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Review
How did your week go? Write what went well and what could be improved.
Warm up with your current approach.
Before I explain this, pause the video and say out loud how you currently close a week. Do not overthink it, just say the first thing that comes to mind. Then press play and we will take it from there.
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Why this matters
A week can teach you, if you stop long enough to look.
Weekly reflection creates focus and clarity, and helps you improve more effectively. It gives you a place to notice what worked, understand what did not, and surface the questions or challenges where support would help.
Without that pause, it is easy to carry the same hidden pattern into another week. The aim is not to judge yourself. The aim is to learn from what actually happened, then choose what matters next.
The power is not in having a perfect week. It is in learning from the real one.
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What it is
A protected end of week rhythm, not another planning system.
Set aside ten to twenty quiet minutes. Review the real week, identify where support is needed, and choose the next three focuses.
10 to 20
minutes in a quiet environment
4
parts completed in order
80 to 85%
completion is treated as success
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How the pieces connect
Reflection connects the week behind you to the focus ahead.
Real week
Honest review
Support needed
Next top three
Visible daily focus
How to read it: Begin with what actually happened, not what you intended. Your honest review reveals what needs support. That clarity shapes the next top three, and keeping them visible carries those focuses into each day.
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How to reflect
The 4 parts of a weekly reflection.
Each part has one job. Together, they turn an honest look back into a useful week ahead.
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Goal completion
Did you complete your top three goals? Write why or why not.
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Identify challenges
What questions or challenges need support?
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Plan ahead
What are your top three focuses for the upcoming week?
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Make it useful
The 4 rules for a good reflection.
A few simple choices make it easier to be honest and turn the reflection into action.
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Use a quiet, distraction free environment.
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Review your calendar so your reflection and plans align with your overall goals.
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Ask for help and feedback when a question or challenge needs support.
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Write your next top three somewhere visible so you see them every day.
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Weekly Reflection template
The 4 prompts to answer each week.
Review your calendar, then write an honest answer under every prompt. This template is intentionally blank so the answers remain yours.
Blank template
My Weekly Reflection
1. How did my week go?
What went well, and what could be improved?
2. Did I complete my top three goals?
Why or why not?
3. What needs support?
Write the questions or challenges where help would be useful.
4. What are my next top three?
Choose the three focuses for the upcoming week.
Guidance while you fill in your weekly reflection
The AI Implementation Toolkit can guide the reflection and help you keep a clean entry using the same weekly prompts.
Open the AI Implementation Toolkit
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Your first action
Book your next weekly reflection now.
Choose the next end of week window when you can protect ten to twenty quiet minutes. Review the calendar, answer all four prompts, name where support is needed, and write the next top three somewhere visible.
Definition of done
One honest weekly reflection is complete. Every prompt has an answer, your support needs are named, and the next top three focuses are visible.
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Key takeaways
The 4 things to remember.
Protect ten to twenty minutes.
This is an end of week reflection, not another planning system.
Follow the four parts.
Review, check goal completion, identify support needs, then choose the next top three.
Use curiosity when follow through slips.
Separate life happening from a repeating pattern, then get help with the real pattern.
Keep the next top three visible.
The weekly choice becomes useful when it stays in view during each day.
Next practice: Daily Highlights
Weekly Reflections helps you choose the next top three focuses. Daily Highlights is the separate practice that helps you carry those priorities into each day.
Continue to Daily Highlights
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Recording resources
The recording deck and the spoken notes.
These two files carry the same Weekly Reflections teaching in the same order.
Recording deck
Use the visual deck to move through one clear idea at a time.
Open the recording deckSpoken recording notes
Read the full spoken flow, recording plan, and follow up cues.
Read the spoken recording notesAI Implementation Toolkit
One set of prompts for your weekly and daily rhythm.
The combined AI Implementation Toolkit guides Weekly Reflections and Daily Highlights while keeping each entry clean and grounded in your real priorities.
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