Is it me, or did 2025 just happen “like that”🤔🤞 (audio: finger snap)? I don’t know about you, but even though I created goals for 2025 at the beginning of the year, I sure didn’t spend much time reviewing and reflecting on them because I was too busy executing! Reflecting now, I wonder, did I constantly bring my best self forward amidst all the uncertainty and constant change (and speed) of 2025? I certainly hope so. But since hope is not a personal development strategy, I can make it intentional to ALWAYS Bring My Best Self-Forward in 2026. In fact, I can use my Reflection Calendar to make sure I’m doing it throughout the year. And so can you.
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Whether you adore New Year’s Resolutions, or abhor them (yes, it’s either/or for many), I’m suggesting you let Reflections, not Resolutions, drive your personal development strategy of always bringing your best self-forward this year. This will involve a lot of intention and action, so the Reflection Calendar can help you check-in with questions to act upon all year long. Here’s how it works.
❓🖋Ask yourself or journal:
- Daily for 1-minute: “What new thing did I do today?” “What did I learn?” “What one thing will I do differently tomorrow?”
- Monthly for 10-minutes: “How am I doing on my learning objectives?” “What do I need to do to keep growing?” “How will I get meaningful feedback?”
- Quarterly for 15-minutes: “What do I need to do to manage my personal growth and professional development more effectively?” What is important for me to develop going forward?”
- Annually for 1-hour: “Am I living my life the way I want to?” “Am I on a path to become the person I truly want to be?” “Where do I stand relative to what truly matters to me?” “Where do I want to be a year from now and how do I get there?”
Here are additional resources to help you intentionally bring your best self-forward all year long:
📖 Read: This HRB article to see how leaders can use these four behavioral science-informed ways to Bring Your Best Self Into the New Year.
😎 Learn: This 4-step self-management process that will show you How to Move from Self-Awareness to Self-Improvement.
👂 Listen: To life and leadership pundits Mel Robbins and James Clear as they explore The Science of Making and Breaking Habits and change your life in one month!
Don’t let 2026 slip by like 2025 did. Book your complimentary 20-minute Reflection Planning Session this month and let’s discuss how you can build a personalized system to bring your best self forward all year long.
To your most intentional year yet,
Loretta