Coaching practices for Implementation Intention Reflection

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I do these honest reviews of my day and then nothing actually changes tomorrow
• I have the same realization after every messy episode
• I genuinely intend to do the thing
• I genuinely mean to do it, but the day swallows it every time and “I’ll get to it” never actually turns into doing it
• I reflect every night and have all these insights about what I’d do differently, but nothing ever actually changes

Practices that may help

1. Close with a forward-looking resolve
   Choose one concrete intention to carry into tomorrow before closing the review.
   The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
2. End every AAR with one specific, time-bound next action
   An AAR without a concrete next action produces insight without change.
   After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning
3. Set if-then implementation intentions for goal behaviors
   Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
   Hyperbolic Discounting — Why Future You Always Gets the Short End
4. Write when, where, and how plans for every behavioral goal
   Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
   Action Planning
5. End every review with a single resolved next action
   The review is incomplete until you name one specific thing you will do differently tomorrow.
   The Pythagorean Evening Review
6. Plan a concrete experiment to test your new principle
   Close the loop by deciding specifically how you will apply the extracted lesson next time.
   Structured Reflection: Kolb’s Learning Cycle in Practice
7. Close with a resolve for tomorrow
   End by choosing one concrete intention to carry into the next day.
   The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day
8. Build a weekly reflection ritual so the cycle runs regularly
   Schedule a fixed reflection window so the four stages happen as a routine, not an afterthought.
   Structured Reflection: Kolb’s Learning Cycle in Practice
9. Right intention — clarifying motivation before action
   Before a significant action or conversation, briefly ask: "Am I moving from renunciation, goodwill, or non-harming — or from craving, aversion, or delusion?"
   The Noble Eightfold Path as a Practical Life Framework
10. Turn the chosen domain into a committed action
    Convert the domain insight into a concrete, timed, values-linked behavior — not a vague intention.
    Values Bullseye, Made Practical

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