Draft the weekly client update from last week's notes

Monday's client update is not a creativity contest. It is the same outline, new facts. The hour disappears when you invent structure every week instead of filling a known pack.

This hack: twenty minutes, last week's notes and numbers only, draft the update. Edit later if you must. Ship a draft before you polish commas.

When to use it

You already send a weekly or biweekly client update.
Notes, tickets, or a metrics sheet from last week exist.
You have twenty minutes before the send window.

When not to

There is no repeating outline yet. Sketch five headings first, then come back.
Numbers disagree across tools and you don't know which is true. Fix source of truth first.
The client expects a custom strategy memo. That's a different job.

Do this (timer on)

1. Open last week's finished update (or your fixed outline).
2. Paste this week's raw notes/metrics under the same headings.
3. Run the prompt for a first draft in that outline.
4. Add the two sentences only you would know (exceptions, risks).
5. Save as draft. Do not chase perfect prose in this block.

Prompt (copy)

Draft a weekly client update for a US service business.

Use ONLY the outline and inputs below. Plain English. No hype.
Sections must match the outline exactly.
For each section: 2-4 short bullets or 1 short paragraph.
Flag anything missing as [NEED INPUT] instead of inventing.

OUTLINE:
[paste your usual headings]

LAST WEEK'S INPUTS:
[paste notes, metrics, ticket themes]

TONE:
Competent operator. No "thrilled to announce." No invented ROI %.

Decent outline (if you need one)

1. What shipped
2. What moved in metrics (facts only)
3. Risks / blockers
4. Asks for the client
5. Next week focus

After you send

If the draft still takes your whole morning after three weeks, assembly is the leak - not writing talent. Start free assessment (Operations Efficiency) when that pattern shows up.

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