Self Reflection

I am currently reading Major Dick Winters' excellent book, Beyond Band of Brothers.  Like many people, I am a huge fan of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and am grateful that the experiences of the men of Easy Company have been preserved for posterity.  Major Winters and Colonel Cole Kingseed took it upon themselves to fill in the gaps left by the miniseries and Stephen Ambrose book.  It's already in paperback and worthwhile reading.

 

I'm still reading the book, but came across an interesting leadership maxim of Major Winters' that bears frequent repeating: "Take a moment of self reflection.  Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best."  If a mirror is too honest, perhaps you can try a modified version of Benjamin Franklin's daily self assessment, in which he noted in his journal what progress he had made on developing the various traits he considered desirable.