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One discipline that all great leaders have in common is that they take time on a regular basis to rise above the everyday demands of their jobs to reflect and think from the thirty-thousand-foot-level.
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Our companies, our relationships, and our lives are mirrors accurately reflecting us back to ourselves
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…to help people have insights, we need to encourage them to reflect more, and think less – or at least less logically.
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The evaluation we give people is a reflection of our own (or our organization’s) preferences, assumptions, values, and goals.
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As we grow older, we develop the capacity to reflect on our actions and pass judgment on what we admire and disdain in others.
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People pay closer attention to the bad stuff, reflect on it more, remember it longer, and weigh it more heavily in assessing the person overall.
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The diving line between fruitless rumination and productive reflection lies in whether or not we come up with some tentative solution or insight and then can let those distressing thoughts go…
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For many of us it’s a luxury just to get some uninterrupted private moments during the day when we can lean back and reflect. Yet those count as some of the most valuable moments…
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We must ask ourselves: in the service of what exactly are we using whatever talents we have? If our focus serves only our personal ends… then in the long run all of us, as a species, are doomed.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity. What you do is an indication of the type of person you believe that you are – either consciously or unconsciously.
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