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Build your systems like someone else has to use them
This prompt will make your systems 3x better
Most people build their systems for themselves.
But that’s the wrong starting point.
Here’s why:
When you build for yourself, you cut corners.
You know what you meant.
You understand your own mess.
You can hack around complexity because you built it.
But when you build a system like someone else has to use it…
Everything changes.
You suddenly have to make the unclear, clear.
You have to simplify what feels intuitive to you so it makes sense to them.
You’re forced to eliminate clutter, clarify structure, and define real process.
That’s how I build my Life OS.
Yes, it’s built for me.
Yes, I use it daily.
Yes, I track everything.
But…
It’s also built like a product.
It’s designed like a solution.
And it’s structured so that someone who just opened Notion for the first time would know exactly where to go and what to do.
Because I don’t just want it to work.
I want it to be usable.
That’s the difference between a personal dashboard…
And a digital product.
That’s why people buy my templates.
Not because they’re fancy.
But because they’re built like someone else has to use them.
The irony?
Even if you never plan on selling your system…
This mindset still makes your system better.
Because you’ll be forced to:
Justify every component
Eliminate what’s unnecessary
Identify what actually matters
Define the process and systemize it
And when you do that, your system doesn’t just help you.
It becomes something that could help anyone.
That’s the real leverage.
If your system requires explanation, it’s not finished.
If your process can’t be passed on, it’s not finished.
If your dashboard only works for you, it’s not finished.
So here’s a prompt:
Build your system like you’ll be selling it as a digital product.
Even if no one else sees it.
Even if you never end up selling it.
Because the clarity that comes from that frame…
Will make your system, and everything that results from it, easier.
Enjoy your weekend.
Chris “The Systemizer” Punt