The law of reflection

If any law of Growth has left its mark on me, it is the Law of Reflection. Because of its personal nature, this Law has allowed me to identify and initiate an effective system of personal growth and development. It's not a one-size-fits-all approach but a practice that can be tailored to your unique needs and circumstances.

This law is the fourth one that John Maxwell sets out in his book "The 15 Indispensable Laws of Growth". Of course, I recommend reading the book, and those committed to their personal development should consider taking our in-person or online course, but keep reading and finish before making any decision. Reflection helped me get on track and become aware of having greater control over my life and better results. Would you like something similar?

Let me tell you why this law was key and has dramatically impacted me. First of all, this law is an excellent start for personal development. It's not a quick fix, but a long-term strategy. Personal growth and development are not intense short-term races; they are more like marathons that last the rest of your life. With calm and good technique, you will reach the end with a good chance of winning. It is a lifestyle. I recommend starting with something simple and easily applicable today: reflection.

The law of Reflection allows you to achieve simple, short-term goals that will reinforce the creation of good habits, which are the key to improving and strengthening your character. That is the solid foundation of any actual change. For example, I suffer from hypertension and every day I have to take my pill at 8:00 am and 8:00 pm, that is, one pill every 12 hours. Not having a set time and having the mental burden of forgetting to take the pill was causing me to waste energy and making me uncomfortable having to do that. Thanks to some reflection, I became aware that defining a fixed time to take this pill was going to free my mind of this burden and uncertainty. And so it was. It may seem silly, simple, obvious; it doesn't matter, everything counts, everything counts, and everything adds up.

The incredible smallness of being aware of the importance of taking my pill at a fixed time every day reduced my uncertainty, prevented me from wasting energy on a trivial issue, benefited my health, freed my mind of that burden, and allowed my attitude to improve every day. Ultimately, this impacted my productivity because I now use the energy I spent on something much more worthwhile. Suppose this reflection helped my day increase its productivity by one-tenth of a percent (0.1%), and I can make this gain tangible from that day forward. In that case, you can already imagine the accumulated effects of doing a reflection like this every day of the year, what if you do two, hahaha, don't be ambitious, start with one. Given the accumulated effect of this small effort, you can achieve results you can't even imagine today. You can improve a lot and indefinitely; there is no limit.

I can share some of my most compelling results, beyond the one I used in the previous example. Thanks to the law of Reflection, I was able to combat and overcome the insomnia due to anxiety that I suffered from for many years. I was also able to eliminate my feelings and the annoyance that I generated by thinking about some issues I didn't know how to properly channel with people I loved and cared about in my environment. As a result, I now enjoy my days more and am certainly more pleasant to the people around me, because I already have a better attitude. Since I started doing daily reflections, I have not stopped. Every day, I take 25 minutes to reflect and learn from my day and apply it to my life. How can I stop if my life is improving daily at a cost almost equal to zero? That is a treasure.

Although the Law of Reflection is not a shield against the evils of life, it is the best medicine to quickly get you out of any crossroads that end up affecting your emotional state. And that means more health and life for you and your loved ones from now on. Voilà, there it is, this is the impressive law of Reflection.

Advice: This law does not work alone. Adopt it decisively, and you will see definitive changes. Start today.