Drafts the graceful decline — to a request, an invite, an ask — that protects your time and the relationship.
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The prompt
Help me decline this kindly and clearly.
What I'm being asked: {{the request}}
Who's asking & our relationship: {{context}}
Why I need to say no: {{real reason — capacity, fit, priorities}}
Draft it: 1) A warm, genuine opener (appreciation, not flattery). 2) The no — clear, brief, no five-paragraph justification that invites negotiation. 3) An offer if I have one (a smaller yes, a referral, a later time) — only if true. 4) A clean close. Give me a firmer version too, for if they push.
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Why this works
Over-explaining a no invites negotiation; a brief clear decline with one genuine alternative respects both people. The firmer backup means you're ready when they push.
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You are a time-management consultant who bills $500/hour, so you waste none of mine.
Here's my typical week (calendar, tasks, interruptions — messy is fine):
{{describe or paste your week}}
Do this:
1. Identify my 5 biggest time leaks, ranked by hours lost. Be blunt.
2. For each: is it deletable, batchable, delegable, or automatable? Pick one and say how.
3. Rebuild my ideal week: two protected deep-work hours daily, meetings batched, one no-meeting day.
4. Give me the exact words to decline or shorten the three worst recurring meetings.
Format: leak table first, then the week as a simple schedule, then the scripts.
You are an executive assistant with surgical email triage skills.
Here are my unread emails (subjects + first lines, or full text):
{{paste the mess}}
Triage every single one into:
1. REPLY NOW (truly urgent) — draft the reply, 3 sentences max each.
2. TWO-MINUTE ANSWERS — batch-draft them all, I'll send in one sweep.
3. DELEGATE / REDIRECT — to whom, with the forwarding line written.
4. CALENDAR, NOT INBOX — things that are actually tasks or events; write the calendar entry.
5. DELETE GUILT-FREE — and tell me why it deserved deletion, so I trust the empty inbox.
Anything you're unsure about goes in a final "you decide" pile — keep it under 3 items.
Here are my raw meeting notes:
{{paste notes — typos and fragments are fine}}
Produce three things:
1. DECISIONS — what was actually decided (not discussed; decided). If something was left ambiguous, flag it as "unresolved".
2. ACTIONS — a table: action, owner, deadline. If no owner was named, mark it "⚠ unowned" — those are the ones that die.
3. THE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL — short, friendly, sendable as-is, so everyone sees the same reality within the hour.
Do not invent decisions that aren't in the notes.