“Consider everything an experiment.” ― Corita Kent
How can one be productive? -Quora
As this year ends, I think it’s an excellent time to reflect on just how far we have come. We focus so much on what we want to achieve that perhaps we don’t stop and realize that we are not the same person we were when the year started. There has been people and experiences that have changed us either for the good or the bad. This is the time to reflect and see if what you are aiming for is still relevant. Do we need to readjust and realign our priorities? Do we still feel the same way about these things?
In the military, we would call this time for reflection an After-Action Review or AAR for short. This is when we would sit down and ask the participants what their experience was. Did we hit our objective? Where did we come up short and what did we do right? What did you learn? To know is you are productive, you first need to know what the goal was that you were aiming for.
What is your target?
We can apply an AAR to weekly, monthly or year end events. Did you hit your weekly, monthly, or year-end goal? What did we come up short on and what did we do right? What have we learned? By taking time to see what worked and what didn’t we can now adjust our aim.
Being productive is only relevant in the terms to what you want to achieve and the kind of life you want to live.
- Write down your dreams and goals. You can’t hit what you can’t see.
- Evaluate the activity you engage in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Are they in alignment with your core beliefs? Are they taking you to or away from your goals?
- Reflect on what is working and what is not. Conduct an After-Action Review.
- Adjust your aim and keep moving.
For 2022 to be productive for you, take a moment of reflection and see what your core values and beliefs are. Then you will know what kind of activities you need to incorporate or eliminate.
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We are just about two weeks away from the end of the year. Now is the perfect time to take inventory of what worked for you this year and what you should consider changing for next year. I like to call it, The Year End Reflection. This is also a great time to plan out your goals for next year, both professional or personal. Let’s bring in 2017 with gratitude in our hearts and goals on our minds.
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