The Positivity Ratioīefore we dive in too deeply, let’s take a moment to talk about something called the “positivity ratio,” developed by Dr. I want to talk about simple, clear-cut ways to reflect on your past and present life in order to learn about yourself and your priorities, then clearly assess whether your daily habits line up with your overall goals and dreams in life.Īs you get started with your personal journey, you might want to check out this blog post from Larissa Marks with 6 simple questions to ask yourself for the purposes of self-reflection. In this post, I want to break down what exactly self-reflection is, and why it’s so important. At first, it may be something that you have to consciously think about doing each day, but with continued practice, self-reflection will become a habit that you engage in effortlessly. Self-reflection is not a difficult skill to acquire, any more than brushing your teeth each day or making your bed. When we run our lives on autopilot like this without taking time for deliberate deliberation, and often start to lose our sense of “life balance”- a subject which Harry Kraemer talks about in his blog post: Here’s the good news:
In fact experiments prove that when we are given a scary scenario without a possible solution we tend to procrastinate and effectively ignore the problem. If you feel a little overwhelmed just starting to think about it, don’t worry-you’re not alone! In fact, most people don’t really have a technique or learn the habit to stop and reflect over their lives, so you’re actually in good company, with everyone else who runs their lives on autopilot.
PERSONAL REFLECTION HOW TO
This talk about self-reflection might sound a bit vague, or it might sound like too big of a task-maybe you just don’t know where to start when assessing your daily life and actions, maybe you don’t know how to figure out your real goals in life, and possibly you don’t know how to tell if those things are aligning with each other or not. Burton Posey mentions this alignment between habits and goals on his blog, where he shares a video about the work habits of basketball players that lead to success-he sums this up with one telling question: “Are the habits you have today on par with the dreams you have for tomorrow?” Somewhere along the way we’ve just accepted this extra baggage that we often don’t remember signing up for. Because if we truly sit down and reflect on our actions and habits, we can quickly find that they often don’t align to what our real goals in life are, or the person we truly want to become. Self-reflection means looking at who you are, where you’re at, and what you’re doing-both right now in your day-to-day life, as well as what you’ve done in the past- then using this information to move closer to where you really want to be. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.’ Joyce Brothers’ It’s getting advice from peers on how they overcame the EXACT problems and frustrations you’re facing. It’s not reading books that help you grow.
But what almost no one understands about mindset is that it’s based on self reflection. Everyone’s talking about mindset, right? We all know that being around hungry, driven people inspires us to improve. Struggling to see the results and failing to achieve their goals.
Most entrepreneurs feel unproductive and overwhelmed. On average we check our phones 150 times per day – Source Google April 2016ĭo you remember agreeing to all these drains on your time and energy? Or did we just slowly adjust to the increase in the data we allow ourselves to consume, without ever making a conscious decision to opt into this level or information invasion? Without even realising, you’ve spent an entire day jumping from one task to the next, responding to other people’s requests on your time and energy, without ever pausing to reflect on what you’ve done that day, or even why you decided to do most of those things.Īlso known as introspection, self-reflection is a very important skill to cultivate because it enables us to assess the patterns and activities of our daily lives in order to see how our actions and habits contribute to our overall well being, success, and happiness. We’ve been trained to drop everything and check any updates. Think about all the distractions throughout your day Facebook’s constant notifications, popups that demand your instant attention even when 95% of it is not urgent. Leaving people with little time for some self-reflection.Įverybody wants a piece of your precious time, and too often it is automatically given without a second thought. In today’s hustling, busy world, when you are trying to grow a business it’s easy to get caught up in the mundane activities -constantly distracted by all the technology, emails, text messages, social media alerts throughout the day.
Synonyms: thought, thinking, study, musing, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, pondering, meditation, rumination, cogitation.
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