Harness the Power of Reflection - Review of the Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

How many time in the past have you written out a list of things to do? How many times have you completed the list and written the second list the following day? What if there was a better way to ensure that you stay focussed.2010 marks a new beginning in the way that I work with my clients. It also marks a new beginning in terms of the way that I manage my own business. That ensures congruency.I have struggled in the past to keep clients focussed on their list of things to do. The reason for this is that they generally became pre-occupied with other events in their daily lives. In other words, they were allowing other people and events to control their lives and there was no over riding discipline to prevent that.This exercise is particularly true if you are trying to implement a change. Maybe you are changing career, starting a new business or changing direction?The new way of working is based on the power of Reflection as discussed in The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.I am chal
lenging each client to identify about 5 key things that they need to complete each day or week in their business. They have agreed that these things are vital to the long term success of the business but they often neglect them in favour of more urgent issues.The next challenge is to report daily on what they have done for that day in light of what they identified as important.Scepticism reigned at first followed by a slow realisation that they were neglecting the important things in their business.To cement the thought process, I used the Time Target idea by Stephen Covey "7 Habits" to stress that the items identified were important but not urgent. They were the business building items but they needed work every day.I'm expecting great results and already people have said that their focus is on completing their important tasks each day.The change we have implemented here is a small one. We are harnessing the power of reflection based on agreed "important" criteria.It is a b
etter way to hold both you and your team accountable.If you are considering a career change or are planning on starting a new business, then each of these steps will require a great deal of change, which, when broken down into easy steps will be far more achievable. When you then introduce accountability by reflection, you boost your chances of success.

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