I have a friend whose 13-year-old son keeps a post-it on his desk that reads, “What did you do to get better today?” What a great question for all of us to ask ourselves.
The query doesn’t ask about the outcomes; it’s about the effort. And it doesn’t specify what area of your life to evaluate. It just asked what you did to improve today.
Maybe today wasn’t a good day. Maybe you didn’t get the grade or the college acceptance or the promotion you wanted. Maybe you made a mistake. Maybe you realized you were wrong about something.
That’s OK. But what did you do to get better?
Imagine what happens when you string enough days together with good answers to that question.