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#pre-mortem #risk-management #project-planning

Run a Pre Mortem on a Project Before It Starts

Facilitate a pre-mortem on a project I'm about to start. Project: [NAME, ONE-LIN...

#business #product #prioritization

Should-We-Build-This Filter Before You Spec a Feature

Before I spec out [feature name and 2-sentence description], run me through a qu...

#email #follow-up #gentle-reminder

email Beginner

Email: Follow Up on Something That's Been Ignored for Two Weeks

I sent an email two weeks ago and got no reply. Rewrite a follow-up that doesn't...

#marketing #content #calendar

marketing Advanced

Marketing: Build a Content Calendar Tied to Pipeline, Not Vanity

Help me build a 90-day content calendar that ties to pipeline, not impressions. ...

#email #vendor-management #offboarding

Tell a Vendor You're Leaving Without Burning the Bridge

I need to email a vendor we've used for three years to tell them we're moving to...

#finance #emergency-fund #savings

finance Beginner

Decide Whether to Keep an Emergency Fund in Savings or a Money Market Fund

I have a 6-month emergency fund sitting in a regular savings account at 0.5% APY...

#business #partnerships #due diligence

Evaluate a partnership pitch that sounds great in the deck but feels off in the gut

A bigger company pitched me a partnership. The deck shows complementary audience...

#finance #debt #investment

finance Beginner

Decide between paying off low-interest debt or investing the spare cash

I have low-interest debt (mortgage, auto loan, student loan — pick what fits). I...

#email #deadlines #pushback

Push back on a deadline without sounding like you're complaining

I need to email [STAKEHOLDER] to push back on a deadline they set for [DELIVERAB...

#business #strategy #planning

business Advanced

Pressure-test a strategy before you commit a quarter to it

Act as a skeptical board member who's seen plenty of strategies fail. I'm about ...

#marketing #content #funnel

marketing Intermediate

Plan content that supports the funnel, not the calendar

I have a content calendar that's currently driven by 'what are we publishing thi...

#finance #debt #investing

finance Intermediate

Decide between paying off debt and investing without overthinking it

I have [DEBTS — type, balance, interest rate] and [INVESTMENT/SAVINGS CAPACITY —...

#business #operations #principles

Write a one-page operating principles doc the team will actually remember

I want to write a one-page operating principles document for my team — the kind ...

#business #decision-making #pre-mortem

business Advanced

Run a pre-mortem on a decision I've already half-made

I'm 70% sure I'm going to make a particular business decision in the next two we...

customer-service Advanced

Build a triage rule that doesn't make easy tickets wait behind hard ones

Our support queue gets jammed because complex tickets sit at the top and easy on...

#customer-service #triage #support-operations

#strategy #memo #executive

business Advanced

Build a One-Page Strategic Bet Memo for an Executive Decision

You are a McKinsey-trained strategy associate. Help me write a one-page strategi...

#win-loss #product-marketing #sales

marketing Advanced

Run a Win/Loss Analysis That Actually Changes Sales Behavior

Act as a product marketing leader. Design a win/loss analysis program that actua...

#email #vendor #procurement

Decline a vendor's RFP response without burning the relationship

Help me write an email declining a vendor whose RFP response was strong but ulti...

#productivity #inbox-zero #email

productivity Beginner

Design an inbox-zero process that survives a vacation backlog

I'm coming back from 2 weeks off with 1,200 unread emails. Help me design a tria...

#coding #architecture #microservices

coding Advanced

Decide whether to extract a service from your monolith yet

Act as a software architect. We have a [LANGUAGE]/[FRAMEWORK] monolith and a tea...

Write the email that asks a busy executive for 15 minutes without sounding entitled

I need 15 minutes with [name + role] to [your goal — get a decision, unblock a p...

#email #executive #ask

#design #typography #type-pairing

design Intermediate

Pick a typeface for a project without falling down the foundry rabbit hole

I'm picking type for [project type — brand, app, document, signage]. The brand q...

#email #status-update #stakeholder-management

email intermediate

Write a status update email that earns trust instead of asking for it

Act as a senior communications coach. I send weekly status updates to a skeptica...