How is AI changing the way people work and develop themselves?

Patrice Poltzer once believed she understood the power of storytelling. A former television producer and now a business storytelling coach, she has spent her career helping others feel confident in sharing their stories. But ironically, she has hidden the most important part of herself: she is deaf and has worn hearing aids since childhood.

For years, she did everything she could to hide it. She wore her hair down to cover her ears, angled her headphones, and positioned herself in meetings so she could hear better without anyone noticing her problems. She could help others open up and tell their stories, but she never dared to do the same herself.

Then AI appeared. Her life changed from that moment on.

AI is not only a useful tool at work but also has many other unexpected effects (Photo: Getty).

AI - a tool to help you look back at yourself

In 2023, Patrice Poltzer, who ran a video storytelling company, noticed that her students kept submitting AI-generated articles. The articles were slick but lifeless. After spending months helping them come up with their own stories, they ended up feeding it all into ChatGPT, which produced a perfect but emotionless script. This made her less sympathetic to the new technology.

But with the mindset of a journalist, Patrice cannot ignore an important question: Can AI be used to tell more authentic, more emotional stories?

One night, she decided to test it out on herself. Patrice opened ChatGPT and typed, "I want to find out something I've been hiding. I wear hearing aids and I'm tired of hiding them. Can you help me understand why it's so hard to be open about this?"

The AI's response stunned her. Instead of offering generic advice, it reflected on the way she wrote, how many times she used words like "conceal," "mask," "cover up."

AI helped Patrice realize that her greatest strength as a storytelling coach was helping others accept their differences, and she needed to do the same for herself.

Turning AI into a Healing Tool

Patrice began using the AI ​​as a diary, recording the intimate anxieties of her students and clients (anonymously, of course), the moments when she felt inadequate, and the fears that she was “faking” her own career. She then asked the AI ​​to help her find connections between her personal experiences and what her audience was going through.

This process is not only difficult but also therapeutic.

AI helped Patrice see connections between seemingly random moments in her life. The time she almost got fired for screwing up a live recording? It reflected her audience’s fear of going public. The moment she lay on the floor of her Brooklyn apartment, panicking about losing her job after going on maternity leave? It connected directly to their anxiety about taking on something new.

Share your story and embrace yourself

Patrice began teaching this method to other business leaders, using questions like, “What themes come up in the way I tell my journey?”, “Am I holding anything back out of fear?”, “How can my struggles add value to my audience?”

She witnessed business founders, once hidden behind their logos, finally stepping into the light with confidence.

This was so powerful that Patrice knew he had to help more people access this approach. But most current AI tools aren’t designed to help humans tell stories in this way. They generate content, but don’t help uncover the actual story.

So she built StoryPro — an AI tool that uncovers authentic stories. It doesn’t write them for you, but helps you see what’s already there.

And Patrice decided it was time to go public with her hearing aid story.

She wrote a video script about the story, the first time she did it freely and clearly. When she posted the video on LinkedIn, it quickly went viral, garnering millions of views. But the biggest change wasn’t in the statistics, it was in how she saw herself.

For the first time, Patrice truly understood that hearing loss was not a weakness.

AI is not a replacement for human creativity, it is a mirror, helping us see the stories we have hidden. It can be a partner in each person's healing journey.

And the hearing aids she had hidden for years were now clearly visible in every video call and speech she made. Not because the AI ​​wrote her the perfect story, but because it helped her realize that the story had always been there, and she proudly embraced it.

Try to understand yourself

AI can do more than create content, it can help people look deep into themselves. Here's how Patrice and many others have tried it and made surprising discoveries about themselves.

Open the AI ​​tool and type: "I want to explore something I've been hesitant to share."

When the AI ​​responds, continue asking: “Help me look at this from a new perspective – how can what I once considered a weakness become a strength?”

Finally, ask: “Please suggest three simple ways for me to start sharing this story today.”

Many people have tried it and were surprised when AI helped them realize things they never thought of. Sometimes, the deepest insights come from unexpected places!

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/ai-dang-thay-doi-cach-con-nguoi-lam-viec-va-phat-trien-ban-than-ra-sao-20250317162515786.htm