Learning requires reflection. This goal setting article gave me some new insights into how I can approach goal setting through reflection on where I am, how I feel about it, how to proceed. I appreciated the inclusion of learning styles in this approach.

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Goal setting is a wonderful process, but too often they are unclear, or they don’t point to the desired outcome in a very efficient way.  If you had a method of identifying your goals and the steps to achieve them you might make more progress.  But if the process is stored in a way that doesn’t resonate with you it may feel overwhelming, cluttered, unachievable, unmemorable, or unclear and you are not likely to take action. Would you consider stepping away from the system that hasn’t worked for you to consider one that will keep your attention throughout the year – something creative, fun, witty, or even a touch eccentric?  You are a creative thinker, why force yourself to create spreadsheets and bullet pointed documents that you may or may not look at during the rest of the year?  You have a vision inside of you; how can you get those puzzle pieces from your mind and into an executable plan? Read more at www.inc.com

Here is one for Thankgiving day in the united states. Reflection is like desert at the end of the meal. You need to save room for it. Here is a post about the value of reflection in the workplace. When was the last time your boss saw you sitting "doing" nothing and you said "I am reflecting"?

From my experience with simulations and exercises for learning the debrief is the most important aspect of the experience. How can that be brought into the workplace?

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What most companies (and economies) don't do is to stop doing — and that's a self-defeating problem. We seem to be clueless about making room for deep questioning and thinking: reflecting. Our doing/reflecting ratio is wildly out of whack. Most action items might just be distraction items — from the harder work of sowing and reaping breakthroughs that matter. Read more at blogs.hbr.org