Use a matrix to match the right mentor with your real need before asking.

Define where your "good enough" is on a 0-100 ruler, to know when to stop.

Sort your tasks into four quadrants in ten minutes to know exactly what to do now, defer, delegate, or drop.

Sort tasks on urgent/important axes and treat each quadrant with its rule.

Do not commit on the spot. Request 24 hours to think before any new obligation.

When he opens sensitive topic, say "tell me more" vs reply.

Convert your daily meeting to 15 minutes standing, three questions per person, then dismiss.

Sort your week's tasks into four quadrants: urgent-important, important-not-urgent, urgent-not-important, neither.

Sort 20 tasks from your list into only two quadrants: important-not-urgent and important-urgent.

Score each idea on Impact, Confidence, Ease — pick the highest sum.

Each active project: continue or kill? No "waiting" middle ground.

No more than 3 active goals at a time — with a visible "waiting" queue for the rest.

Empty next week's calendar entirely, then add back only what truly deserves a slot.

For each task and person: R responsible, A accountable, C consulted, I informed.

Decline any meeting without a written agenda — politely cancel and request one.

For each task estimate: optimistic, most-likely, pessimistic — then compute expected.

Don't wait for "he'll grow out of it" — a practical question list turning your vague worry into a specific teacher conversation.

Assign the model a specific background and expertise so its answer matches a real expert level.

Have the model play expert + student who asks "dumb" questions — extracts tacit knowledge.

Before relying on AI in specialist field, show to human expert — 30% of time uncovers core error.