The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth – Chapter 4 - The Law of Reflection

Chapter 4 - The Law of Reflection

Learning to Pause Allows Growth to Catch Up with You

1. Reflection turns experience into insight

2. Everyone needs a time and a place to pause

3. Pausing with intention expands and enriches thinking

4. When you take time to pause, us your I’s

Investigation – sometimes things are obvious, sometimes you must play detective

Incubation – Take and experience and let it simmer for a while

Illumination – Look for the ‘aha’ moment

Illustration – Expand the idea and ‘build its body’

When you pause and actively relate to a situation, ask several questions to gain clarity.

Asking the right question can be challenging.

To develop one’s personal awareness, you might want to ask yourself:

What’s my biggest asset? What’s my biggest liability?

What’s my highest High? What’s my lowest low?

What’s my most worthwhile emotion? What’s my least worthwhile emotion?

What’s my best habit? What’s my worst habit?

What is most fulfilling for me?

I know that in today's fast world it is hard to take a break but doing so will help you on your journey to growth.

I myself have taken up the practice of meditation over 9 years ago and it has helped me calm down the mind and de-stress. At the end of the day, I reflect on what happened. Call it a quick playback of today’s movie. Once I reflected on the day, I meditate and close out the day. Remember, you can’t change the past, but you can learn from it.