Reflect

Learning Objectives

• Learn key components of the REFLECT step
• Understand importance of the REFLECT step
• Begin building your Weekly Review

REFLECT

Purpose:
Keep your brain out of the lower level function of remembering

1. What to look at, when
2. Updating your system

Daily Reflect

• Calendar
• Next Action List

As often as needed

• Project List
• Waiting For
• Someday/Maybe
• Agendas
• Capture places

Updating Your System

What is it?

• Whatever you need to do to get your head empty again and get oriented for the next couple of weeks

The Critical Success Factor

• Out of date forces your brain to re-engage
• Clears your brain of recent loose ends

"I absolutely know RIGHT NOW what I could be doing if I decided to."

Your time to

• Gather and process all your stuff
• Review your system
• Update your lists
• Get Clear, Current & Creative

Get Clear

• Collect loose materials & papers to your "In" tray
• Get "In" to empty
• Empty your head

Get Current

• Completed Next Actions
• Identify new Next Actions
• Calendar: Previous 2 weeks
• Calendar: Next 2 weeks
• Waiting For list
• Projects List, Materials & Plans
• Any other checklists

Get Creative

• Someday/Maybe
• Be Creative and Courageous

Get your act together so as spontaneous ideas emerge, you can capture them and utilize their value.

Right Time & Place

• 2 hours
• Early afternoon of your last workday
• Your main workspace
• Where else?

Your system is incomplete.

The more complete your system is, the more you'll trust it. The more you trust it, the more complete you'll be motivated to keep it.

YOUR
Weekly
Review