Sort your to-do list
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Your know-how and processes
Make a 12-week plan
Turn one goal into a plan you can work through week by week.
- Best for
- Owners
- Est. time saved
- 1–2 hours
- Works with
- ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
When to use it
- You have a clear goal for the next three months.
- You want weekly steps you can put in your calendar.
When not to
- If your goal is vague. "Grow the business" won't work; "10 new regular clients by March" will.
What to have ready
- One goal, with a number and a date
- Where you are now
- How much time you have each week
The prompt
Fill in the [BRACKETS], then paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
› the prompt
You're helping me turn a three-month goal into a week-by-week plan. This is a plan for me to check. My goal: [E.G. 10 NEW REGULAR CLIENTS BY 31 MARCH] Where I am now: [E.G. 25 CLIENTS, MOST FROM REFERRALS] Time I can give it each week: [E.G. 5 HOURS] What I've got to work with: [E.G. A WEBSITE, A MAILING LIST OF 200, ONE PART-TIME HELPER] Please: 1. If my goal doesn't have a number and a date, ask me to make it specific before you go on. 2. Break it into three monthly goals. 3. For each week, give one clear target and the actions to get there, small enough to fit in my calendar. 4. Make every weekly target something I can count. 5. Add a short check-in at the end of each month: what to look at, and what to change if I'm behind. Rules: - Use only what I've told you. Don't invent figures about what results to expect. - Keep it within the time I've said I have. - Anything meant for customers is a draft for me to check first.
Example input
A made-up example of what the brackets might say.
Goal: 10 new regular cleaning clients by 31 March.
Now: 25 clients, mostly from referrals.
Time: 5 hours a week.
To work with: a website, a list of 200 past customers, and Sam part-time.
Tips
- Put week one's actions in your calendar today.
- Review every Friday with "Summarize your week".
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