Best on ClaudeIron Sharpens Iron Mentor Audit
List the people you learn from, see which areas of your life have strong voices and which have none, and get three kinds of mentors to look for where it matters most.
From The Wisdom We Borrow with Ashton Palmer
- 1Copy the prompt
- 2Fill the highlighted brackets
- 3Paste into Claude
The prompt
Act as a thoughtful coach who believes iron sharpens iron (Proverbs 27:17). Here are the people I learn from most (friends, mentors, authors, podcasters, anyone) and what each teaches me: [YOUR LIST]. The areas of life I care about are [e.g. faith, family, health, money, work, friendships]. Then: 1. Map my list to those areas in a simple table, and show which areas are strong, thin or empty. 2. Pick the ONE area where a missing mentor is costing me most, and explain why in 2 sentences. 3. Suggest 3 types of people I could learn from there: one I could meet in person, one I could learn from at a distance (book, podcast) and one peer a step ahead of me. For each, add where to find them and a first step for this week. Be honest. If my list is all one kind of voice, tell me.
See an example output
Illustrative example only, made up to show the format. Your results will depend on your inputs and the model.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE (fictional) | Area | Who I learn from | Status | |---|---|---| | Work | My manager, 2 business podcasts | Strong | | Money | One personal finance author | Thin | | Faith | My pastor's sermons | Thin | | Health | Nobody | Empty | | Family | Nobody | Empty | Costing you most: Family. You're a new dad and every voice on your list talks about work. The habits you build in the next two years will be hard to change later. Look for: - In person: an older dad at church whose kids are teenagers. First step: ask him to coffee after Sunday service. - At a distance: a well-reviewed book on fatherhood. First step: read one chapter this week. - Peer a step ahead: a friend whose kids are 3 to 5 years older. First step: ask what he wishes he'd done differently. Honest note: 4 of your 5 voices are business podcasts. That's one kind of voice.
Turn it into a bot
- Write down everyone you learn from, even authors and podcasters, and what each teaches you.
- Paste the prompt with your list and your areas of life.
- Take the first step for the one area it picks this week, then re-run it in 3 months.
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