Trailhead Thoughts
“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.”
- John Dewey
Trail Map - Learn. Think. Act. ™
You Can’t Reflect On What You Are Going To Do
📚Learn
It is impossible to reflect on what you haven’t done.
That road trip you planned, but didn’t take? No Memory.
That speech you rehearsed, but never gave? No lessons learned.
To reflect, you must first take action.
Reflection isn’t about planning - it’s about learning from what already happened. To make reflection a powerful habit, use this 3-step process:
Set a Trigger - end of a sprint, a walk, a photo, an icon.
Ask 3 key questions -
What’s working?
What’s not working?
Where am I stuck?
Document It - whiteboard it, journal it, take a picture.
🤔Think
Pause and consider:
Are you actually making progress toward your goals or just staying busy?
When was the last time you stopped to reflect on your work or life?
What pattern would you see if you looked back at the last 30 days?
💪 Act
Start today:
Pick one daily or weekly trigger to pause and reflect.
Answer the 3 questions.
Capture it in a way that works for you (photo, note, voice memo) then adjust. Improve. Keep going.
Remember, DO first. REFLECT second. REPEAT.
