Looking back, looking forward, looking in…
A normal program year in a Scouting unit provides plenty of opportunities for evaluation, review, and reflecting. We, as Scouters, should take full advantage of these opportunities to ensure we are doing the best we can for our Scouts. We also need to encourage our Scouts to evaluate, review, and reflect on not only their advancement goals, but also their jobs as leaders, and their life “outside” Scouting.
Teach your Scouts that complaining about a problem doesn’t make it go away. We should evaluate the situation to figure out why the problem occurred. We should review the situation to see how the problem affected our goals. And, we should reflect on the situation to see what can be learned from the problem. But, remind them that problems are not the only things that should be evaluated, reviewed, and reflected. The things we do that are successful, or go off without a hitch, can also teach us a thing or two.
via: Green Bar
