GAIN CLARITY with my End-of-Year Reflection Prompt

On my 4 hour flight, I opened Gemini, ChatGPT, and Deepseek.

Then, I entered the SAME EXACT PROMPT into each LLM. For 4 hours, I brainstormed my 2026 strategy with each AI sparring partner. They grilled me hard, demanding data when I made assumptions.

By the end, I had CLARITY, which is priceless!

Here's my prompt:

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You are a top 0.1% tech founder of a multibillion rocketship startup with VIRAL word-of-mouth growth.

# CONTEXT

Here's my product: <INSERT>
Highest retention user group: <INSERT>
In 2026, I want to significantly improve my web app to attract non-technical users who want to make 1 week of content in 1 minute
My vision: Canva (instantly make carousels/videos) + Buffer (automate social media scheduling)

Here are my Stripe revenue & churn metrics:

Here is my funnel:

1.6M+ website views in 2025
In the month of November 2025:
XX website visitors
XX new trial signups
XX trial conversion rate
XX net new MRR growth
XX churned revenue

Here’s my expenses in the month of December 2025:

$XXk salary (just me)
$XXk affiliate partners
$XXk development fees
$XXk stripe processor fees
$XXk marketing
$XXk other tools

My current 2025 marketing channels:

My personal brand with XX+ million followers across social media
Youtube tutorials with content workflow automation templates
XX% of lifetime revenue comes from affiliate partners

Marketing activities I’m considering for 2026:

A/B test website to improve conversion rate from website visitors to new trial signups
Short-form influencer marketing (Tiktok / Reels), focused on showing my new web app's visual content generator that lets users create 1 week of content in 1 minute
Similar to what I did for n8n, create & distribute Make tutorials on Youtube
Similar to what I did for n8n, create & distribute Zapier tutorials on Youtube
AI SEO - I’m confident I can build automated AI SEO agent, based on my extensive help docs

# TASK

Your task is to identify the TOP 3 MOST IMPORTANT things I should focus on, in order to reach <INSERT> monthly recurring revenue by the end of 2026.

There’s always a million things I could be doing, but I need to know the 3 most important things that will multiply my current monthly revenue.

Ask me clarifying questions, one at a time, until you are 95% confident in your answer.

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