5 ChatGPT Prompts To Unlock ChatGPT's Genius Strategic Brain

Forbes

3 days ago

5 ChatGPT prompts to unlock ChatGPT's genius strategic brain
You don't need to pay $200 a month for ChatGPT Pro to unlock its genius brain. With the right prompts, you can make the $20 or even the free version do more for your business. But you have to know how to prompt like a pro. That changes everything.
People typically use ChatGPT for writing blog posts and answering basic questions. They settle for basic results. But beneath the hood lives a strategic powerhouse waiting to challenge your thinking and spot your blind spots. What if you could flip a switch and transform ChatGPT from basic assistant to business strategist?
Your business deserves better than surface-level answers. Stop wasting ChatGPT's potential. Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through.
Too many entrepreneurs make decisions alone. They get stuck in their own perspective. Opportunities hide in situations they didn't unpack. But a fresh set of eyes can spot what you're too close to see. Give ChatGPT your business context once, then leverage that information repeatedly to get tailored strategic advice without repeating yourself.
"You are my growth strategist. Here's my current plan: [describe your business goal, strategy, or challenge] and these are my goals [describe what you want out of your life and career]. Based on what you know about me and my business, act as my board of directors. Ask me probing questions that challenge my assumptions. Push back on weak points in my thinking. Then give three specific action steps I should take this week to improve my plan. Make these recommendations audacious."
Your best ideas often hide behind your worst assumptions. The default mode is believing you're right. The smartest entrepreneurs constantly question their thinking. They don't get squished by their own ego. They know blind spots cost money. ChatGPT can play devil's advocate without the politics that comes with human advisors.
"Based on what you know about me and my business, which assumptions in my approach are most likely to fail? Consider areas like [market timing, customer needs, resource allocation]. For each risky assumption, suggest a small, low-cost and low effort experiment I could run this week to test if I'm right or wrong. Be specific about what signals would confirm or disprove my assumption."
The best business minds find creative paths through tight constraints. They turn limitations into advantages. When you have a tough choice ahead, don't default to the obvious solution. It's wrong. It's based on a smaller version of you. Push ChatGPT for unconventional thinking that creates new possibilities.
"I'm facing some constraints in my business: [describe them here]. Based on what you know about me and my business, identify the cleverest way through these constraints. Don't suggest removing the constraints. Instead, show me how to use them as advantages or find the hidden opportunity they create. Give me 3 non-obvious approaches that most business owners would miss."
Investors see your company in a different way to you. They spot weaknesses you've grown blind to and opportunities you've been sitting on for years. Getting this perspective before you need it transforms your decision-making and accelerates growth in ways nothing else can. Even if you're not looking for investment, try this to see your business through a different lens with ChatGPT.
"Based on what you know about my business, what do you predict an investor or potential buyer would critique about it? Take a hard, objective look at my business model, growth strategy, team structure, and systems. Identify the 3 biggest red flags that would make them hesitate. Then suggest specific fixes that would not only address these concerns but turn them into strengths that could increase my company's valuation."
Everyone experiences failure. Winners learn from it. Losers repeat it. The difference is identifying the system behind the mistake. Stop putting out the same fires in your business. Go deeper than surface level when something goes wrong and fix ten future problems with one solution.
"I recently experienced this failure in my business: [describe the specific failure]. Based on what you know about me and my business, how would you solve it without only focusing on the symptom? Identify what systemic flaw in my business likely caused this. Then suggest 3 specific changes to my systems, processes, or thinking that would prevent similar failures across my entire business. Ask for more detail if required."
Stop using ChatGPT like everyone else and start using it like a strategic advisor who knows your business inside out. Challenge your assumptions, navigate impossible constraints, and see through investor eyes. Fix the systems causing failures instead of just the symptoms. Watch your thinking sharpen and your decisions strengthen. Your best business moves start with better questions.
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