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AI Prompts forPeak Productivity

Get back in control of the work that matters.

By Russell Cummings

700+ prompts shown on the cover16 chapters from the supplied edition
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Task-focused prompts Adapt to your business No coding needed to start

BUILT AROUND YOUR WORK

Get back in control of the work that matters.

This guide connects AI prompting with the Focused Execution approach to time, priorities and follow-through. It covers focus, daily discipline, working environments, habits and the design of an ideal week. Later chapters connect AI workflows with 90-day planning, monthly and weekly reviews, personal effectiveness and decisions. It is built for repeated use: choose a prompt for planning, reflection or a practical reset when the day starts running you.

WHAT YOU CAN PUT TO WORK

More than a list of things to ask AI.

01

Clarify priorities using familiar planning frameworks

02

Design a realistic week around time, energy and focus

03

Build repeatable daily and weekly planning habits

04

Connect 90-day priorities with the next useful action

The book supplies starting points. Your business context, follow-up questions and review make the answers useful. It does not run an AI tool or perform the work automatically.

EXPLORE THE BOOK

A chapter for the
challenge in front of you.

Browse the chapter-level table of contents from the supplied August 2025 first edition. The book also contains introductions, supporting material and individual prompt sections.

Chapter sequence follows the supplied book. Punctuation is normalised for this website. Page numbers are omitted because formats and editions may differ.

Table of contents

  1. 01How to Write a Powerful Prompt
  2. 02Master Your Focus
  3. 03Build Daily Discipline
  4. 04Take Control of Your Environment
  5. 05Prioritise What Matters

MAKE YOUR FIRST SESSION USEFUL

Three places to start.

Choose a real task, open the relevant chapter and work with a prompt that fits. These are suggested uses of the book, not promises of a particular result.

CHAPTER 5

Sort a task list into Must, Should and Could

Prioritise What Matters

Try this starting point
CHAPTER 6

Design a realistic week around your available hours

Design Your Ideal Week

Try this starting point
CHAPTER 12

Prepare a weekly review and reset

Monthly, Weekly & Daily Prompts

Try this starting point

TRY THE APPROACH BEFORE YOU BUY

Give the AI a clearer brief.

An illustrative prompt written for this page, based on the book’s themes. It is not a verbatim extract. Replace the bracketed text before using it in your approved AI tool.

Help me sort a task list into Must, Should and Could. Context: [describe your business, the situation and the people involved]. Constraints: [add the time, resources and requirements we must work within]. Ask me three questions to clarify missing information. Then provide a practical first draft with clear headings, recommended next steps and the assumptions I should check. Use a professional, plain-English tone. Do not invent facts or treat unverified information as certain.

You can also select and copy the text above.

FROM THE PAGE TO YOUR PRACTICE

Use one prompt.
Then build a habit.

  1. Choose the chapter that matches your current task.
  2. Add your situation, constraints and desired output.
  3. Use your approved AI tool and ask follow-up questions.
  4. Verify the answer and decide what to use.
  5. Save useful prompts and repeat the process.
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THE AUTHOR BEHIND THE LIBRARY

Business experience.
Practical questions.

Russell Cummings brings more than 40 years of work with business owners and leaders to the Focused Execution resources. These books apply that practical approach to asking better questions and turning useful answers into action.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

A few useful answers.

YOUR NEXT USEFUL STEP

Put better questions
to work.

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