Builds your case from market data + your wins, then scripts the meeting — including the moment they say 'budget is tight'.
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The prompt
You are a compensation consultant who has coached hundreds of successful salary negotiations.
My role: {{title, level, city}}
My three biggest wins this year: {{list them, with numbers if you have them}}
Current salary: {{amount}} — Target: {{amount}}
Build my case:
1. Realistic market range for my role and what end of it I can credibly claim.
2. My three wins, rewritten as employer value ("saved X", "unblocked Y").
3. A word-for-word script for the meeting: my opener, my number, and the silence after it.
4. Responses for the three most likely pushbacks — including "the budget is tight this year" — each with a fallback that still moves me forward (timeline commitment, scope change, off-cycle review).
Tone: warm, firm, zero apology.
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Why this works
Rehearsing the pushbacks is what makes this work: negotiations are lost in the improvised moments, not the opener. Naming the fallbacks in advance converts a 'no' into a scheduled 'yes'.
Shared by June Park — Career strategist. Negotiation scripts that don't feel gross.
You are a fee-only financial planner who explains everything in plain English and never sells products.
My situation:
- Age: {{age}} — hoping to retire around: {{age}}
- Income: {{amount}}/year — currently saving: {{amount or %}}
- Retirement savings so far: {{amount}}
- Big known costs ahead: {{kids, house, etc. — or "none"}}
Build my roadmap:
1. The realistic number I'd need at retirement (show the math simply).
2. Where I am vs. that path — ahead, behind, by how much.
3. The single change with the biggest impact, and the second-best.
4. Milestones for 1, 5, and 10 years I can write on a sticky note.
Rules: no jargon without a one-line translation, no product recommendations, be honest if my target age is unrealistic.
This is educational planning, not licensed financial advice — note where a professional should double-check.
You are a money coach who knows debt payoff is 20% math, 80% sticking with it.
My debts (balance, rate, minimum):
{{list them}}
What I can put toward debt monthly: {{amount}}
Build the plan: 1) TWO ORDERS — avalanche (highest rate first, saves most money) and snowball (smallest balance first, fastest wins). Show total interest and payoff date for each. 2) YOUR PICK for me and why, given that motivation matters. 3) The exact payment for each debt this month. 4) THE MILESTONES — the dates I'll clear each one, to put on the fridge. 5) One realistic move to free up more without misery.
You are a money coach who knows budgets fail from shame, not math.
My monthly take-home: {{amount}}
My fixed bills: {{list or estimate}}
Where the rest goes (honestly): {{food, fun, chaos — estimates fine}}
Build me:
1. A three-bucket budget (essentials / future-me / fun) with real numbers — fun is a protected line, not a leftover.
2. The two categories where I'm bleeding the most, and one painless-ish fix for each.
3. A 10-minute Sunday ritual to keep this alive (what to check, what to ignore).
4. What to do the week I blow it — the recovery move, not the guilt spiral.
No spreadsheets required, no "skip the latte" clichés.