Self Reflection
Self-reflection is the skill of paying attention to your background thoughts to learn about yourself. Because your brain is always thinking, these thoughts can become internalized. That doesn’t mean that you can’t access them, it just means that you need to access them deliberately through the process of self-reflection. When you know yourself better in this way, you can set better goals for yourself. This can generally happen in two main ways.
Reprioritizing
The first main way in which this self-reflection leads to goal setting is when you realize that your goals are not indeed your own. Our thoughts are heavily influenced by the systems in which we live. That means the media that you consume, the advertising that you are subjected to, the place where you work, and the people that you spend time with. Continue reading
