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Book to Action Plan: Extraction Prompt

Paste any book summary or chapter and get a prioritized action plan, sorted by impact, that you can start executing this week.

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Reading business books is mostly wasted time if you don't extract and implement. This prompt turns a book summary, a chapter, or even a set of highlights into a concrete action plan sorted by impact and sequenced for your situation. Use it after finishing any book or when you're halfway through and want to start acting. Works on full-text, summaries, or Kindle highlight exports. The output gives you three layers: the core mental model, the 3-5 highest-leverage actions, and a weekly implementation sequence. You skip the re-read and go straight to execution.

Book Extraction Prompt
Here is content from a book (full text, summary, or highlights): [PASTE BOOK CONTENT] My context:
- Business type: [what you do]
- Current stage: [early / scaling / established]
- Biggest current constraint: [one sentence] Extract: 1. Core mental model, the one idea the book is really about, in 2-3 sentences
2. Top 5 insights that apply directly to my context (ranked by relevance to my constraint)
3. Action plan, 5 specific actions I can take, each with: - What to do (concrete, not abstract) - Why it matters for my situation - When to do it (this week / this month / this quarter)
4. What NOT to do, ideas from the book that don't apply to my stage or model Be ruthless. Cut anything that doesn't apply. I don't need a book report, I need a decision.
30-Day Implementation Sprint Prompt
After getting your action plan from the extraction prompt, paste this:

"I have an action plan from [BOOK TITLE]. Help me turn it into a 30-day implementation sprint.

Here is the plan: [PASTE ACTION PLAN]

Do the following:
1. Identify the 3 items that will create the most momentum if done in week one. Explain why those three and not others.
2. For each item, give me: the smallest version I can test in under 2 hours, and the success metric I will use to decide if it worked.
3. Flag any items in the plan that require a prerequisite I probably have not done yet. Tell me what order to do them in.
4. Build a 4-week calendar with one or two focus areas per week. Do not stack more than 2 new behaviors in the same week.
5. Tell me the single most common reason people abandon implementation of this type of advice, and how to structure week one to avoid that failure mode.

Output the calendar as a table."

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