Personal Productivity AI prompts
Organization, automation, focus, efficient meetings and decision-making. Best for weekly planning, prioritization, and meeting prep, removing repeated low-value work from your week, building a cleaner operating system for everyday execution.
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Prepare a decision memo when information is incomplete
A one-page decision memo and uncertainty table. Start with your own evidence and finish with a reviewable next step.
Best for
Produce a one-page decision memo and uncertainty table from the supplied inputs.
Weighted Decision Matrix for Complex Choices
Builds a weighted decision matrix to compare options objectively and reduce bias.
Best for
Transform complex decisions with multiple variables into a structured, visual analysis that facilitates the choice most aligned with your actual goals.
RAPID Framework for Organizational Decisions Without Deadlock
Apply the RAPID model (Recommend, Agree, Perform, Input, Decide) to unblock decisions stalled by unclear roles.
Best for
Define clear roles in the decision-making process so that critical decisions don't get stuck in an endless loop of discussion with no one empowered to decide.
Pre-mortem Analysis: Anticipate Failures Before Deciding
An evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Pre-mortem Analysis: Anticipate Failures Before Deciding” with an evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
First Principles Thinking for Strategic Decisions
Apply first principles reasoning to deconstruct complex problems and find non-obvious solutions.
Best for
Use Elon Musk's/Aristotle's technique of decomposing a problem to its fundamental truths to make decisions based on facts, not analogies or conventions.
Opportunity Cost Analysis for Time and Resource Allocation
Framework for quantifying what you're giving up when choosing one option over another, applied to career decisions, projects, and time investments.
Best for
Make visible the invisible cost of every decision — the value of the best alternative you forgo — so you can prioritize what truly matters.
Pros-Cons Analysis for student Decision
An evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Pros-Cons Analysis for student Decision” with an evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Framework for salesperson Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Framework for salesperson Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Pros-Cons Analysis for knowledge worker Decision
An evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Pros-Cons Analysis for knowledge worker Decision” with an evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Quick Decision for salesperson Opportunity
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Quick Decision for salesperson Opportunity” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Criteria for project manager Options
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Criteria for project manager Options” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Risk Assessment for manager Decision
A risk/incident register and response/recovery checklist. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Risk Assessment for manager Decision” with a risk/incident register and response/recovery checklist that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Data-Driven Decision for freelancer
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Data-Driven Decision for freelancer” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Framework for entrepreneur Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Framework for entrepreneur Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Risk Assessment for knowledge worker Decision
A risk/incident register and response/recovery checklist. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Risk Assessment for knowledge worker Decision” with a risk/incident register and response/recovery checklist that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Pros-Cons Analysis for freelancer Decision
An evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Pros-Cons Analysis for freelancer Decision” with an evidence table with finding, source, limitation, impact hypothesis, action and validation that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Strategic Decision for salesperson Company
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Strategic Decision for salesperson Company” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Framework for remote worker Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Framework for remote worker Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Stakeholder Decision for knowledge worker Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Stakeholder Decision for knowledge worker Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Making for student Leader
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Making for student Leader” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Stakeholder Decision for executive assistant Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Stakeholder Decision for executive assistant Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Stakeholder Decision for student Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Stakeholder Decision for student Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Stakeholder Decision for student Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Stakeholder Decision for student Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Strategic Decision for student Company
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Strategic Decision for student Company” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Quick Decision for remote worker Opportunity
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Quick Decision for remote worker Opportunity” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Criteria for project manager Options
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Criteria for project manager Options” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Quick Decision for manager Opportunity
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Quick Decision for manager Opportunity” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Making for project manager Leader
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Making for project manager Leader” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Making for executive assistant Leader
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Making for executive assistant Leader” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
Decision Framework for executive assistant Choice
A task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date. Includes required inputs, evidence checks and a concrete next step.
Best for
Complete “Decision Framework for executive assistant Choice” with a task or decision plan with priority, estimated effort, dependency, next action and review date that can be checked against the supplied evidence.
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How to use Personal Productivity prompts well
Start with the prompt closest to your workflow, replace any placeholders with your own context, and tell the model what a good output looks like. The fastest improvement usually comes from clearer context, tighter constraints, and a more specific deliverable.
This category is especially useful for weekly planning, prioritization, and meeting prep. Treat the prompt as the execution layer, then refine it into a reusable workflow once you know it solves a real recurring problem.
