Personal Retrospective - Gestalt, Grows, Glows

Objective

Reflect on any personal experience to gain a deeper understanding, identify areas for growth, and celebrate your successes.

Instructions

Setting the Stage:

Take a moment to center yourself.

Reflect on the experience you wish to delve into. This could be any event, task, or significant moment.

Gestalt (guh-SHTAHLT) - Holistic Reflection:

• Think about the overall feel of the experience.

• Was it challenging, relaxed, confrontational, or collaborative?

• How did it make you feel as a whole? Anxious, confident, curious?

• Drag a sticky note, write down a few words or sentences that capture the overarching feeling, and place it in this column.

Glows - Celebrate Successes:

• What went well?

• Were there questions you felt you nailed?

• Did you establish a great rapport with the interviewer?

• Drag a sticky note, note down these positive moments to celebrate, and place it in this column.

Grows - Areas for Improvement:

• Were there moments you felt unprepared?

• Did anything catch you off-guard?

• Drag a sticky note, jot down aspects you believe need improvement or could have gone better, and place it in this column.

Review & Plan:

• Once you've filled in all columns, take a step back.

• Look for patterns, insights, and prepare for your next step for your personal growth.

• Examine your board as a whole to identify patterns and insights.

• Consider setting actionable goals based on your reflections.

Final Thought

Regularly using this type of exercise can be instrumental in tracking your personal growth and highlighting the importance of celebrating both small and large achievements.

Having this on a Miro board allows for interactive reflection and easy editing.

The board serves as both a tool for personal reflection and a record of growth and learning over time.

If facilitating this for multiple individuals, you might consider creating templates or separate boards for each person.