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A friend of mine has recently launched a blog with an interesting purpose. Don Shapiro (LinkedIn Profile, @DonShapiro1) came up with an idea to pursue the decisions people make with a blog called Life Is A Fork In The Road.  The premise is that our life is made up of several, maybe even hundreds of choices.

A fork is one of tpathhose decisions that becomes a significant event.  Don is examining how people choose which fork to take.  His desire is to collect stories and see if there are any patterns.  His end goal is a book on the topic that is based on the stories.

Every choice eliminates other choices, many forever.  I can think of several significant forks myself, and many things that would have never been possible had I not taken the fork.  If you’re like me, and you tend to think back and plan forward at the end of the year, take a minute and invest in an interesting work.  Please hop over to Life Is A Fork and share a story or two.  I’ll be doing that in a few days myself.  It will be interesting to see how Don’s pursuit of his particular fork ends up.

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We’ve been talking about how reflecting on past events is a tool to enable you to lead better in the future.  Reflecting on past experiences is an important part of self-developing your leadership skills.  While you can attend classes to help you understand the steps of reflection, skillful reflection is only developed with practice.  Everyone processes their experiences.  Leadership skills grow when experiences are processed effectively.  Many times, leadership and relationship problems result from improper reflection.

So what should you avoid?  Well this isn’t an exhaustive list, but it will get you started.    [click to continue…]

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Overcome the 3 Reasons Leaders Fail To Reflect On The Past

August 4, 2009

The more I study leadership, the more a simple truth seems to invade mind: your leadership will improve based on your ability to constructively reflect on your experiences.  The quality of your reflection directly affects the quality of your leadership.
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Reflect Back To Lead Forward

July 31, 2009

Do you remember the opening line from Paul Simon’s Kodachrome (most of you are probably too young, so a link is here). “When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.” Each of us has a season in life we’d rather forget. [...]

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