Most quarterly reviews lie to you, gently. This one is rigged to ask the questions you've been politely sidestepping — and to make the answers useful instead of upsetting.
Why most reviews fail
They ask 'what went well?' before 'what was uncomfortable?' — so the discomfort never surfaces. Reverse the order.
The protocol
5 min — Three things you avoided.
5 min — The conversation you didn't have.
5 min — What you said yes to that should have been no.
5 min — One thing that's quietly working.
5 min — The smallest version of next quarter's bet.
5 min — Put one item on the calendar.
Keep this in a single notebook. Patterns appear by review four. Real change appears by review six.
From the box
The Reflection Box
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