FOR ALYVIA  ·  IMAGE STUDIO 360  ·  JUNE 7, 2026

A few things to think about before we meet.

No homework, no spreadsheet. Just some questions to let sit in the back of your mind so our conversation is as useful as possible.

Alyvia,

Before we sit down, I want to give you a heads-up on what we'll be talking about. The goal of our conversation is simple: I want to understand how you actually spend your time. Not the job description version — the real version. What you do every day, what takes longer than it should, what you explain over and over, and what only works because you personally remember to do it.

Let these questions roll around in your head before we meet. The more honest and specific you are when we talk, the more useful our time together will be.

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Where your time actually goes — daily, weekly, monthly

Walk through a typical day in your head. What are the 3–5 things that happen every single day without exception? Then think weekly — what runs on a predictable schedule? And monthly — anything cyclical, end-of-month, or seasonal worth noting?

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Every tool and system you touch in a given week

Make a quick mental list of every app, platform, or system you log into. Don't overthink it — even Google Sheets, a scheduling app, or a group text counts. We'll go through them together, but having them fresh in your mind speeds things up considerably.

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How things actually get done — the real SOPs

Think about tasks that have a specific sequence of steps — things you run through on paper or purely in your head. Are those processes written down anywhere, or do they live in your memory? If you were out for a week, could someone step in without calling you — or would they be lost?

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What the job would look like if you designed it yourself

If you had a blank slate — same role, same company, but you got to redesign how the work actually happens — what would change? What would you stop doing? What would you do more of? If your time were freed up by 30%, what would you put it toward?

The AI Audit

This conversation is the foundation. Everything we build starts with what you know.

The AI Audit maps every tool, every manual task, and every recurring workflow across the business. Your interview is one of the most important pieces of that map. The people doing the work every day see things no org chart ever will — and that's exactly what we need to find the real opportunities.

Come ready to walk me through these areas
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Your Daily Routine

What happens before you've had your second cup of coffee.

  • What's the first thing you handle when your day starts?
  • Communication — emails, texts, calls — who, about what, how often
  • Client-facing tasks: inquiries, confirmations, follow-ups
  • Internal coordination with other staff or ownership
  • Any systems or platforms you open and check every single day
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Weekly Rhythm & Monthly Tasks

The recurring stuff that runs on a predictable clock.

  • Reports you pull or send on a weekly basis
  • Recurring check-ins, meetings, or team syncs
  • Anything you batch and do all at once — invoicing, updates, outreach
  • End-of-month or start-of-month routines
  • Anything seasonal or cyclical — busy season, slow season, end of quarter
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How Things Actually Get Done

The real SOPs — written down or just living in your head.

  • Tasks that have a specific sequence of steps you always run through
  • Anything you've tried to train someone else on — how did that go?
  • Processes where, if you were out for a week, someone would be lost
  • Things you find yourself winging every time because there's no real system yet
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The Honest Stuff

This is the most important part of the whole conversation.

  • What tasks take way longer than they should?
  • What do you explain or re-explain over and over to clients or colleagues?
  • What would fall through the cracks if you weren't personally watching it?
  • If you could hand one thing off to a system and never do it manually again, what would it be?
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If You Could Design the Job Yourself

Same role, blank slate — what changes?

  • What would you stop doing entirely because it adds no real value?
  • What would you do more of because it's where you actually move the needle?
  • What parts of your day feel like noise vs. what parts feel like the actual work?
  • If your time were freed up by 30%, what would you do with it?
No formal prep needed

Just let these questions sit in the back of your mind before we meet. You don't need to write anything down or prepare a presentation. Come ready to talk through your actual day — the messier and more specific, the better. That's where the real opportunities live.

There are no wrong answers here. Most of what we find in these conversations is knowledge that's been sitting in one person's head for years, just waiting to be mapped. That's exactly what we're doing.

Questions? Book a Call →
Or just reply to this email — happy to answer anything before we meet.
— David Ortiz
Founder, Advisor AI Partners
david@advisoraipartners.com  ·  meetings.advisoraipartners.com