it}}. The role and what they will …
20 copies · 2 likesWrite the weekly update to your boss in twenty minutes
You are a chief of staff who writes updates managers read to the end. Below is my raw week: tickets, notes, messages, half-finished things. Turn it into an update, not a diary. 1.…
19 copies · 2 likesAnnounce a price increase to customers who will not like it
You are a lifecycle marketer writing a price increase announcement. Some of these customers have been paying the old price for years. The change: {{old price, new price, what trig…
14 copies · 2 likesWrite the case study when the customer will not share numbers
You are a case study writer. My customer approved a story but refused to give metrics, and legal cut some details. Below are my interview notes and what I am not allowed to say. Wr…
12 copies · 2 likesMerge a document six people commented on into one version
You are an editor resolving review comments on a document without turning it into mush. Below is my draft and every comment left on it. Produce: 1. COMMENT LEDGER - table: Comment…
12 copies · 2 likesTurn a tutorial binge into one thing you can actually do
You are a coach who cares about what I can do on Monday, not what I watched. I have consumed a pile of tutorials, videos and articles on one topic and produced nothing. Below is wh…
11 copies · 2 likesDecide whether to take the big custom deal that bends your product
You are an operator deciding on one large deal that requires custom work. Below are the contract value and term, what they are asking us to build or change, our roadmap for the sam…
9 copies · 2 likesGet up to speed on a tool your company just bought and made you the owner of
You are a patient tutor helping me learn a tool fast, because someone above me bought it and I am now the person the team asks. The tool and what it is meant to replace: {{name it…
6 copies · 2 likesSell a deal through a partner when you do not own the customer
You are a sales lead running a deal where a reseller or consulting partner owns the customer relationship and you get second-hand information. Below is what the partner has told yo…
7 copies · 2 likesWork out whether your free plan is paying for itself
You are a finance-literate operator reviewing a free tier nobody has questioned since launch. Below are my plan limits, free and paid user counts, conversion and cost data. 1. WHA…
7 copies · 2 likesPlan the marketing for a product you have to shut down
You are the marketer handling the wind-down of a product customers still pay for. Below are the details and the customer segments. Produce: 1. SEGMENT PLAN - table: Segment | Size…
7 copies · 2 likesAnswer a competitor who just undercut your price by half
You are my pricing lead. A competitor has gone in far below us and my sales team is already panicking in the group chat. Their pricing and what it includes: {{paste}}. Our pricing…
13 copies · 1 likeGet a pilot customer to actually use the thing they signed up for
You are an account executive who knows a quiet pilot becomes a lost renewal. Usage is near zero and the pilot window is running out. The pilot: what they agreed to, the dates, and…
19 copies · 1 likeSell into a team that just got a new boss
You are an enterprise seller who has watched deals die the week a new VP arrived, and saved a few. The deal as it stood: {{stage, value, what was agreed, timeline}}. My champion a…
15 copies · 1 likeDecide whether to keep the office, shrink it, or drop it
You are a pragmatic operator advising on a lease decision, not a workplace-culture consultant. The lease: {{cost per month, term remaining, break clause, sublet rules}}. Actual us…
12 copies · 1 likeFill a webinar people registered for and then forgot about
You are a lifecycle marketer fixing show-up rate, not registration count. Signups are fine; attendance is embarrassing. The session: title, date, time with timezone, and who is sp…
13 copies · 1 likeGet through a week where two projects both need you full time
You are my chief of staff. Two things both claim all of me this week and nobody upstream will choose. Project A - what is due, to whom, and what happens if it slips: {{paste}}. Pr…
11 copies · 1 likeRun a study group that does not fizzle in week two
You are helping me run a small study group of working adults who will all be tired on the night. What we are studying: {{topic, book or course}}. How many of us and our starting l…
10 copies · 1 likeGet fluent in the numbers your company runs on
You are a tutor teaching me the metrics my own company lives by, so I stop nodding along in meetings. Below are the metric names I hear, any definitions or dashboards I have, and m…
8 copies · 1 likeCheck whether you actually learned what you studied last month
You are my tutor running a retention check, not a lesson. Below is what I studied in the last month (topics, sources, dates) and what I was trying to be able to do with it. 1. CLO…
11 copies · 1 likeDecide what to do when your biggest customer is bought by a competitor
You are advising a founder whose largest customer was just acquired by a competitor of ours. Below is the contract and revenue picture and what is public about the acquirer. Plan t…
2 copies · 2 likesHand your accounts to another rep without losing the deals
You are a sales manager who has seen handovers quietly kill quarters. I am moving accounts to another rep. Below is my pipeline export and my notes on each account. Produce the han…
8 copies · 1 likeRewrite a policy nobody follows into something people can act on
You are an editor who specialises in internal documents. Below is a policy people ignore, usually because they cannot tell what it asks them to do. Return exactly four sections: …
16 copiesLearn from a mistake at work without replaying it for a week
You are a calm mentor running a personal post-mortem. You are not here to reassure me. What happened, in plain order of events: {{paste, including what I said or shipped}}. What I…
22 copiesStudy for interviews in a field you are switching into
You are coaching someone changing fields who has interviews coming. Below is my current background, the target role, and how many weeks I have. Build the study plan. 1. THE GAP - …
2 copies · 2 likesAnnounce internally that a project is being cancelled
You are writing the internal note that tells people a project they worked on is being stopped. Below is what was cancelled, why, and who was on it. Write the note. 1. THE NEWS - f…
5 copies · 1 likePlan for the week your best person gives notice
You are a founder whose most load-bearing employee just resigned. Below is their role, what they own, current projects with dates, who else touches that work, and the notice period…
6 copies · 1 likeWrite your negotiation floor before the call
You are a commercial advisor preparing me for one negotiation. Below is the deal or agreement, what each side has asked for so far, the numbers involved, my deadline and theirs, an…
6 copies · 1 likeTake over the SEO of a site you just inherited
You are an SEO lead who has just inherited a site from someone who left. Below is what I was handed: top pages by traffic, the keywords they rank for, the last six months of clicks…
6 copies · 1 likeWrite the reply to a message you have been avoiding for a week
You are my chief of staff. There is a message I have not answered and every day makes it worse. Below is the full message or thread, why I have been avoiding it, and what the true …
5 copies · 1 likeDecide what to hand over when you get your first direct report
You are a coach for a new manager. I still do all my old work and now someone else is supposed to do some of it. Everything on my plate this month: {{paste your task list, calenda…
10 copiesRetire an old pricing plan without churning the people still on it
You are an operator sunsetting a legacy plan. Below is the plan, who is still on it, what they pay, the current plans, and why we want it gone. 1. WHO IS AFFECTED - table: Segment…
9 copiesDeal with the task you have rescheduled five weeks in a row
You are a blunt but kind coach looking at the one task that keeps moving forward in my plan. Below is the task, why I say it keeps slipping, and what my week looks like. 1. WHAT I…
11 copiesPrepare for a one-on-one where you have to raise something uncomfortable
You are helping me prepare for a 1:1 where I have to raise something I have been avoiding. Below is what happened, what I want to change, and who this person is to me. 1. THE ONE …
10 copiesChase the thing that has been stuck with someone else for two weeks
You are my chief of staff. Something I need is sitting with another person and has not moved in two weeks. Below is the thread or history, what I actually need, the deadline it thr…
8 copiesPlan your first two weeks in a new job
You are a level-headed mentor helping me start a new role well. Below is my job title and scope, what the hiring manager said success looks like, who I know is on the team, and wha…
5 copiesWrite the doc that explains a decision to people who were not in the room
You are a writer documenting a decision for people who had no say in it and will have to live with it. Below is what was decided and the notes it came out of. Write the doc. 1. TH…
3 copiesTurn an email thread going in circles into one decision request
You are the person who has to end a long email thread that keeps restating the same disagreement. Below is the full thread. Produce: 1. WHERE IT STANDS - the actual question being…
7 copiesWrite the public reply to a bad review without sounding defensive
You are the person who owns our public reputation. Below is a negative public review and the internal facts about what happened. Write the reply that will be posted under our name.…
4 copiesBuild your own glossary for a jargon-heavy team you just joined
You are my onboarding tutor. Below are real excerpts from my new team's messages, docs and meeting notes, plus what I already know. Build the glossary I should keep open in my firs…
4 copiesTurn feedback from four people into one edit list
You are a video producer. Below is a cut review: comments from several people on the same edit, plus the goal of the video. Turn it into one edit list the editor can work from. 1.…
4 copiesTell a customer their launch date is slipping
You are writing to a customer whose delivery date is moving. Below is what slipped, why, and what is committed contractually. Write the message. 1. THE NEW DATE - first two senten…
2 copiesWrite the co-marketing launch both partners will sign off on
You are running a joint launch with a partner company. Below is what we built together, what each side wants out of it, and each side's audience. Write the campaign. 1. THE ONE SE…
2 copiesWrite the landing page for a second product without confusing the first
You are a product marketer launching a second product to an audience that already knows us for the first one. Below are both products, who buys each, and our current homepage copy.…
3 copiesTeach yourself from documentation that is out of date
You are a study partner helping me learn a tool whose official docs are stale. Below is the doc section I am working from, the version I am actually running, and what I am trying t…
2 copiesDecide what to drop when a teammate leaves and their work lands on you
You are my chief of staff. A colleague left and their work landed on me with no backfill date. Below is my workload and the list I inherited. Help me carry a realistic amount and s…
2 copiesGet through a day with no gaps between meetings
You are my chief of staff. Below is tomorrow's calendar, back to back, plus what I owe people. I cannot move most of it. Make the day survivable. 1. THE RUN SHEET - table: Time | …
2 copiesDecide whether to open up part of your product for free
You are a strategy advisor. Someone on my team wants to give away part of our product - open-source it, or make it permanently free - to win distribution. Below is what we would gi…
1 copyMake the case for changing the hours you work
You are helping me ask my manager to change my working hours or days. Below is what I want, my current schedule and what my work depends on. Write the case from my manager's point …
1 copyAnswer an acquisition feeler you were not expecting
You are advising a founder who just received an informal approach about being acquired. Below is what was said, who said it, and our current numbers. Tell me how to respond this we…