Taking the time to review who you are, what has occurred in your life, why it has occurred and developing an understanding of you is very beneficial in self growth and becoming a better person.
In previous blogs, I spoke about a weekly self analysis that I do to have a look at myself and gauge how I’m doing, both the good and the bad. Through my continued coaching, I’ve come to the point where I need to change how I analyze myself and when.
I’ve now moved to a monthly self analysis, which I have scheduled as an ongoing event in my Outlook calendar on the last Sunday of every month. That automated reminder ensures I take the 15 minutes to review what has been going on in my life over the past month.
Based on many coaching sessions, understanding myself and some of the primary priorities in my life, here is the self analysis criteria I use:
Work Pace – did I balance my work/personal life properly (quality of life)?
What Went Well – identify what I did well this month and understand why.
What Didn’t Go Well – be aware of what did not go well and why this occurred.
Kids – reflect on my relationship with the kids, what was successful, challenging, rewarding, frustrating etc?
Most Beneficial Thing – what was the one single thing that offered me the greatest personal level of satisfaction this month? Why?
Biggest Challenge – what was the most challenging event of the month? How did it impact me and how can it be avoided next time?
Win-Win – What situations was I involved in where my efforts could have been better and benefited all?
Patience – Did I lack patience in a particular experience? Where did I show patience successfully?
Defensiveness – was I defensive or over reactive in any situations? If yes, why?
Dealing with Change – What changed? Why did it change? How did I handle it?
Familiarity – Is my familiarity crossing the line of complacency? Is it OK or do I need to shake it up a bit?
Thoughtfulness – what thoughtful actions or comments did I experience? Was it me? Was it someone else?
Being Spontaneous – did I loosen up and just roll with it, live on the edge a little?
I hope that my self analysis tool is of assistance. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of support.
thank you Jeff for your blogs on a.d.d as I am new to all of this you can imagine how overwhelmed I am right now. this was very refreshing and gave me alot of food for thought. I am researching on the internet about it and seeing what I can do to better myself. this was very inspirational!