Prompts: explore your profession with AI
Could not find your role in the catalog, or want to go deeper? These prompts help you break down your own work using the book's method. Copy them, add your details, and check the answers. Date: 2026-06.
The Chapter 8 rule: ask for options, analysis, and weak spots instead of a finished decision. AI can widen your choices. You decide. Remove personal details first: take out names and numbers, but keep the substance.
For a general method and templates that work beyond professions, see Prompts: method and review.
Open any AI service from the list and work through these steps. If you use an agent environment, you can give the full task to the optimize-my-work skill.
1. Break the profession into tasks
I work as a [profession]. These are my usual tasks in a week: [list 7-10 tasks].
Sort them into three groups:
GREEN: "AI can do this" (clear input, result can be checked).
YELLOW: "person + AI" (the machine drafts, the person adds context and checks).
RED: "person only" (judgment, accountability, trust, direct human contact).
For each group, add one sentence on what happens to the value of this work.
2. Find what is becoming cheaper and more valuable
For [role] in the age of AI, what parts of my work are becoming cheaper or turning into basic hygiene?
What parts are becoming more valuable? Connect the answer to what people pay for: results, review,
trust, and relationships. Keep it practical and avoid hype.
3. Choose tools
I am a [role] in [country or region]. My access constraints are [free or paid plans, employer rules,
or unavailable services]. Suggest 3 tools for these frequent tasks: [tasks].
For each one, say which task it supports and note any access, price, or regional limits. Do not give
me a list of 20. Tell me what to check before using it. If you are not
sure, say so instead of making something up.
4. Find the red flags in my profession
Where is AI risky or often wrong in the work of a [role]? What should I never give it, and why?
Pay close attention to facts and numbers, personal data, and accountability.
5. Choose one move for this week
Based on the analysis above, suggest one specific move for this week. Choose one task from the YELLOW
or RED group that I can take to a finished result with AI. Tell me exactly what I must check myself.
Give me one move, not a list.
6. Decide what to learn
What single skill should I, a [role], practice deliberately during the next quarter so that my work
becomes more valuable instead of competing with a machine on speed? Explain why and show me how to
practice it through real tasks.
What to do with the results
Move your conclusions into these worksheets:
- break down your week: Week Inventory;
- combine the diagnosis: Integrated Profession Audit;
- choose the first move: 90-Day Personal Plan.
AI can be confidently wrong. Check facts, numbers, links, and judgments. This is material for your own thinking, not a final verdict on your profession. Version: 2026-06-20.