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AI is brilliant.
But is it running you?

Two minutes, sixteen honest questions and you'll know whether you're leading yourself with AI or quietly handing it the keys. Then grab the free toolkit to put you back in the driver's seat.

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No right answers. Just honest ones. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere, it all stays on your phone.

Self-AwarenessDo you know how you're really using it?
MindsetPartner or answer machine?
ActionHabits that help, not habits that happen
ImpactBetter work, or just faster work?

Rate yourself 1 to 5 on each statement. 1 means "not me at all", 5 means "that's me, spot on".

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Your free toolkit

Four prompts you can copy straight into your AI of choice. Each one is built to keep you doing the thinking and the AI doing the sharpening. That order matters.

Self-Awareness

The Mirror

Most people have no idea how they actually use AI. This makes it show you.

Act as a straight-talking coach. Interview me one question at a time about how I currently use AI in my work. After 6 questions, tell me: where I'm using it well, where I'm using it as a crutch, and one habit to change this week. Be honest, not polite.
Mindset

The Challenger

AI loves agreeing with you. This stops it. Use it before any big decision.

I'm about to make this decision: [describe it]. Do not agree with me. Play devil's advocate. Give me the three strongest arguments against it, the risk I'm most likely underestimating, and one question I should be able to answer before I go ahead. Then, and only then, tell me what you'd genuinely do.
Action

The Voice Guard

If everything you send starts sounding like everyone else's AI, you've lost something. This protects your voice.

Here are three things I've written that sound like me: [paste them]. Study my tone, rhythm and word choices. From now on in this chat, when you help me write, match my voice. If something you produce doesn't sound like me, flag it. Never make me sound more corporate than I am.
Impact

The Friday Fifteen

Fifteen minutes at the end of the week. This is where the compounding happens.

It's my weekly review. Ask me these one at a time: 1) What did I do this week that only I could have done? 2) What did I hand to AI that I should have thought through myself? 3) Where did AI genuinely make my work better, not just faster? 4) What will I do differently next week? Then summarise my answers in five lines I can keep.

Five habits to stay in the driver's seat

Small, boring, powerful. Pick one and start there. Not all five. One.

1

Think first, prompt second

Scribble your own rough answer before you ask AI anything. Even two minutes. It keeps your thinking muscle switched on.

2

Give it context, not commands

One-line prompts get one-line thinking. Tell it who you are, who it's for and what good looks like. Treat it like a bright new team member, not a vending machine.

3

Question the first answer

The first response is a draft, not a verdict. Ask "what's wrong with this?" or "what am I missing?" before you use anything.

4

Protect one AI-free zone

One task, one meeting or one hour a day where it's just you and your brain. You'll notice the difference within a week.

5

Spend the saved time on purpose

AI gives you time back. Decide where it goes: people, proper thinking or actually finishing on time. If you don't choose, your inbox will.

Lead yourself first.

Enjoyed this? It's a taste of how I help leaders and teams build self-awareness, mindset, action and impact, with AI and without it. Come and say hello.

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