Taking time to reflect on your day can be a daunting task until you make it a habit. From my experience many people fail to make it a habit because they don’t get value from the process immediately. It seems like work with no reward.
It is true that the value of this process grows over time. The more we practice, the more beneficial it becomes.
So how do you make it more valuable as quickly as possible? Here is one method I have recommended to others successfully in the past. I find this method helpful even after you have years of practice.
Reflect today on how you lived or failed to live according to your values. Have you grown your character or has your character lost some of it’s shine?
Take an inventory of what you value. This list may include things like honesty, trust, authenticity, empathy, and compassion. Did your actions today reflect these values?
How could your actions reveal these values in a stronger way? Were you a good example or a poor example?
When we reflect in this manner it takes us away from just an evaluation of how things went, to a reflection on how to continuously build our character! This can be a powerful change to help someone find the prize they were missing in their reflection process.
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