Instructions - (15 min to complete)
Objective: In this activity, you will use AI to act as your "Purpose Pathfinder." You will synthesize the insights from the previous lessons (Values and Strengths) into a single guiding document called your Personal Compass.
Step 1: Gather Your Ingredients Before opening your AI tool, have the following ready (or write them down now if you haven't yet):
- Your Top 3 Values: (e.g., Freedom, Creativity, Kindness)
- Your Top 3 Strengths/Skills: (e.g., Writing, Listening, Analyzing Data)
- What You Care About: (e.g., Helping animals, Teaching beginners, Solving tech problems)
Step 2: The AI Prompt Open ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude and paste the following prompt. Fill in the brackets with your details:
"Act as a supportive career and life coach. I want to build a 'Personal Compass' to guide my future decisions.
Here is my data:
Please combine these to draft 3 different 'Personal Mission Statements' for me. They should be inspiring, clear, and under 50 words each."
- My Core Values are: [Insert Values]
- My Top Strengths are: [Insert Strengths]
- The problems I care about solving are: [Insert Interests/Causes]
Step 3: Refine and Plan Choose the mission statement that feels most true to you. Then, ask the AI a follow-up question:
"I choose option [Insert Number]. Based on this mission, suggest 3 habits I should prioritize:
- One habit to STOP doing that holds me back.
- One habit to START doing to advance this mission.
- One habit to KEEP doing that supports this mission."
(Example Answer):
My Personal Compass
Mission Statement: "To use my talent for simplifying complex ideas (Strength) to empower beginners to learn new skills (Interest), honoring my need for creativity and integrity (Values)."
My Action Plan:
- STOP: Saying yes to projects that don't align with my core values just to please others.
- START: Writing for 20 minutes every morning before checking emails to prioritize creativity.
- KEEP: Mentoring junior colleagues once a week, as it fulfills my desire to teach.