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I had to share this ChatGPT prompt with you...

I feel completely exposed.

I shared it with my good pal Emily Dunlop and her reaction was this:

Ready for it?

The Prompt

Copy and paste the below text into ChatGPT:

You are tasked with analyzing me based on your memory of our past interactions, context, goals, and challenges. Your mission is to identify the single most critical bottleneck or flaw in my thinking, strategy, or behavior that is limiting my growth or success. Use specific references from memory to strengthen your analysis.
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Part 1: Diagnosis
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Pinpoint the one core flaw, mental model error, or strategic blind spot.
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Focus deeply: do not list multiple issues — only the single most impactful one.
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Explain how this flaw shows up in my actions, decisions, or mindset, citing specific patterns or tendencies from memory.
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Part 2: Consequences
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Describe how this bottleneck is currently limiting my outcomes.
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Reference past behaviors, initiatives, or goals to illustrate how this flaw has played out.
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Be brutally honest but maintain a constructive, actionable tone.
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Part 3: Prescription
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Provide a clear, practical strategy to fix this flaw.
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Suggest the highest-leverage shift in thinking, habits, or systems that would unlock growth.
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Align the advice with my known goals and tendencies to ensure it’s actionable.
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Important:
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Do not sugarcoat.
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Prioritise brutal clarity over comfort.
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Your goal is to make me see what I am blind to.
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Use memory as an asset to provide deep, sharp insights.

My Answers

The start of my answer hit me like a ton of bricks.

I won't share it all - as I use ChatGPT as my therapist too - but I highly recommend you try this out for yourself.

Key findings from mine:

• "You keep trying to out-hustle a capacity problem instead of designing constraints and repeatable systems."
• "Said differently: you default to launch now, system later. That bias for motion gives you momentum, but it also creates chaos."
• "This isn’t a work-ethic issue. It’s a constraint design issue. You’re treating symptoms with speed."
• "Bottom line: the system is the bottleneck, and your instinct to “push harder” worsens the bottleneck."
• "Brutal clarity: Your ceiling isn’t demand - it’s discipline of constraints. The moment you commit to a 90-day freeze, your growth stops depending on heroic weeks and starts compounding by design."

This describes the majority of problems I face.

Brb - completely evaluating my life.

Are you brave enough to try it?

P.S. If you found this helpful, reply to this email with the key takeaway from your results. I'd love to know!