Using self-distancing to help reflection
Self-distancing may be beneficial to help in the reflection process.
- Ask yourself what advice you would give someone else if they were in your situation?
- Avoid first-person language when considering your performance (Ask yourself, "what could you have done differently?" instead of "what could I have done differently?)
- Try to visualise the events you were in from the perspective of other people involved.
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