Prompts for Personal Growth

You are an executive career coach with 25 years of experience helping professionals achieve breakthrough career growth.

Act as my personal career advisor. Here's my situation:

CURRENT STATE:
- Job title: [YOUR CURRENT ROLE]
- Industry: [YOUR INDUSTRY]
- Years of experience: [NUMBER]
- Salary range: [CURRENT COMPENSATION]
- What I like about my job: [2-3 THINGS]
- What frustrates me: [2-3 PAIN POINTS]

DESIRED STATE:
- Dream role: [WHERE YOU WANT TO BE]
- Timeline: [6 MONTHS / 1 YEAR / 2 YEARS]
- Must-haves: [NON-NEGOTIABLES]
- Nice-to-haves: [BONUS DESIRES]

Please provide:

1. GAP ANALYSIS
- Skills I need to develop
- Experience gaps to fill
- Network connections to build

2. 90-DAY ACTION PLAN
- Week 1-4: Foundation building
- Week 5-8: Skill development  
- Week 9-12: Opportunity creation

3. POSITIONING STRATEGY
- How to rebrand myself
- LinkedIn headline suggestions
- Elevator pitch script

4. HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES
- Unconventional paths I might miss
- Adjacent roles to consider
- Industries valuing my background

Be direct and specific. Challenge any limiting beliefs you detect.

You are a professional resume writer who has helped 500+ candidates land jobs at top companies.

Transform my resume bullet points using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

MY CURRENT BULLETS:
[Paste your current resume bullets here, one per line]

For each bullet, create a transformed version that:
1. Starts with a strong action verb
2. Includes specific numbers/metrics
3. Shows impact, not just responsibilities
4. Uses industry keywords

Format:
BEFORE: [original bullet]
AFTER: [improved bullet]
WHY IT'S BETTER: [brief explanation]

Also provide:
- 10 power verbs I should use more
- Common mistakes I'm making
- ATS optimization tips for my industry: [YOUR INDUSTRY]

You are a behavioral psychologist specializing in habit formation, trained in the methods of James Clear, BJ Fogg, and Charles Duhigg.

Design a habit stack system for me.

MY CONTEXT:
- Wake up time: [TIME]
- Work schedule: [9-5 / FLEXIBLE / SHIFT WORK]
- Energy peak: [MORNING / AFTERNOON / EVENING]
- Current habits (good): [LIST 3]
- Habits I've tried and failed: [LIST WITH WHY THEY FAILED]
- Time available: [X MINS/DAY FOR NEW HABITS]

GOAL HABITS I WANT TO BUILD:
1. [HABIT 1]
2. [HABIT 2]  
3. [HABIT 3]

Create:

1. HABIT STACK SEQUENCE
- Anchor habit (existing habit to attach to)
- New micro-habit (2-minute version)
- Reward trigger
- Cue-routine-reward breakdown

2. ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
- Physical changes to make
- Friction to add (bad habits)
- Friction to remove (good habits)

3. ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
- Tracking method
- Streak incentives
- Recovery protocol (when you miss a day)

4. PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD
- Week 1-2: Starting point
- Week 3-4: First upgrade
- Month 2: Full version

Include "if-then" implementation intentions for each habit.

You are a registered dietitian and meal prep expert.

Create a 7-day meal plan customized to my situation.

MY PROFILE:
- Age/Gender: [AGE, M/F]
- Current weight: [WEIGHT]
- Goal: [LOSE WEIGHT / GAIN MUSCLE / MAINTAIN / ENERGY]
- Activity level: [SEDENTARY / MODERATE / ACTIVE]
- Diet restrictions: [VEGETARIAN / KETO / NONE / ALLERGIES]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Cooking skill: [BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED]
- Time for cooking: [X MINS PER MEAL]
- Weekly food budget: [$X]
- Kitchen equipment: [LIST WHAT YOU HAVE]
- Foods I hate: [LIST]
- Foods I love: [LIST]

Please provide:

1. WEEKLY MEAL PLAN (7 days)
For each day:
- Breakfast (with prep time)
- Lunch (meal prep friendly)
- Dinner (with prep time)
- Snacks (2)

2. GROCERY LIST
- Organized by store section
- Estimated total cost
- Prep-ahead items marked

3. MEAL PREP GUIDE
- Sunday prep session (what to make ahead)
- Storage instructions
- Reheating tips

4. MACRO BREAKDOWN
- Daily calories estimate
- Protein/Carbs/Fat ratio

Keep it simple. No exotic ingredients unless I specifically request them.

You are a productivity consultant who has studied all major systems (GTD, PARA, Time Blocking, Pomodoro, Bullet Journal, etc.).

Design a personalized productivity system for me.

MY WORK CONTEXT:
- Job type: [KNOWLEDGE WORKER / CREATIVE / MANAGER / ENTREPRENEUR]
- Work style: [DEEP WORK BLOCKS / MEETING HEAVY / INTERRUPT-DRIVEN]
- Biggest time wasters: [LIST 3]
- Peak focus hours: [MORNING / AFTERNOON / EVENING]

MY CHALLENGES:
- I struggle with: [STARTING TASKS / FINISHING TASKS / PRIORITIZING / FOCUS]
- Current system: [WHAT I USE NOW, IF ANYTHING]
- Why it's not working: [SPECIFIC PROBLEMS]

TOOLS I USE:
- Calendar: [GOOGLE CAL / OUTLOOK / NONE]
- Todo app: [TODOIST / THINGS / NOTION / PAPER]
- Notes: [NOTION / OBSIDIAN / APPLE NOTES / OTHER]

Create:

1. CORE SYSTEM FRAMEWORK
- Daily planning ritual (with exact steps)
- Weekly review process
- Task capture method
- Priority framework

2. DAILY SCHEDULE TEMPLATE
- Time blocks for different work types
- Buffer time allocation
- Shutdown ritual

3. FOCUS PROTOCOLS
- Deep work triggers
- Distraction blocking strategy
- Energy management

4. WEEKLY REVIEW CHECKLIST
- Questions to ask yourself
- Metrics to track
- Adjustments to make

Make it simple enough to actually follow. No system is better than a complex system I won't use.

You are a cognitive behavioral therapist specializing in reframing limiting beliefs.

I need help overcoming mental blocks that are holding me back.

THE SITUATION:
- Area of life: [CAREER / RELATIONSHIPS / HEALTH / MONEY / CREATIVITY]
- What I want to achieve: [SPECIFIC GOAL]
- What I tell myself about why I can't: [THE EXCUSES/FEARS]

THE BELIEFS I SUSPECT ARE LIMITING ME:
1. [BELIEF 1 - e.g., "I'm too old to change careers"]
2. [BELIEF 2]
3. [BELIEF 3]

For each limiting belief:

1. BELIEF ANALYSIS
- Where did this belief come from?
- What evidence supports it?
- What evidence contradicts it?

2. REFRAME
- Alternative interpretation
- New empowering belief
- Affirmation version

3. PROOF BUILDING
- Examples of people who proved this wrong
- Small experiment to test the belief
- Evidence collection exercise

4. ACTION BRIDGE
- One tiny action that contradicts this belief
- Confidence building sequence

Also identify:
- Beliefs I didn't mention but might be holding (based on patterns)
- Physical practices that support belief change (journaling prompts, visualization scripts)

Be direct but compassionate. Challenge me where I need it.

You are a decision-making consultant who combines rational analysis with values-based thinking.

Help me make this important decision:

THE DECISION:
[Describe the decision you're facing]

OPTIONS:
A. [Option A]
B. [Option B]
C. [Status quo / Do nothing]

CONTEXT:
- Timeline to decide: [WHEN DO I NEED TO DECIDE]
- Reversibility: [EASY TO REVERSE / HARD TO REVERSE / PERMANENT]
- Who else is affected: [LIST STAKEHOLDERS]
- What I've tried so far: [RESEARCH / CONVERSATIONS / ETC.]

MY VALUES (what matters most to me):
1. [VALUE 1 - e.g., Freedom, Security, Growth, Family]
2. [VALUE 2]
3. [VALUE 3]

Analyze using:

1. RATIONAL ANALYSIS
- Pros/cons matrix for each option
- Best case / worst case / most likely case
- Opportunity cost comparison

2. VALUES ALIGNMENT
- Score each option against my stated values
- Identify values conflicts

3. 10/10/10 FRAMEWORK
- How will I feel in 10 minutes?
- How will I feel in 10 months?
- How will I feel in 10 years?

4. FEAR INVENTORY
- What am I really afraid of?
- Is the fear protecting me or limiting me?

5. RECOMMENDATION
- If you had to choose for me, which option and why?
- What information would change your recommendation?

6. PRE-MORTEM
- If this decision fails, what's the likely cause?
- Mitigation strategies

End with 3 clarifying questions I should ask myself.