Released on = December 29, 2005, 12:24 am

Press Release Author = Reliable Co

Industry = Accounting

Press Release Summary = Reflection IS a personal and a professional development
activity.

Press Release Body = Effective and meaningful reflection is done deliberately. It is
done with a conscious effort. You don't accidentally reflect on something about
which you are very interested. Positive change does not occur without deliberate
reflection.

It is very important that you both reflect on something and make some written notes
as well. The writing is the doing part of thinking. Writing is important because it
allows the mind to continue to work on things after you have stopped deliberately
thinking about them. Writing allows you to return to your train of thought picking
up where you left off.

Reflection without writing can be frustrating. Many a great idea has been lost
because it wasn't recorded, in detail, when it was first conceived. Writing is the
initial doing part of action based on reflection. Writing is a trigger for the
subconscious mind to begin working. Writing leads to more reflection. It is a record
of previous thoughts and the starting point for new considerations.

Here are some Raw Stems of a general nature to help you understand the concept. The
better you become at creating your own stems for the topic you wish to pursue the
better off you will be. It will focus your reflective process, generate ideas, and
bring results sooner.

Reflection is a skill. As a skill it can be learned. We can teach ourselves and
others to make reflection time an integral part of both the personal and
professional sides of our lives. Reflection should be a daily occurrence but not in
a haphazard fashion.

We can teach ourselves the techniques of good reflection. We can develop our own
"best practices" for effective reflection. We can allow ourselves to embrace
reflection as a necessity in our lives.

Consider the concept of reflection in terms of time. There are past, present and
future tenses of reflection. You can reflect ON THE PAST in terms of what has
already taken place and that can't be changed. This is past tense reflection.

You can also reflect IN THE PRESENT as you are in the process of doing something.
This present tense reflection allows changes to be made as you go along.

And, of course, there is also a future tense of reflection FOR THE FUTURE .This
could be called many things including dreaming, goal setting, aspiring.

Reflection time gives you total control of the past, present and future. Reflection
implies doing something. Reflection without doing is a waste of time. There is doing
and not doing, there is no such thing as trying. You have already done something,
are currently doing something, or will be doing something.

We can set aside time specifically for reflection. Never feel guilty about
physically doing nothing while you are mentally engaged.

Effective use of reflection time is made effective only if actions are taken. Ideas
born out of reflection that do not lead to action render the ideas inert and of
little or no value to anyone, least of all you.



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Contact Details = Greg Vanden Berge