Rapid Life Learning -- pause & reflect frequently with 2 simple questions
Channel: George Kao
Date: 26/05/2016

If you care to learn and grow quickly, without wasting years or decades, then you need to be wiling to pause, observe, and experiment more often. 

(Most people pause and reflect really only once a year... for New Years' Resolutions, which rarely work, because they don't pause & reflect often enough during the rest of the year.)

Here is a process that works for me:

1. Pause as often as possible throughout the day (or whatever part of your day you want to improve in).

2. Answer two quick questions -- taking no more than 1 minute, so that it's a sustainable process for you:

::: What did I do well? :::

::: What could I do better? :::

You can apply this to any area of your life or work that you want to improve in.

For example:
* Pause after each meeting, e.g. with clients, colleagues, even friends or family members.  Asking the above questions will improve your communications / relationship skills.
* Pause after each work session, e.g. whenever you take a break during the day.  Then ask the above questions, which will improve your ability to focus or be more creative.

As you get used to asking the two questions, you will gradually and *naturally* sharpen your awareness and self-knowledge.  With that greater awareness, you will naturally improve.

If you want to learn faster in life than the average person need to pause and reflect more often than they do.  

Besides what are listed above, other natural times to pause include:
* Before or after each meal
* Before or after each bathroom break
* Whenever you switch activities

Pausing this often will obviously take practice, and getting used to.  The key is that you *can* get used to it, if you begin to practice.  The more you pause & reflect, the more you grow.

You may want to integrate this practice with Energy Reboot:
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeKaoCommunity/posts/10154838729804867/

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