{"id":1120,"date":"2020-12-05T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isaacodoma.com\/staging\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2020-12-06T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T06:00:04","slug":"why-looking-back-is-a-way-to-move-forward-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isaacodoma.com\/staging\/why-looking-back-is-a-way-to-move-forward-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why looking back is a way to move forward. \u2014 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLife is best understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.<\/em>\u201d
\n<\/mark>\u2014<\/strong>Soren Kierkegaard<\/p>\n

The above quote summarizes Israel\u2019s brilliant point from part one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It explicitly explains that the past contains valuable information that is important for the present and future. Also, that reflection can prevent the past from defining your future.<\/p>\n

In this second part of the article I will explore the application of reflection in real life problems and how to reflect without falling into over thinking or depression in the process.<\/p>\n

Application of Reflection in Real Life Problem.<\/h1>\n

\u201cMerely Understanding a problem is already half the solution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Reflection goes beyond reflecting on your own past. It equally entails ruminating on a problem, asking the proper questions about it, interacting with the problem, asking more questions, gaining understanding, and finding answers to the questions.<\/p>\n

As humans we solve lots of problems on daily basis, from simple to complex problems. Like figuring out how to get from point A to point B, how to reduce the temperature of a room, how to learn a new skill, or how to fix a non-responsive TV remote control.<\/p>\n

Some problems are more complex than others. So, some require more attention, thinking and clarity. Reflection is at the center of effective and efficient problem-solving methods. To find the solution to a problem often requires that you first understand the problem. But to replicate the same solution for similar problems requires a deeper or proper understanding of the problem. And this understanding is found in reflection.<\/p>\n

Reflection demystifies failure<\/h1>\n

I remember failing mathematics for the first time in college. Pained, I took this particular event personal! Unarguably, mathematics was my favorite subject and if I fail anything, it should not be mathematics. I felt good at mathematics right from high school and it wasn\u2019t just high school mathematics alone. I had started studying first year college mathematics in my last year of high school and finished an engineering mathematics textbook in the year that followed, all in preparation for college and because I just enjoyed it too. So, failing it was devastating and surprising for me.<\/p>\n

After seeing the result, in preparation for the re-sit I had to take a moment of reflection, asking myself questions like:<\/p>\n