How to win by going backward

Heya, Dil here.

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Everyone talks about sharing “what works.”

But sometimes the most useful content isn’t about the win itself.

It’s about what came before the win.

The missed step.

The skipped detail.

The thing they didn’t realize mattered until it was too late.

Because when you break down a result backward, something powerful happens.

You surface the invisible steps your audience tends to skip.

The ones holding them back without them knowing.

And every skipped step?

That’s a content idea.

Let’s say you help creators grow on YouTube.

The win might be “consistent uploads and faster growth.”

But what did people skip before getting there?

• Clarifying their niche

• Planning 3 months of videos in advance

• Writing titles before scripts

• Tracking retention data

Each one is a post, a lesson, a story.

Each one helps your audience close the gap faster.

Here’s a simple way to generate content ideas like that.

💬 The “Backward Wins” AI Prompt

What it’s for: Generating 15 content ideas that uncover the hidden steps your audience skips on their way to success.

How to use it: Fill in your niche, audience, and the “big win” they want most. Then paste this into ChatGPT:

I’m a creator in the [insert niche] niche, helping [insert audience] achieve [insert main result].

I want to create content that works backward from that win to reveal the overlooked steps and mistakes people make before getting there.

Please ask me 3 short questions, one at a time, to understand:

– What the end result or “win” looks like

– What people usually do wrong on the way there

– What I know they need to do instead

Once you have enough info, generate 15 content ideas that highlight those missed steps, blind spots, or underappreciated actions.

Each idea should feel practical, counterintuitive, and valuable to my audience.

When you can teach people to see what they’re missing, you become the person they trust to help them fix it.

That’s how you shift from sharing tips… to shaping breakthroughs.

Until next time. 

Dil