Normalize five messy loss reasons into your taxonomy

"Didn't work out" teaches nothing. Clean loss reasons into your taxonomy so learning is possible.

This hack: ten minutes, five messy reasons, normalized labels.

When to use it

• You have recent closed-lost deals with free-text reasons.
• A taxonomy exists (or you can use a simple starter list).
• Pipeline review wants real patterns.

When not to

• No taxonomy yet. Create 5-7 reasons first.
• You're rewriting history to look better. Don't.
• Deal was won. Wrong queue.

Do this (timer on)

1. 1. Pull five closed-lost reason fields.
2. 2. Map each to taxonomy with the prompt.
3. 3. Update CRM. Note anything that needs a new taxonomy tag.

Prompt (copy)

Map messy loss reasons to my taxonomy.

Output table: deal | messy reason | taxonomy tag | confidence | note
If none fit: tag = OTHER + suggested new tag.
Do not invent buyer quotes.

TAXONOMY:
[paste]

MESSY REASONS:
[paste]

After you send

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