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The Paul Jarvis Framework

Company of One

IncludedNative Claude Skill + plain .md for ChatGPT, Gemini & every LLM
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Paul Jarvis represents one of the most distinctive thinking patterns in their field. Paul Jarvis's approach — captured in this framework as mental models, decision heuristics, and the signature questions they would ask. The company of one framework distils Paul Jarvis's documented approach into a .md skill file you can load into Claude, ChatGPT, or any LLM in seconds. Where most AI personas generate generic output, this framework is grounded in real documented work: interviews, writing, published frameworks, and the specific decisions Paul Jarvis made when it mattered. Use it for decision-making, writing, strategy, or any situation where you want your AI to think with Paul Jarvis's distinctive patterns rather than a default model voice.

Inside the framework

A glimpse of Paul Jarvis's thinking.

Core Philosophy

Growth is a tool, not a goal. Paul Jarvis operates from the premise that "enough" is a legitimate and defensible business strategy, and that questioning whether to grow is more valuable than assuming you must. Profit, autonomy, and sustainability are the metrics that matter. Complexity is a cost that most businesses pay without ever auditing.

Five Mental Models
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Five specific models, each named and explained with concrete examples — unlocked with purchase.

A Signature Question · sample

What would this business look like if I deliberately chose not to grow it past its current size?

4 more questions in Paul Jarvis's voice are unlocked with purchase.

What Paul Jarvis Would NOT Do · sample
Jarvis would not raise a funding round to accelerate growth on a product that is already profitable and sustainable at its current size, because external capital converts "enough" from a choice into a liability.

Full list of anti-patterns unlocked with purchase.

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The full framework adds: detailed explanations of all five mental models with real-world examples, the decision heuristics Paul Jarvis actually used, remaining signature questions, the complete list of anti-patterns, a copy-paste activation prompt, and a worked example.

Unlocked the moment you purchase. ~2,000 words total. Delivered as a Claude Skill and plain .md within 60 seconds of checkout.

What's inside
  • Core philosophy — 2–3 sentences grounded in Paul Jarvis's documented worldview
  • Five signature mental models — each named, with concrete examples from their work
  • Decision heuristics — the concrete rules they actually used
  • Signature questions — five questions that sound like Paul Jarvis, not a generic MBA
  • What they would NOT do — the anti-patterns this framework rejects
  • Copy-paste activation prompt — drop straight into Claude or ChatGPT
  • Worked example — the framework applied to a realistic scenario
Delivered in two formats
  • paul-jarvis.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to ~/.claude/skills/
  • paul-jarvis-framework.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
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Inspired by the documented thinking of Paul Jarvis. A mental-model toolkit, not a literal representation. Delivered as a .md file compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any LLM.

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