I am sitting in a puddle of tears (hyperbole, but still wet-faced) thanks to a 'sample conversation' with your Mentor deck. The guidance through my dilemma, the questions asked... it was like being taken by the hand and led by someone wise and caring.

What’s funny about the Claude AI exchange: I felt heard. It’s hard for me to articulate my thoughts sometimes, and even harder to make sure I’m understood. The irony is that Claude doesn’t bring human projections, typical biases, or judgment to the convo, so I could get a clearer reflection from him/it. Claude seemed to bring insights and give words to my ideas in ways that seem more eloquent and to the point than I may be.

I have to share this because I’m stunned and pleasantly surprised and inspired I just used the AI chat that @sethgodin shared - This is Strategy. The conversation (it truly felt that way - and Seth’s voice was all over the responses and prompts) I was able to gain clarity on my mission - what I know I’m good at, but stop myself from doing AND have a plan moving forward. On top of that I have validation that the message has some resonance. I also have some language to test ...

When working hard on an important project, who wouldn't want guidance from an expert?

To do so requires identification of the right expert and then access to them. My challenge is that the experts I'd want to talk about are dead. But with Seth pondering just this scenario, I opened up his deck of experts to get some guidance and some inspiration.

The first face I saw was Zig Ziglar - and I've always been a fan. So I told him about my project and learned quickly that Zig doesn't really understand Parkinson's disease too well. But I was not discouraged, because I saw the innovation expert Clay Christensen who could guide me on my novel approach to treating the disease. I learned he wanted to focus on issues that did not resonate with me. So I thumbed through the deck and found just the right person - someone who tackled complex problems and made them simple with tangible explanations; a person with curiosity as his driver - Richard Feyman.

Chatting with Feynman was magical. He gave me new ways to think about my project including specific ideas and images I could use to get skeptics engaged. I'll be spending tonight revising my pitch - moving away from telling people they were wrong and need to listen to me, and towards sharing the excitement of my scientific discoveries in ways that can inspire them to be curious and open-minded in the exploration of what they thought they knew and what we could learn.

Thanks Seth. I was always a fan of Feynman and loved reading his work. Now I can integrate his advice into my current project in ways that will make it better and more fulfilling.