God Reviewed His Work, Shouldn't You?
Building a flywheel of success for life and career
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. — Genesis 1:31
At the very beginning of creation, God models something profoundly instructive: He creates, He reviews, and He declares it good. Every day ends not in rushing to the next task, but in pausing to assess the work. And when the work reaches its fullness—when man is created—God calls it very good.
Even as founders and leaders, we often rush from one task to the next, chasing output. But greatness isn’t just built by doing more. It’s built by pausing, reflecting, adjusting—and only then building again.
In my own life, this principle has shaped how I lead my career, my finances, and my family. Every Sunday, we sit together as a family to review the past week and plan the next. Even my homeschool boys participate. We treat it not as a dry ritual but as an investment toward a life that, one day, we can look back on and call “very good.”
We ask ourselves six simple but powerful questions:
- What went well, and why? (Success leaves clues.)
- What didn’t go well, and why? (Failure teaches too, if you listen.)
- Did I do what I planned? (Distractions or deeper process flaws?)
- What adjustments should I make? (Are my goals still right for today?)
- What 10x action should I take? (Focused intensity over busyness.)
- What should I stop doing? (Freeing up focus and energy.)
Over time, this cycle of creation, review, and correction quietly compounds into a life of excellence.
What you review regularly, you improve steadily. What you improve steadily, you eventually master.
# Action Items:
- Set aside a weekly time to review your work, your personal life, and your spiritual walk.
- Use the six questions above to guide a simple but deep reflection session this week.
- Identify one area where a 10x action could radically shift your results—and take a bold first step.