Ask your AI what you are missing

Perhaps you have been working with your AI for a few months. It helps write your emails and makes your presentations. And it is connected to your mailbox and perhaps also to your CRM. And yet you mainly use it for the question of the moment. You type something, you get something back, and you get on with your day.

There is a question you have probably never asked it. What have we actually done together over the past few months, and where are we getting too little out of it? I like to ask that question myself, and I also recommended it in a webinar about Claude. The answers are surprisingly useful. And sometimes a bit confronting too.

Copy the prompt at the bottom of this article. With it, you let your AI look back on your collaboration.

An honest look in the mirror

When you ask that question for the first time, your AI looks at everything it knows about you. It looks at your conversations and at the tools it is connected to. And then you get to hear things you actually already knew, but preferred not to say out loud. It can be something like: 'You already have so many contacts in your CRM, and you have not done anything with them yet.'

That hits home for a moment. A colleague might not dare to say it straight to your face. Your AI does not have that hesitation, especially not if you explicitly ask it for honesty. And that is exactly what you need, because the things you are missing are usually the things you see the least yourself.

Frequently asked questions

What exactly do I ask my AI during such a look back?

Ask it to look back at what you did together over the past few months. Let it honestly say what you still do by hand and what you are missing. Ask for a concrete example for each point.

Does my AI need to be connected to my tools for that?

It does help, because with connectors to your mailbox or your CRM your AI sees much more of your work. Without connectors it only looks at your conversations and projects.

How often do I do such a look back?

Once a month or per quarter is enough. You can ask your AI to schedule it as a planned task. Tell it afterwards what you did with its suggestions, then the next look back will be sharper.

Where do I learn to use my AI as an assistant like this?

In 'Claude AI Power User' and 'AI-superworker' you learn hands-on how to connect your AI to your tools and use it as a sparring partner. You can find all dates at Workshops & Events.

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