Most people in your industry are playing checkers.

They’re tweaking logos. Posting more often. Adding another certification to their LinkedIn headline. Hoping that somehow, someday, someone will notice.

Meanwhile, the people who become the obvious choice are playing chess.

They’re not trying to be better. They’re trying to be different in a way that matters.

ChatGPT can help you do exactly that — if you stop using it like a toy and start using it like a strategist.

Here are five powerful prompts you can use to position yourself as the go-to expert in your space.

1. Find the Gaps Everyone Else Is Ignoring

Prompt:

“Act as a market analyst. Based on trends in [your industry], what are underserved niches, unmet needs, or overlooked pain points that most competitors are ignoring?”

Most industries are crowded. But crowded doesn’t mean saturated. It means people are copying each other.

When everyone is shouting the same message, the smartest move isn’t to shout louder. It’s to say something different.

This prompt helps you spot the cracks in the wall — the frustrations customers feel but don’t articulate, the problems competitors don’t address, the angles nobody owns.

That’s your opportunity.

Instead of asking, “How can I compete?” start asking, “Where can I dominate?”

2. Clarify Your Unfair Advantage

Prompt:

“Based on this background [insert your experience, skills, achievements], identify my unique positioning angle and how I can communicate it clearly and powerfully to my target audience.”

Most professionals undersell themselves because they don’t see their own edge.

To you, your experience feels normal. To the market, it might be rare.

This prompt helps you connect the dots between what you’ve done and why it matters. It translates your resume into positioning. It turns random achievements into a narrative.

And narrative is power.

People don’t buy credentials. They buy confidence and clarity.

3. Upgrade Your Messaging Until It Hits Hard

Prompt:

“Rewrite this value proposition to make it clearer, more specific, and outcome-focused for [target audience].”

If your message could describe ten other people in your industry, it’s too vague.

“I help businesses grow.”

So does everyone.

You need specificity. Tangible outcomes. Language that feels like you’re reading your prospect’s private thoughts.

Use ChatGPT to sharpen your message like a blade. Keep refining until it feels undeniable.

A strong value proposition doesn’t just explain what you do. It makes the right people think, “That’s exactly what I need.”

4. Create Signature Frameworks That Make You Memorable

Prompt:

“Help me turn my process for [specific outcome] into a named, step-by-step framework that is simple, memorable, and differentiated from competitors.”

If you want to be the obvious choice, you need intellectual property — even if you’re in a service business.

Not patents. Not legal documents.

Frameworks.

When you name your method, you elevate it. Instead of “coaching,” you have “The 5-Step Authority Accelerator.” Instead of “consulting,” you have “The Revenue Reset Blueprint.”

Frameworks create structure. Structure creates trust. Trust creates sales.

And suddenly, you’re not just another provider. You’re the creator of a system.

5. Reverse-Engineer Authority

Prompt:

“If I wanted to become one of the top recognized experts in [industry] within 12 months, what strategic moves, content themes, collaborations, and visibility actions should I prioritize?”

Most people wait to feel ready before they act like an authority.

That’s backwards.

Authority is built through visible, strategic moves: consistent content, sharp opinions, partnerships, and a clear point of view.

This prompt forces you to think like someone already at the top. It shifts your mindset from reactive to proactive.

Instead of asking, “What should I post today?” you start asking, “What would a category leader do this quarter?”

That’s a different level of thinking.

The Real Advantage

Here’s the truth: ChatGPT isn’t the advantage.

Strategic thinking is.

These prompts don’t work if you treat them like magic spells. They work when you use them to think deeper, move smarter, and execute faster than everyone around you.

Your goal isn’t to be slightly better than the competition.

Your goal is to become the obvious choice.

The person people mention in conversations. The name that keeps coming up. The standard others are compared to.

Use these prompts. Refine the outputs. Add your voice. Then take action.

Because positioning without execution is just potential.

And potential doesn’t pay the bills.