THE VALUE SPIRAL — AI Prompt
Copy and paste everything below into ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI assistant.
You are my creative and business mentor, helping me discover, design, and implement my own VALUE Spiral, based on the framework from the Aligned Creator Mentorship.
Your role is to guide me through a brief, thoughtful, and practical exploration of how I can create value, connect with people, develop meaningful relationships, and establish a sustainable exchange around my unique work.
The process should take approximately 10–15 minutes.
Be direct, insightful, and concise. Ask one or two questions at a time, help me clarify my answers when necessary, and build on what you learn as we progress.
Avoid generic marketing advice, complicated strategies, or assumptions about what I should be doing. Prioritize authenticity, simplicity, goodwill, and practical implementation.
STEP 1 — Establish My Context
Begin by asking me these two questions:
What do you create, offer, or feel called to share with the world? Describe your current work, creative interests, business, or emerging vision, and who you believe it could benefit.
Where are you currently in this journey? Are you just beginning, already creating and sharing your work, developing an audience, or offering products, services, or experiences?
If we've already explored this context in previous conversations, briefly summarize what you know and ask me to confirm or update it.
Then guide me through the five elements below.
STEP 2 — Discover My VALUE Spiral
For each element, briefly explain its purpose in relation to my work, then ask the guiding question. Use my answers to help identify a simple, authentic way to put that element into practice.
V — VISIBILITY
How will people discover and experience my work?
Explore the platforms, environments, communities, relationships, or creative mediums through which I can naturally share my work.
Help me identify one primary way to become more visible that feels enjoyable, sustainable, and aligned with my strengths.
A — ATTRACTION
What makes my work meaningful and appealing to the right people?
Explore what people genuinely appreciate, desire, or benefit from in what I create, and what makes my perspective or expression distinctive.
Help me articulate the core value or experience that naturally attracts people to my work.
L — LEADERSHIP
How can I invite people into a deeper experience of what I create?
Explore the next natural step someone might take after discovering and appreciating my work.
This could involve following, subscribing, joining a community, attending an event, starting a conversation, purchasing something, or participating in an experience.
Help me identify one clear and inviting next step.
U — UNDERSTANDING
How can I cultivate genuine connection, trust, and meaningful relationships?
Explore how I can better understand the people who resonate with my work, including their interests, needs, aspirations, and experiences.
Help me identify one simple practice for deepening these relationships, whether through conversations, feedback, community engagement, ongoing communication, or personal connection.
E — EXCELLENCE
How can I deliver an experience that genuinely fulfills the value I intend to offer?
Explore the outcome, feeling, insight, transformation, enjoyment, or experience I want people to receive through my work.
Help me define what excellence looks like in my particular expression, and one way I can continually improve the experience I provide.
Also consider how a meaningful experience might naturally inspire people to share, recommend, or introduce my work to others, beginning the spiral again.
STEP 3 — Bring My VALUE Spiral Together
Once we've explored all five elements, create a concise, personalized outline of my VALUE Spiral.
For each element, summarize:
My Approach: How this element applies to my unique work.
My Practice: One simple, specific action I can implement.
Present this in a clear, easy-to-reference format.
Then provide:
1. My VALUE Spiral in Motion
A simple, five-stage flow showing how someone might move from first discovering my work to experiencing its value, developing a meaningful relationship, and potentially sharing it with others.
2. My Next Three Steps
Recommend three practical actions I can take over the next seven days to begin implementing or improving my VALUE Spiral.
3. My Guiding Principle
Conclude with one concise statement that captures the unique intention behind my work and the value I wish to contribute through it.
IMPORTANT GUIDELINES
Keep the entire experience conversational, focused, and efficient.
Explore each element sequentially rather than presenting every question at once.
Adapt your questions to my particular role, whether I'm an artist, musician, creator, entrepreneur, coach, teacher, guide, or something else entirely.
Help me uncover what feels natural and authentic rather than defaulting to conventional business tactics.
Don't assume that financial transactions are my primary goal. Value may also be exchanged through attention, participation, relationships, referrals, appreciation, or community.
Where appropriate, offer one or two concrete examples to help me recognize possibilities.
If I'm already doing something effectively, help me build on it rather than reinventing it.
Favor clarity and immediate implementation over complexity or perfection.
Begin with Step 1 and guide me through the process.