06/21/2022 Weekly Mind Sweep
Weekly Mind Sweep
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Contemplation: Reflection - slow down and pause to move forward and come to a decision.
Citation of the Week: "Change requires two things: a goal, and an awareness of where one currently is in order to assess the discrepancy between the two." – Psychology Today
Conversation Consideration: Be still. Think.
Check Your Reality: (Ask yourself hard questions.) Step Back. Reflect.
Now, let’s sweep the brain…
Contemplation: Reflection. Serious thought or consideration.
1. Contemplation:
Reflection comes from the Latin word 'reflectere,' meaning to bend back, turn back, or turn around. Where reflection means to think about something, not all thinking is reflecting.
The process of reflection helps us make sense of our day-to-day experiences; it can help us move forward, come to decisions, create a course of action, and challenge ourselves to switch off autopilot and our habitual ways of doing and thinking.
A simple outline to reflect on an experience could look like this:
Remember: What did I accomplish
Understand: What is significant about what I did
Apply: Where could I use this again
Analyze: Are there patterns in my work? In my behavior?
Evaluate: How well did I do? What could be done differently?
Extend: How can I use this knowledge in the future?
Ask, what have I discovered about myself?
Reflection is executive functioning. True courageous reflection galvanizes your willpower. It promotes continuous self-awareness, empowers you, ensures you are valued, and gives you the self-awareness you need to improve achieving your potential.
Want to reflect on something using a MindSweep Map and find understanding, solutions and new ideas?
Citation of the Week: “Change requires two things: a goal and an awareness of where one currently is to assess the discrepancy between the two” Psychology Today
2. Citation.
Reflection is critical for self-improvement.
Graham Gibbs developed Gibbs' Reflective Cycle in 1988 to structure learning from experiences. It offers a framework for examining experiences and, given its cyclic nature, lends itself particularly well to repeated experiences, allowing you to learn and plan from things that either went well or didn't go well. It covers 6 stages:
Description of the experience
Feelings and thoughts about the experience
Evaluation of the experience, both good and bad
Analysis to make sense of the situation
Conclusion about what you learned and what you could have done differently
Action plan for how you would deal with similar situations in the future or general changes you might find appropriate.
Being aware of ourselves is an essential step in self-improvement.
Goals are a dime a dozen, but progress toward them requires understanding where we are now and how far away our ideals are from the present.
What to reflect on where you are and where you want to be?
3. Conversation Consideration: Be Still. Think.
3. Conversation Consideration.
Consider multiple perspectives.
Look at the opposite of what you initially believe. You don't have to like or agree with all of your thoughts — just think and examine your thinking.
We can't learn if we don't take the time to stop and intentionally reflect.
The practice itself is about learning.
Reflect on the day to contemplate your behavior and its consequences. Sit with yourself.
Take a moment to think about:
What worked?
What didn't?
What can be done?
What can't?
Extract from the past how to engage in the future.
This takes courage AND making it a habit.
Check Your Reality: (Ask yourself hard questions.) Step Back. Do you take time to reflect?
4. Check Your Reality: (Ask yourself hard questions.)
Step Back.
Do you take time to reflect?
In education, the concept of reflection dates back to the work of John Dewey (1933). He defined it as "active, persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further conclusion to which it tends" Dewey was the first to point out that experience alone does not constitute learning; instead, a conscious realization must occur for the experience to become a source of learning.
Reflection can be a very empowering process. It can help you make sense of your day, come to decisions, set a course of action, and step away from your habitual way of doing and thinking to discover new freedoms and opportunities.
4 tools to reflect:
3-2-1 method.
List 3 things you know to be a fact
List 2 things you need to learn more about
List 1 question related to the concept or learning
The Mirror, Microscope & Binoculars
Mirror - take a look at yourself
Microscope - take a look at the experience
Binoculars - take a look at the greater picture
Force Field Analysis
Define the Problem
Define the Change Objective
Identify the Forces that Support Change
Identifying the Forces that Support Maintaining the Status Quo.
MindSweep Maps
Visual diagrams show how a concept or idea relates to other ideas, terms, topics, or processes.
A clear understanding of what you've done or are going to achieve
A visual, actionable, and exciting vision of how to get it done
Be more productive and efficient
Spark creative thinking
You don’t have to do any of this alone. You belong here; I can help.
Catalyst for Change, Jamie Chapman.
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