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Drawer 04 Thinking Partner

Make the idea survive a fight.

Use this drawer when you need a second brain, not another sales script. Test the assumptions, attack the weak spots, argue the buyer's side, and find what your current view is leaving out.

Pressure-test it
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Find the blind spot
Four quick prompts

Use the model to push back.

Each prompt is built for a moment when you already have an opinion, a deal story, a plan, or a set of notes and want to know where it could be wrong.

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01 Reality check

What Am I Assuming?

Separate confirmed facts from assumptions and unknowns before a guess quietly turns into your strategy.

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02 Pressure test

Kill My Deal

Try to break the opportunity before the customer does. Look for weak economics, weak commitments, operational problems, and easy reasons to say no.

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03 Buyer view

Argue the Other Side

Build the strongest case against your current position so you can see what the incumbent, buyer, finance team, or operations team may believe.

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04 Blind spot check

What Am I Missing?

Scan what you know and identify the missing customer information that matters most before the opportunity can actually move.

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Use this after you have a point of view.

These are not research prompts and they are not substitutes for customer discovery. Give them your real notes, your actual hypothesis, or the deal story you are currently telling yourself. The useful output is the disagreement.

If the idea only works when nobody pushes back, it is not ready for the customer yet.
The house rule for drawer 04
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