The art of reflection
summary
Claims that just 15 minutes of end‑of‑day reflection makes people more productive, happier and less burnt out, backed by experiments; uses concrete tools like an empathy map for self‑empathy, journaling plus revise your journal after a few days, and a workshop method that maps team feelings over a quarter. Practices are solitude, iterative revision and curiosity; the talk presents a repeatable cycle of experience → reflect → learn and shows the talk itself as an iterated artifact.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:49Journey inwards
- 4:01Childhood moment
- 6:58Slowing down
- 8:23Tyranny of doing
- 11:12Self-knowledge in tech
- 12:42Self-empathy foundation
- 13:52Reflection as process
- 14:57Research and success
- 16:02Seeking meaning
- 17:30Feelings in reflection
- 19:01Reflection as art
- 20:09Power of solitude
- 21:58Digging deeper
- 23:23Journaling for curiosity
- 24:32Iterating reflections
- 25:40Courage in reflection
- 26:23How reflection transformed me
- 28:36Risks of not reflecting
- 30:30Change begins with you
- 32:16Final questions
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