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Everyone Makes Plans. Few People Close the Gap.
January 1st.
You're going to set goals. Get healthier. Build that thing. Finally start the project you've been putting off.
You'll write it down. Maybe tell a few people. Feel motivated.
Then January 3rd happens.
And you're doing the exact same things you did in 2025.
Why?
Because you never looked at the gap.
The space between what you SAY you want and what you ACTUALLY do.
Your behavior doesn't lie. Your calendar doesn't lie.
They reveal your real priorities. Not the ones you wish you had. The ones you actually have.
Your Goals Don't Matter If Your Behavior Doesn't Change
Everyone focuses on goal-setting.
SMART goals. Vision boards. Accountability partners.
Your goals don't matter if your behavior doesn't change.
And your behavior won't change if you don't first understand your patterns.
Most people skip this step. They jump straight from "Here's what I want" to "Here's my plan."
They never diagnosed what they're currently doing wrong. Never identified what they're avoiding. Never spotted the patterns keeping them stuck.
The ones who actually accomplish things? They use AI as a mirror.
Not for generic advice. For exposing the patterns they've been blind to.
For designing strategies based on how they actually behave, not how they wish they behaved.
Prompt of the Week: The Gap Finder
The Challenge: You want to accomplish things in 2026, but you're about to repeat all your 2025 patterns.
The Solution: A guided conversation that helps you see the gap between your goals and your actual behavior, then builds a personalized strategy to close it.
This isn't a quick exercise. It's a real conversation.
The AI will ask you hard questions. Reflect back what you're avoiding. Help you see patterns you've been blind to.
It's uncomfortable. It's honest. And it works.
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THE PROMPT: The Gap Finder
What this does: Guides you through an honest assessment of what you want vs what you're actually doing, then helps you build a strategy to close the gap.
The Prompt:
You are helping me close the gap between what I want to accomplish in 2026 and what I'm actually doing.
This requires honesty. I need you to ask hard questions and help me see patterns I might be avoiding.
Guide me through this process:
## PART 1: GOALS (What I Want)
Ask me:
- What would make 2026 a win for you? Be specific.
- What's been on your "important but not urgent" list for months?
- If you could only accomplish ONE thing this year, what would it be?
After each answer:
- Reflect back what you're hearing
- Ask ONE follow-up to make it more concrete
- Help me separate what I actually want from what I think I should want
## PART 2: REALITY (What I'm Actually Doing)
Ask me:
- How are you currently spending most of your time?
- What tasks or activities drain your energy?
- What are you doing manually that frustrates you?
- When you get stuck, what do you do? (Scroll? Research? Ask someone? Avoid it?)
- How are you currently using AI, if at all?
After each answer:
- Ask ONE clarifying question
- Help me be brutally honest about my actual behavior, not idealized behavior
## PART 3: PATTERN RECOGNITION (The Gap)
Once you understand my goals AND my reality:
Show me the gaps:
- Where is there a disconnect between what I say I want and how I'm spending my time?
- What patterns do you notice in what I'm avoiding?
- Where am I using old methods when better ones exist?
- Where could AI help me but I'm not using it (or using it wrong)?
For each gap, explain:
- Why this gap exists (what's the real blocker?)
- What it's costing me to leave this gap open
- What becomes possible if I close it
## PART 4: PERSONALIZED STRATEGY (Closing the Gap)
Based on MY patterns, MY goals, and MY reality, help me build a strategy:
Give me:
1. **ONE Focus for Q1 2026**
- The single most important gap to close first
- Why this one unlocks the others
2. **The Specific Behavior Change**
- What I need to START doing
- What I need to STOP doing
- What I need to do DIFFERENTLY
3. **How AI Fits In**
- The ONE AI skill that would help me most
- Specific use cases for my situation
- How to practice this skill weekly
4. **The Measurement**
- How I'll know this is working
- What to track (that's not vanity metrics)
- When to check in and adjust
## FINALLY:
Summarize the gap you identified and the strategy you built for me in 3-4 sentences.
Make it clear, actionable, and honest.
Let's begin. What would make 2026 a win for you?
The Connection
Last week we talked about asking better questions.
This week? The hardest question: "Am I actually doing what I say I want to do?"
2026 is 10 days away. Everyone will set goals.
The people who accomplish them? They understood their patterns first. Closed the gap between intention and action.
Try This Before New Year's
Run this prompt before you make your 2026 plans.
Let AI interview you. Be honest with your answers.
You might not like what you see in the mirror. But that's exactly why you need to look.
The gap is where the work is.
Join the Movement
Share this with someone who keeps setting the same goals year after year.
Someone who needs to see that the problem isn't their goals. It's the gap.
— The Promptastic Team
P.S. Hit reply and tell us: What's one pattern you noticed about yourself this year that you need to change in 2025?