I explain how reflecting helps us learn and make better decisions. We need to look at why we avoid it and the roadblocks to making it a habit. Reflecting doesn’t need to slow us down--it actually helps us get where we want faster. I offer ways to make reflection a habit and key questions to give yourself a structure for reflection.
I explain how organizations can make reflection a habit:
• Decide what to stop doing
• Clarify decision making processes
• Ensure sufficient resources
• Take time outs from continual change
• Ask about the sources of failure
• Insist on learning from experiments
• Institute “after action reviews”
Experiment: Career Reflection using focused questions:
• What made you take each job?
• How did it fit your skills, interests, and motivators?
• What values did it allow you to express?
• What did you learn from each job?
• What career goal were you pursuing at that time?
• What overall themes emerge?
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