![]() Perhaps you’re in the middle of a difficult conversation with a colleague you can feel things are starting to go wrong. Self-reflection in the moment allows us to catch ourselves and quickly ‘course correct’ to improve our performance, be truer to ourselves, and better achieve our goals. ![]() You’ll enhance your performance as a result! ‘In the moment’ reflection Remember, follow effective action with quiet reflection. Or just scheduling some ‘focus time’ at work to sit and think.Reflecting in conversation with someone you trust.Writing a journal to keep your thoughts and refer to them later.This ‘after action’ reflection can take place in any way that makes sense for you: Or reflecting on a meeting and how you could have managed it better.įor more introspective questions, this PositivePsychology article provides 87 questions to help you find insight from self-reflection. This is all about taking time after the event to reflect and gain a deeper understanding of yourself, to guide future behavior.įor example, reflecting on a job interview and exploring opportunities for improvement, so you can do a little better next time. You’ll have more control over your career. Your self-reflection will become a habit, and you’ll have the time to explore your career goals, what drives you, your purpose. You’ll see why you have certain strengths, and areas for development too.Īnd you’ll start to see more clearly what is important to you at work, and why. With this clarity will come a greater sense of control. You’ll start to see patterns in your behavior. Regular reflection will give you clarity regarding your strengths and opportunities. Clarity regarding your strengths and opportunities It’s the reflection that consolidates the insights and learning. It might be a meeting, a project, or as you leave a job and move on in our career. You’ll improve much more quickly by doing something, then reflecting. We all know people who have been doing their job for a long time, and still aren’t much good at it! If you’re working on a task, you’ll get a little better just by doing the task itself. This is the most immediate benefit, the opportunity to quickly enhance your performance at work. There are many benefits, I’ve highlighted just three: Quickly enhance your performance at work In this article I’ll cover the benefits, types of self-reflection, and how to incorporate them into your work life. ![]() From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Self-reflection is a great way to quickly enhance your performance at work.įollow effective action with quiet reflection.
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