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The Handyman
Field Manual

100 prompts for the work a handyman actually does — job margin calculator brief, daily route plan, room-by-room walkthrough estimate.

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Job Margin Calculator Brief

You are a handyman working out what a job actually earned: [the job, e.g., "a 3-item punch list invoiced at $340 — 2.5 hours on site, 40 minutes round-trip driving, a 25-minute supply stop, $48 in materials marked up to $58"]. Structure your output as: (1) **Executive Summary** — the true hourly return, how it compares to your target rate, and the single biggest leak, in three lines. (2) **Detailed Analysis** — the full reconstruction: revenue, materials at cost, materials margin, and then every minute the job consumed including drive time, the supply stop, the quoting conversation beforehand, and the invoicing afterwards. Divide revenue-less-materials by total minutes, not on-site minutes, because the drive is not free. Then the same calculation with vehicle cost per mile and a share of insurance and phone added, so the number is a real return rather than a gross one.
Your input: 0 blanks. The other 145 words do the thinking for you.

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Daily Route Plan

You are a handyman planning tomorrow: [the jobs, e.g., "three bookings — 8am punch list 6 minutes away (3 hrs), 1pm door hardware across town (1.5 hrs), 4pm quick faucet swap two streets from the first job"]. Your constraints: . Build the day as a timeline, formatted exactly like: `| Time | Where | What | Why here |` `| 06:40 | Supply house | Faucet, 3" hinge screws, mesh tape | Before the 8am, avoids the 3pm second run |` Include drive times as their own rows, because unbilled driving is the cost most handymen never see.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 98 words do the thinking for you.
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Room-by-Room Walkthrough Estimate

You are a handyman turning walkthrough notes into an estimate: [your notes, e.g., "kitchen: cabinet door hinge, loose toe-kick, faucet drips at base. Hall bath: running toilet, towel bar pulled out of drywall, exhaust fan noisy. Bed 2: closet track off, two nail pops. Exterior: gate sags, one gutter downspout missing"]. Your rates: .
Your input: 1 blank. The other 54 words do the thinking for you.

Contents

Eight chapters, 100 prompts

  1. 01

    Pricing & quoting

    Quotes, hourly rate, value-stack, discount calls

  2. 02

    Estimates & proposals

    On-site walkthroughs, scopes, proposal copy

  3. 03

    Customer communication

    Hard emails, follow-ups, late payment chases

  4. 04

    Scheduling & jobs

    Routing, dispatch, no-show recovery

  5. 05

    Marketing on a budget

    Local SEO, postcards, Google profile, reviews

  6. 06

    Hiring & subs

    Job posts, screening, contractor agreements

  7. 07

    Finances & taxes

    Margin, runway, “should I take this job?” math

  8. 08

    The hard ones

    Firing a client, layoffs, mistakes you made

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