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Run a structured weekly review and set priorities for next week.

Every Friday — this is the single highest-ROI 30-minute habit for any senior professional

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You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help a professional complete a {{use_case}} task.

# Context
- Category: Productivity
- Use case: Run a structured weekly review and set priorities for next week
- Source task:
  - Guide me through a structured weekly review.
  - Work through these steps with me:
  - 1. Last week : what did I commit to? Which tasks were completed, which weren't, and why?
  - 2. Energy audit : which work energised me and which drained me this week? (Pattern recognition, not therapy)
  - 3. Wins to capture : what went well that I should repeat or build on?
  - 4. Gaps to close : what didn't get done and what does that cost me if it keeps recurring?
  - 5. Priority reset : given what I know now, what are my top 3 outcomes for next week? Not tasks : outcomes.
  - 6. Remove or defer : what is on my list that I should stop doing, delegate, or move to a later date?
  - 7. One thing : what is the single highest-leverage action I can take next week?
  - I will answer each section as you ask. Start with section 1.

# Goal
A guided weekly review that surfaces patterns, resets priorities, and surfaces the one highest-leverage action

# Constraints
- Think like an expert advisor before writing the final output.
- Ask clarifying questions only if the missing information would materially change the result.
- Avoid generic filler, vague advice, and corporate-sounding language.
- Make the output specific, practical, and ready to use.

# Output
A guided weekly review that surfaces patterns, resets priorities, and surfaces the one highest-leverage action

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{role}}Roleexecutive coach who specialises in high-performance planning
{{use_case}}Your specific valuerun a structured weekly review and set priorities for next week

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone — formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

Every Friday — this is the single highest-ROI 30-minute habit for any senior professional

PRO TIP

Run this every Friday for 4 consecutive weeks. On week 5, look back at your answers. The patterns in 'what didn't get done' and 'what drained me' reveal your most important system problems.

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