You’ve been staring at the same problem for weeks. You ran it past colleagues and reached the same dead end. But the real bottleneck is how predictably you're approaching it. What if the answer arrived in an hour because you finally asked a different question?

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Solve business problems faster: ChatGPT prompts for sharper thinking

Fill a metaphorical room with deep thinkers

Your brain has limits. The voices you hear most often have shaped how you see every problem. That's why the same challenge keeps showing up in different outfits. Build yourself a debate room and fill it with minds you'd never get in real life. A spiritual thinker, an analyst, an optimist, a pessimist, a futurist. Ask each one to weigh in on what you're facing.

"Based on what you know about me and my business, consider the problem I'm trying to solve: [describe your problem]. First suggest 5 different angles a person could approach this from: spiritual, analytical, optimistic, pessimistic, futuristic. I will tell you which 4 voices I want in the room. Then simulate a debate between them where each one shares their view, challenges the others, and offers a recommendation. End with the 3 strongest insights I should act on."

Solve it by writing a sales page

Sales solves every problem. You can be busier than ever, but with cash coming in you've got fuel to throw at the things slowing you down. Hire the help. Buy the software. Build the system. When I ran my agency, the answer to almost every internal crisis was a new revenue push that gave us the resources to fix it properly. Find where you're leaving money on the table, and take it off.

"Based on what you know about my business, my products, my audience and my recent challenges, identify one specific offer I could launch this week to bring in cash and solve my current problem indirectly. Show me where I'm leaving money on the table right now. Then write a sales page for that offer, including the hook, the promise, the proof points, the offer details and the call to action. Make the language match my voice."

Get the answers from your team

Your team sees things you don't. They watch the business work day in and day out. They form opinions about what should happen next. Too many founders ask for their help in vague ways and get vague answers back. Design a 5 minute quiz instead. Give them concrete scenarios to react to. Get tacit knowledge you can feed straight back to AI.

"Based on what you know about my business and the problem I'm working on, design a 5 minute quiz I can send to my team to extract their thinking. Include 8 questions that are specific enough to get real answers, mixing multiple choice with short written responses. Each question should help me understand what they see, what they'd change, and what they think we should do next. After the quiz, tell me how to feed the responses back in so you can analyse the patterns."

Find the question that gives the answer

If the answer keeps escaping you, you're asking the wrong question. Spend more time on the question and less time on the search. The wrong question leads you down dead ends. The right question almost answers itself. Ask ChatGPT to first understand your problem in detail, then your priorities and goals, and only then offer you a list of better questions to sit with.

"Based on what you know about me, my priorities and my goals, here is the problem I'm trying to solve: [describe your problem]. Do not give me an answer yet. Instead, ask me 5 clarifying questions, one at a time, to understand the problem in full. Once you have that, generate 7 alternative questions I could be asking instead. For each one, explain why it might unlock a better answer."

Pressure test the obvious option

You see one path forward and run at it. Certainty gets confused with correctness. Run the obvious option through a pressure test before you commit weeks of energy to it. Argue against it and understand the second order consequences. Ask ChatGPT to find the version of you in five years who regrets this choice. Stop doing the wrong thing faster.

"Based on what you know about me and the decision I'm about to make, here is the option I'm leaning towards: [describe the option]. Argue the case against it. Show me 4 second order consequences I'm probably underestimating. Then write a short letter from the version of me in 5 years who regrets this decision. Finish by giving me a single alternative that addresses those concerns."

Use AI to find your fastest path from problem to action

You no longer need weeks to crack the problem taking up your brainspace. Fill a room with deep thinkers and let them debate. Build a sales page that turns the problem into a launch. Run a quiz that turns your team's tacit knowledge into data. Find the question that gives you the answer instead of chasing the wrong one. Pressure test the obvious option before you commit to it.

You have everything you need to solve what's been slowing you down. The answer is closer than you think.

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