{"id":4915,"date":"2011-12-06T18:25:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:42:50","slug":"how-to-use-the-last-five-minutes-of-your-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/how-to-use-the-last-five-minutes-of-your-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Last 5 Minutes of Your Work Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/a>Peter Bregman<\/a> a strategic advisor to CEOs and their leadership teams wrote<\/a> in the Harvard Business Review<\/a><\/em> that most of us get smarter as we get older. But somehow, despite that, we often make the same mistakes ay home and work. On the flip side, but no less comforting, we often do many things right and then fail to repeat them. He believes it’s because we rarely take the time to pause, breathe, and think about what’s working and what’s not.<\/p>\n

\"think<\/a>Mr. Breman says that people should look at their past behavior, figure out what worked, and repeat it while admitting honestly what didn’t and change it. He theorizes that if a person can do that well, everything else takes care of itself. That’s how people become life-long learners.<\/p>\n

Five minutes to become a life-long learner<\/h3>\n

The article says it only takes about five minutes to become a life-long learner. Life-long learners take a brief pause at the end of the day to consider what worked and what didn’t.<\/p>\n

\"beforeMr. Bregman proposes that every day, before leaving the office, save a few minutes to think about what just happened. Look at your calendar and compare what actually happened, the meetings you attended, the work you got done, the conversations you had, the people with whom you interacted, even the breaks you took, with your plan for what you wanted to have happened. Then ask yourself three sets of questions:<\/p>\n