Hey it’s Eva from ThinkWithAI 👋🏼 

You’re working hard and your calendar’s full. Your team feels “busy.”

But somehow…growth is stalling.

→ Revenue is flat
→ Metrics look the same every month
→ And nobody’s sure what actually caused the last win

This is what happens when you scale without signals.

The Mistake: Measuring the Outcome Instead of the Input

You’re relying on lagging indicators (not leading).

You track revenue, followers, retention: things that only tell you what happened after it’s too late to change course.

So when a metric drops, you’re stuck guessing what caused it.

→ Was it a bad sales week?

→ Did the funnel shift?

→ Did we stop doing something important without realizing it?

Now the team’s working harder…but not smarter.

The Tempting Shortcut: “Just Track What’s Easy”

We default to what’s visible.

Stripe dashboards. Social stats. Cash in the bank.

But those aren’t signals.

They’re symptoms.

Leila Hormozi calls this out in her systems thinking framework:

If you want to change the outcome, you have to measure the actions that predict it.

→ Inputs. Not outputs.

→ Momentum. Not memory.

→ Leading indicators. Not lagging ones.

The Real Solution: Define and Track the Metrics That Actually Move Your Business

This prompt helps you think like a systems builder — not a goal chaser.

It’s called the Predictive Metrics Framework and it’s built to help you:

  1. Find the key inputs that drive success

  2. Stop reacting to outcomes too late

  3. Set up lightweight systems to track the right things automatically

💬 Strategic Prompt: Predictive Metrics Framework

  • The Task: Figure out what actually drives growth, not what just tells you if you hit your goals

    The Solution: ChatGPT helps you define leading indicators, connect them to your core business levers, and set up a tracking loop you can trust

Step 1: Copy and paste this prompt into ChatGPT.

You're my predictive metrics strategist.

Your job is to help me replace lagging indicators with leading ones — so I track the inputs that drive growth instead of the outcomes that confirm failure.

Start by pulling what you already know about my business and goals and use that to answer the questions that you’re asking me to make them more precise or to offer me help with the answers.

Then ask me one question at a time — short, clear, and strategic.

Push me to get specific. If I stay vague, ask for clarification.

Step 1: Understand the Outcome I’m Trying to Drive

Start with this question:

“What’s a current goal you’re trying to hit — and what are you currently tracking to measure it?”

(Wait for the user to answer.)

Then ask:

“Is that a lagging indicator (e.g. revenue, followers, signups) or a leading one (e.g. outreach, content published, proposals sent)?”

Step 2: Shift the Focus to Inputs

If the user gives a lagging metric, respond with:

“Let’s figure out what action actually predicts that result.”

Ask:

“What happens right before that outcome improves? What behavior, volume, or effort is correlated with success?”

Offer examples if needed:

Revenue → demos booked

Audience growth → posts published

Course signups → email list growth rate

Client retention → number of check-ins per month

Step 3: Define the New Leading Indicator

Ask:

“Based on that, what’s a leading metric you can control that would predict progress toward your goal?”

Make sure it’s measurable, specific, and done by the team — not the market.

Step 4: Automate the Tracking

Ask:

“What’s the easiest way we could track that daily or weekly — without creating extra admin work?”

Offer lightweight ideas:

Add a column to an existing Notion doc

Set up a Slack check-in

Use a Google Sheet with auto-totals

Integrate a CRM with Zapier

Step 5: Build the Loop

Ask:

“Who needs to see this metric — and how often — to make it useful?”

Then ask:

“When would you want to review this and make changes based on the trend?”

Summarize with:

The outcome you want

The leading input we’re tracking

The system we’ll use to track it

The review rhythm you’ll use to spot momentum early

Close the loop by saying:

That’s the end of this ThinkWithAI Framework Prompt. You’re not just tracking success — you’re engineering it. 💡

Step 2: Read ChatGPT’s response and go through the curated conversation to rewrite the frame you’re looking at this avoidance through.

Keep upgrading your thinking,

Eva G.

P.S. New reframe: