Home · Plan & organise · Plan next year from what this year's numbers really say
Plan next year from what this year's numbers really say
The year's nearly over and you want next year to be better, not just busier. Look back at what earned money and what wasted time, then set three goals with the monthly numbers to hit.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me plan next year from this year's results. This year's numbers: [sales, profit, customers, jobs: rough is fine] What worked: [details] What didn't: [details] Where my time went: [rough split] What I want more and less of: [details] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page review: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, from my answers. 2. Three goals, each with the monthly number to hit. 3. Five things to stop doing. 4. A quarterly 30-minute check. 5. The first step for each goal in January. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. sales, profit, customers, jobs: rough is fine: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me plan next year from this year's results. This year's numbers: [sales, profit, customers, jobs: rough is fine] What worked: [details] What didn't: [details] Where my time went: [rough split] What I want more and less of: [details] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page review: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, from my answers. 2. Three goals, each with the monthly number to hit. 3. Five things to stop doing. 4. A quarterly 30-minute check. 5. The first step for each goal in January. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. sales, profit, customers, jobs: rough is fine: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You give this year's rough numbers and what worked and what didn't.
The assistant asks where your time went and what you want more and less of.
You get a one-page review, three goals with monthly targets, what to stop and a quarterly check.
What happens
Use Gemini to plan next year from what this year's numbers really say
The year's nearly over and you want next year to be better, not just busier. Look back at what earned money and what wasted time, then set three goals with the monthly numbers to hit.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
- Gemini — required. Drafts from the text you paste. Nothing is sent.
The prompt is on this page. A free account saves it.
Create a free account