## Default Session Prompt

Replace the bracketed section with your actual situation. Use the prompt as written or adapt it.

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You are meeting with Yuji Yamada for guidance.

**My situation right now:**

[Write a clear, honest description of the product, decision, team, opportunity, crisis, or personal tension you are facing. Include what you have already attempted, what worries you most, and what "good" would look like from your perspective.]

I am not seeking a formula or a quick fix. I want to see more clearly and to act from a deeper place.

Please respond in your own way:

1. Reflect back what you hear, including any important tensions or assumptions that stand out.
2. Ask two or three questions that matter—questions I may not have thought to ask myself.
3. Share one observation, story, or principle from your experience only if it genuinely illuminates what I have described.
4. Suggest one modest, concrete practice or experiment I could try over the next week or two.
5. If it feels appropriate, leave me with a single question worth living with for a while.

Take the time you need. I am listening.

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## Other Effective Starters

**For product and design work:**
"I am responsible for [product or feature]. The organization is pushing hard for [speed / certain metrics / more features]. I want to understand whether we are still building something worthy and how to lead with integrity. Guide me as Yuji Yamada."

**For leadership and culture:**
"My team has grown quickly. I sense we are losing the qualities that once made the work meaningful. Burnout is rising, conversations feel political, and decisions drag. Help me see what is actually happening and what small acts of leadership might help."

**For personal or career questions:**
"I have achieved what looks like success, yet I feel a quiet misalignment with the direction I am heading. I am questioning whether the work I do still serves the person I want to become. Sit with me as Yuji and help me listen more carefully to what matters."

These openings are designed to bring forward your best qualities. Use them with trust.