E105: The Most Underrated Tool for Growth: Reflection

This week, we're diving into a skill most people skip but everyone needs: reflection. Not the "wow, that happened" kind. The kind that turns your past into information so you can build foresight, notice patterns, and stop repeating the same cycles in a new year.

If you've ever set goals without slowing down long enough to understand what's actually been shaping you, this episode will give you language and a framework to make reflection a muscle, something you practice, not something you do once a year. Reflection takes internal fortitude, but it's how gratitude, correction, and growth become possible.

We cover:

• Why reflection takes internal fortitude and why the moments you want to avoid are often where the lesson is

• How to "excavate" cringe/embarrassing moments instead of running from them

• Why we need to reflect on wins too (not just failures) so we can repeat what actually works

• The paradox: it's often what goes unaddressed that becomes your future

• The "watch film" framework for reviewing life with a bird's-eye view (good, bad, and everything in between)

• A practical way to reflect by reviewing what you've created (writing, work, episodes, output) as evidence of who you were

• How to separate what's you, what's influence, and what's fear because life is layered

• How to actually find time: silence, closing mental tabs, and making reflection a habit

This episode is honest, practical, and gives you a framework to stop drifting so you can build a better future with clarity instead of just hoping things change.

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