And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.
I think work really is a life saver, because it carries you forward, which is good.
Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the last however many years, I've known what I've been doing for years and years ahead. You get into a cycle of non-reflection, and that gets a bit scary.
I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.
What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?
Much of the time, we're transfixed by all of the ways we can reflect ourselves into the world. And we can barely find the time to reflect deeply back in on our own selves.
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
If something's important to you, you make time for it.
Once I've taken photographs, I look at them, and I get into them, and I'm there for the moment - and then that's it. I find little time for reflection.
I live in the moment, and I reflect later.