To all my readers, Happy Chinese New Year in advance! As a year comes to a close, its good to explore an important skill that all leaders should know and should practice. This skill is called reflection. And more importantly, knowing the power of self-reflection.
Many leaders do not practice this skill as they do not find it important to review the things that they have done. They will in the end are unable to learn as much from an experience.
The process of reflection requires people to think back of the entire event and let all emotions and feelings flood their minds. This can be painful to relive the moments of failure, separation and hardship, but is definitely necessary for the person to overcome such moments. This is similar to the other end of the spectrum of happiness and joy. As they go through such moments, draw learning points from it. What is good, what is bad, what can be done instead?
Why is this process important? By going through the process, it brings a closure to an event. Be it success or failure, it allows a person to generate as much learning points. Only by being convince that everything is over, people will then look forward to the next thing. They will not be trap by previous failure or success, which is important for progression for a leader.
Furthermore, it is more important to this on your own. This art of reflection can be done with a friend or a mentor. However, they cannot be with you all the times and sometimes it is good to solve your own problem.
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