Use ChatGPT to save time: prompts to reclaim your week

Your time gets wasted everywhere. Tasks pile up while deadlines loom closer. Meetings fill your calendar. Email notifications never stop. Phone calls interrupt your flow. This madness needs to stop.

What if you could reclaim those lost hours and multiply your output tenfold? I got you. These ChatGPT prompts will transform your productivity and give you back precious time. Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through

Use ChatGPT to save time: prompts to reclaim your week

Use it as your editor

Everyone needs feedback on their work. But asking for it, waiting for responses, and sorting through conflicting opinions wastes valuable time. Get immediate, targeted feedback instead. Tell ChatGPT exactly what you're trying to accomplish and what kind of critique would be most valuable. Set the parameters so the feedback matches exactly what you need.

"I need specific feedback on this work in progress. Here's my document: [paste your document]. My goal is to [describe your objective]. Please review this with the following in mind: 1) Does it accomplish my stated goal? 2) [Add 2-3 specific aspects you want feedback on]. Give me actionable suggestions for improvement, with examples of how to implement each change. Explain your reasoning for each suggestion."

Replicate high performing content

Social media success follows specific patterns. Posts that explode trigger predictable engagement behaviors. Wasting years figuring this out makes zero sense. Reverse engineer your wins instead. Take your most successful social post and let ChatGPT analyse it. Find the hook that grabbed attention. Study the structure that kept people reading. Identify the value that made them share. Turn that formula into your template. Once you find what works, double down.

"Analyze this high-performing social media post and identify why it succeeded: [paste your most successful post]. Break down its structure, hook, delivery method, and other elements that made it effective. Then, using this exact structure, create 3 new posts on these topics: [list 3 topics relevant to your audience]. Make sure each new post follows the successful pattern while addressing the new topics."

Find common ground

Your relationship-building approach needs an upgrade. One that saves you time. ChatGPT learns about you through every interaction and it remembers your interests, experiences and communication style. Use this data. Before your next meeting, feed the stranger's LinkedIn profile into ChatGPT and discover what you share. Armed with perfect conversation starters, you'll build trust in minutes instead of months.

"Based on (a) my past conversations with you and (b) this person's LinkedIn profile, identify potential common ground between us: [paste LinkedIn profile]. Suggest 5 specific conversation starters based on our shared interests, experiences, or perspectives. Focus on professional commonalities first, then personal if evident. For each suggestion, explain why this topic might create a meaningful connection."

Create a delegation system

Founders cling to tasks because "doing it myself is faster." This thinking keeps you trapped handling work you should give away. Break free with systems that make delegation painless. Map your recurring tasks into simple instructions anyone can follow. Create templates that don't require your constant input. Document your processes once and free yourself forever. Your business scales when you remove yourself as the bottleneck.

"I need to delegate the following task more effectively: [describe task]. Ask questions about the task and encourage me to dictate my answers, not overthinking my delivery. Then, create a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) that would allow someone with basic knowledge of my business to complete this task without further guidance from me. Include specific steps, common issues they might encounter with solutions, and quality control checkpoints. Format this as a document my team member can reference repeatedly."

Build your decision matrix

Trivial choices drain your mental energy. You make hundreds of decisions daily that barely impact your success. What to eat. What to wear. When to schedule calls. Automate these choices and save your brainpower for genuine problems. Create a framework for recurring decisions in your life and business and set clear criteria for common scenarios that eliminate deliberation time. When you work from principles instead of constantly weighing options, you move smoother and faster.

"Help me create a decision matrix for [type of recurring decision, e.g., client selection, content topics, product features to develop]. First, ask me questions about my priorities, values, and goals related to this decision type. Based on my answers, develop a scoring system with 7 key criteria, each weighted according to importance. Create a template I can use repeatedly, with instructions on how to evaluate options consistently and interpret the results. Include a simple example showing the matrix in action."

Reclaim your time: powerful prompts for maximum productivity

Your future success depends on winning back hours every week. Use ChatGPT to get targeted feedback instantly. Replicate your highest performing content for consistent wins. Find common ground to strengthen relationships faster, build delegation systems to offload tasks properly, and create decision matrices to eliminate mental clutter.

Time is your only non-renewable resource. Spend it like the asset it is.