The Process

Six phases. No shortcuts.

Each phase has an enforced time gate. You cannot rush to the shot. The prompts below are what the system asks you at each stage — questions designed to force honest assessment, not comfortable answers.

Observation

24h

What is actually happening? Not what should be, not what you want — what you can verify as fact.

Seed prompts

What is actually happening right now — not what should be, not what you want to see — what you can verify as fact?
What have you been avoiding looking at directly? Name it without judgement.
Who are the key players in this situation? What do their actions (not their words) tell you?
What patterns keep repeating? When has this situation or something like it happened before?
If you were advising someone else in this exact position, what would you notice that they cannot see?
What resources, advantages, and constraints exist right now that you have not fully acknowledged?

Judging Distance

24h

How far are you from where you want to be? Measure the gap honestly, not optimistically.

Seed prompts

How far are you from where you want to be? Be specific — not "far" or "close" but measurable distance.
What is the actual timeline? Not the one you want, the one the evidence supports.
What are the three most likely outcomes if you take action now? Rank them by probability, not preference.
What would need to be true for this to work? List your assumptions and mark which ones you have verified.
What is the cost of getting this wrong? What is the cost of doing nothing?
Where are you overestimating your readiness? Where are you underestimating it?

Camouflage Audit

24h

Where are you performing competence rather than demonstrating it? What are you hiding?

Seed prompts

What parts of yourself are you hiding in this domain? What would people see if they looked closely?
Where are you performing competence rather than demonstrating it?
What story are you telling yourself about this situation that might not be true?
What would change if you operated with complete transparency here?
Where is your ego interfering with accurate assessment?
What feedback have you dismissed that might contain truth you are not ready to hear?

The Stalk

48h

Based on everything observed, what is your move? State it as a single clear action.

Seed prompts

Based on everything you have observed, what is your move? State it as a single clear action.
What is the first physical step? Not the plan — the next thing your hands actually do.
What will you sacrifice or give up to make this work? Name it explicitly.
What is your contingency if the first approach fails? And if that fails?
Who needs to know about this action? Who does not?
What is the point of no return? How will you know when you have passed it?

The Shot

24h

Execute or choose the unfired round. Both are valid. Record what happened exactly.

Seed prompts

Did you take the shot? Describe exactly what happened.
What was the gap between your plan and what actually occurred?
What did you learn in the execution that observation could not teach you?
How did your body respond? What did your emotional state tell you about your readiness?
If you chose the unfired round — what specifically told you this was not the moment?

Coming Out of the Grass

None

What is different now? What did this stalk teach you that you did not know before?

Seed prompts

What is different now compared to before the stalk began?
What did this stalk teach you about yourself that you did not know before?
Which of your skills were tested? How did they hold up under real conditions?
What would you do differently if you ran this stalk again?
What is the next stalk emerging from this one? Can you see it forming?
Write one sentence that captures the core lesson of this entire stalk.