Unplugging yourself and reflecting on your week, to envision a great coming week. Do you do it?

Reflection is like a friend that helps us to travel back the past to give us perspectives on what we did and why we didn’t do some things. It then bring us to the future we want to create. Without reflection, we keep doing the same thing without having better results. Reflection is the door to raising our awareness.

Research by Giada Di Stefano, Francesca Gino, Gary Pisano, and Bradley Staats in call centers demonstrated that employees who spent 15 minutes at the end of the day reflecting on lessons learned performed 23% better after 10 days than those who tended to forget the lessons.

A study of UK commuters found a similar result when those who were prompted to use their journey to think about and plan for their day were happier, more productive, and less burned-out than people who didn’t. (According to HBR, 2017).

To reflect effectively?

- Re-affirm what is important to you: what is your main goal or dream?

- What did you do last week that helped you move closer to your goal/dream? What habits to double down in the coming week?

- What did you do last week that didn’t hinder your getting closer to the goal/dream?

How to do things differently next week?

- What did you discover about yourself, your loved ones last week?

- What decision to make now to make a positive change next week?

- What do you feel thankful for?