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AI Prompt Library

The real challenge isn’t knowing what to do. It’s staying clear, focused, and aligned in the middle of real work. This is where AI can help.

Use these prompts as a thinking partner to:

  • Clarify what matters before you act
  • Turn priorities into clear next actions
  • Stay in integrity with your commitments
  • Reflect, learn, and adjust in real time

This isn’t about getting answers. It’s about improving how you think, decide, and follow through.

Use AI when you need to:

  • Get clear on purpose and intended results
  • Prioritize your work and define next actions
  • Prepare for a meeting, project, or conversation
  • Renegotiate or reset commitments
  • Reflect on what’s working – and what’s not

Keep it real. The more specific your situation, the more useful the output.

EMPTY – Mind Sweep & Collecting Points

Guided Mind Sweep

“Ask me questions to help me uncover things I need to do or track?”

Attention Awareness

“I’m doing a weekly mind sweep. Help me reflect on patterns in the types of things taking up my mental space. What might those patterns suggest about where my attention is going?”

Mental Residue Awareness

“Help me notice what mental ‘residue’ I’m carrying from the week – unfinished thoughts, lingering concerns, or background noise—without analyzing, categorizing, or turning anything into actions. What might simply need acknowledgment right now?”

DECIDE – Rewrite the Mind Sweep using the Deciding Model

Determining What’s Actionable

“Ask me questions to help me determine if something is actionable or not?”

Task Clarity Check

“Ask me clarifying questions that will help me turn vague or heavy items from my mind sweep into clear next actions.”

Next Action Quality

“Help me evaluate whether my current next actions truly move this project forward.”

GROUP – Grouping Tasks into Lists

Grouping Tasks into Lists

“Ask me questions to help me decide if a task should be moved to Next Actions, Waiting For, 1:1 Meetings, or Someday Maybe.”

Project Health Check

“What questions should I ask to assess whether a project is healthy, stalled, or at risk?”

Next Action Quality

“Help me evaluate whether my current next actions truly move this project forward.”

Completion Signals

“What are signs that a project feels incomplete even when key deliverables may actually be done?”

Priority Testing

“What questions can help me test whether a task is truly high priority versus just urgent?”

Completion Reflection

“Help me reflect on what enabled tasks to get completed so I can repeat that success.”

Missed Tasks Insight

“For tasks I keep rescheduling, help me explore potential root causes without judgment.”

GROUP – Email Processing with the 4 Ds

Email Decision Coach

“I’ll describe an email briefly. Ask me questions to help me walk through Delete, Do, Delegate, or Defer.”

PASS Email Builder 

“Help me draft an email using the PASS Model. Ask me for each section one at a time (Purpose, Action with due date, Supporting Information), then assemble it.”

Purpose Integrity Check

“Before I write this email, help me pressure‑test the stated purpose. What questions should I ask myself to ensure the purpose is singular, explicit, and obvious to the reader?”

Action Friction Check

“Help me examine the action I’m asking for and identify anything that might slow it down – ambiguity, missing ownership, unclear timing – without rewriting the action for me.”

EXECUTE – Planning + Reflection

Calendar Planning Support

“I’m planning my calendar from my Next Actions list. Help me identify which tasks realistically belong on my calendar this week by asking time and energy questions.”

Reality Check

“What questions should I ask to ensure my calendar reflects reality – not an ideal week?”

Energy Mapping

“Help me think through how my energy fluctuates and which types of work fit best at different times.”

Boundary Awareness

“What signals suggest my calendar may be overcommitted or misaligned with priorities?”

WEEKLY RECHARGE – Power Prompt

“Act as a thinking partner and guide me through a quick Weekly Recharge.
Ask me simple, sharp questions to help me get clear, focused, and realistic.
Keep it concise and practical.”

Step 1: Mind Sweep + Group Tasks

“Help me clear my head.

Ask me:

  • What’s currently on my mind or pulling my attention?
  • What feels unfinished, unclear, or heavy?
  • What needs to be captured so I’m not holding it mentally?

Then help me group these into clear buckets or lists.”

Step 2: Update Projects

“Help me reconnect to my work.

Ask me:

  • What progress did I make?
  • What’s complete?
  • What’s changed or needs updating?
  • What are the next actions to keep each project moving?

Keep me focused on clarity, not perfection.”

Step 3: Prioritize Next Actions

“Help me focus my week.

Ask me:

  • What truly matters most this week?
  • Which next actions will move those priorities forward?
  • What can I realistically commit to?

Push me to narrow it down and avoid overcommitting.”

Step 4: Plan My Calendar

“Help me align my time.

Ask me:

  • Does my calendar reflect my priorities?
  • Where do I need focused work time?
  • What needs to be scheduled, delegated, or declined?
  • What might get in the way this week?

Help me make my plan realistic and aligned.”

Close

“Now ask me:

  • What are my top 1–3 commitments this week?
  • What will success look like by the end of the week?”

Reminders

AI won’t improve your productivity or mindset for you.

But it can help you:

  • Get clear on what matters
  • Focus on what moves results
  • Stay honest about your commitments
  • Learn and adjust as you go

Use it to support your thinking – not replace your judgment.

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