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Reflect And Review

Effluo Goal Planning Framework

Goal Achievement Framework

We study historical figures and look for common themes to achieving success in their life stories. 

 

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Daily Review and Self Reflection Overview

  • Regular examination of your day and your achievements is a key step to self discovery and growth.
  • Knowing your strengths and weaknesses will propel you towards goal achievement.  
  • This step will help you make the necessary adjustments to the steps towards goal achievement.
    • Confucius said that if you are struggling with achieving a goal, you should not adjust the goal, but adjust the action steps.  

Ask yourself the following three questions

  1. What went well?
  2. What did not go well?
  3. What changes should be made going forward?

  •  Daily
    • At the end of your day ask the three questions as they relate to your daily goals.
  • Every Interval (weekly or every three weeks)
    • At the end of a weekly or three week interval ask the three questions as they relate to the goal achievement.
  • Quarterly
    • At the end of each quarter (three months) ask the three questions as they relate to achieving your dreams.

Insights from Historical Figures

“Never allow sleep to close your eyelids, after going to bed, until you have examined by reason all of your actions of the day.” Pythagoras verses 40-41

The following questions are related to retrospection

  • What went well?
  • What did not go well?
  • What should I change going forward?

If during this examination you find that something did not go well, then change it going forward. Also, remember to celebrate the things that did go well and give yourself credit for that.

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps” Confucius

When reviewing your work and reflecting on what went well and did not go so well, make sure to make the necessary adjustments.

  1. Accept nothing as true unless you proved it beyond doubt = Think Big and Set Goals
  2. Divide problems into smaller parts = Divide the Goals Into Achievable Steps
  3. Solve problems by moving from simple to difficult = Prioritize and Complete These Steps
  4. Recheck the reasoning = Reflect and Review

Benjamin Franklin shared his daily routine with us in his autobiography. Part of his routine was to reflect on the day and see what accomplishments were made.

  • In the beginning of day he asked: What good shall I do today?
  • At the end of the day he asked: What good have I done today?

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Daily Review and Self Reflection Quotes

Pythagoras Daily Review and Self Reflection Quotes

40. Never suffer sleep to close thy eyelids, after thy going to bed,
41. Till thou hast examined by thy reason all thy actions of the day.
42. Wherein have I done amiss?
42. What have I done?
42. What have I omitted that I ought to have done?
Pythagoras
43. If in this examination thou find that thou hast done amiss, reprimand thyself severely for it;
44. And if thou hast done any good, rejoice.
Pythagoras
45. Practise thoroughly all these things; meditate on them well; thou oughtest to love them with all thy heart.
46. ‘Tis they that will put thee in the way of divine virtue.
Pythagoras
15. But always make this reflection, that it is ordained by destiny that all men shall die.
Pythagoras

Marcus Aurelius Daily Review and Self Reflection Quotes

Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.
Marcus Aurelius
Everywhere and at all times, it is in your power to accept your present condition, and to behave justly to those who are with you, and to exert your skill upon your present thoughts, that nothing shall steal them without being well examined.
Marcus Aurelius

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