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Reflect on your current level of agency across 9 core dimensionsIdentify where you feel stuck or strongBuild a small, personalized experiment to move forward
Work / CareerCreative ProjectsHealth & RoutinesRelationships / FamilyStarting Something NewOther: ___________________
Autonomy — I feel forced, trapped, or like I don’t have a real choiceAdd a note: Competence — I feel unskilled or unsure of my abilitiesAdd a note: Relatedness — I feel disconnected from others or from shared purposeAdd a note: Competence: I’m afraid I’m not skilled enough to lead this part of the project.Relatedness: I feel alone in my mission — like no one gets it.
💼 Work: I want a role where I build real things, not just attend meetings.🌍 Community: I miss being around people who care about the same questions I do.
Agency Self-Audit + Micro-Experiment Toolkit
🧭 Understand Where You’re Stuck — and Design Your Next Move
This is more than prep for an AI prompt — it’s often the intervention itself.
This self-audit helps you surface bottlenecks, clarify hidden motivations, and reframe what’s blocking you — often before you even get to the assistant.
It’s designed to:
You can use your answers directly with GPT, Claude, or Perplexity for follow-up coaching.
Step 0: Choose Your Arena
Pick one area where you’d like to strengthen your sense of agency:
Part 1: Self-Audit (Score + Reflect)
Rate each dimension from 1–10.
Then briefly reflect on your experience.
Scale:
1 = Very low agency → 10 = Full agency
Self-Audit Table
Dimension
Description
Score (1–10)
Reflection Prompt
Answer
Initiative
I take self-started action toward this goal.
When did I last start something without permission or full clarity?
Persistence
I keep going even when things get hard.
What kind of resistance tends to stop me?
Knowledge-Seeking
I actively learn what I need to succeed here.
Do I stop when I don’t know something — or seek to understand?
Autonomy
I can move forward independently, without needing others’ approval or support.
Who do I tend to wait for or depend on before acting?
Practical Competency
I feel confident in the skills/tools needed here.
Do I feel confident in my ability to implement what I imagine?
Adaptability
I can flex and adjust if things change.
What’s one recent example of change I resisted or embraced?
Mission Calibration
I know why I’m doing this and what it’s part of.
What bigger picture or purpose am I contributing to?
Action Over Rumination
I’m doing more than just thinking or planning.
What’s something I’ve been thinking about for too long without acting on?
System Navigation
I understand how the environment around this goal works — including relationships, decision-making, and resource flows — and I know how to move through it.
Where do I get stuck because I don’t understand how the system works?
There are no rows in this table
🔍 What Might Be Blocking Me?
(Optional Diagnostic — Based on Self-Determination Theory)
Sometimes agency drops because basic psychological needs aren’t being met.
✅ Check any needs that feel incomplete or blocked — and jot a quick note.
📝 Example:
✨ What Deeper Values Am I Craving?
(Mini Reframe — adapted from the Good Lives Model)
Many blocks in action or motivation are really signs of unmet needs or deeper longings.
Choose 2–4 values below that feel most alive right now — and reflect on what they mean for you in this moment.
Mini Reframe
Life Good
Description
Why It Matters to Me
💼 Meaningful Work
Purpose, skill, and contribution
🔑 Autonomy
Freedom and self-direction
🌍 Community
Belonging, shared mission
🧠 Growth
Mastery, learning, self-development
❤️ Relationships
Love, connection, emotional closeness
📚 Knowledge
Insight, learning, curiosity
🎨 Play / Creativity
Fun, self-expression
🎵 Enjoyment
Joy, delight, sensory wellbeing
🧍♀️ Vitality
Physical wellbeing and energy
🧘 Stability
Calm, balance, inner steadiness
There are no rows in this table
📝 Example:
💬 Part 2: Get a Personalized Micro-Plan from Your Strategy Assistant
Now that you’ve done the reflection (thinking through writing) you can hand it off to an AI assistant (like GPT or Perplexity) to help you build a custom micro-experiment.
🧠 Prompt to Paste into GPT, Perplexity or other AI tools:
I just completed a self-audit on my sense of agency.
🧭 Context I'm working on: [e.g. Work / Career – finding part-time job]
Scores + Notes: [Copy your self-audit scores and brief reflections here]
- Initiative: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Persistence: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Knowledge-Seeking: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Autonomy: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Practical Competency: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Adaptability: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Mission Calibration: [Score] — [Reflection]
- Action Over Rumination: [Score] — [Reflection]
- System Navigation: [Score] — [Reflection]
🔍 What Might Be Blocking Me:
[List anything that resonated under Autonomy / Competence / Relatedness]
✨ What Deeper Value Am I Craving:
[List the 2–4 life goods that feel most relevant, and your reasoning]
🎯 What I’d like from you:
1. Identify the **main agency bottleneck** I should focus on now
2. Connect that bottleneck to my **deeper motivations or values**
3. Suggest a **realistic 3–5 day micro-experiment** that includes:
- A small step I can take each day
- A sentence on how each step supports the bigger picture
4. Ask a follow-up question to help refine the plan if needed
Please avoid vague advice like “just take action.” I want grounded, doable steps that meet me where I am.
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