At the martial arts school I teach at, we’re doing quarter check-ins.
This is the time when we touch base on how the last three months went and we set a goal or formulate a plan for the upcoming quarter.
This not only gives students a sense of accountability, but it forces them to reflect and plan. Which, amidst the busyness of everyday life, can easily get overlooked and postponed.
But, without these reflection and goal setting blocks… how can we course correct? How can we identify a bad trajectory? How can we set a new trajectory?
The point is it’s very hard to do so without a time block devoted to it.
The good news is that it doesn’t have to be long. Our quarter check-ins typically last 5-15 minutes. And the great news is that, generally speaking, those 5-15 minutes can alter the entire trajectory of your quarter… maybe even your whole life.
And the bad news, of course, is that if you don’t have time to do it, well… the opposite is just as true as well.