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Reflect

You see yourself one way. The people who know you see something else. Reflect is a quiet way to find out where they meet, and where they don't. So you can grow.

Two parts ready · Pilot prototype live
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You think you know who you are.

The people closest to you see things you can't. Some of it would surprise you. Some of it would help you. Most of us never get to find out.

Reflect lets you ask, safely. You answer honest questions about yourself. The people you trust answer the same questions about you. Their answers stay anonymous. We show you where you match. We show you where you don't. You decide what to do with it.

Two parts, finished.

First we figured out what to ask. Then we figured out how to talk back. Both are written down and ready.

Part One

What we ask

Four areas of life. Ten things that show up in all of them: are you reliable, are you honest, do people feel safe around you, do you really listen, do you take responsibility. About 48 questions in plain words. Nothing clinical. Nothing scary.

4 Areas 10 Themes ~48 Questions
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Part Two

How we tell you

When the answers come in, we don't grade you. We don't shame you. We show you the gap between how you see yourself and how others see you, with care. Four common patterns. Words we use, words we don't. A safety plan for hard answers.

4 Patterns Voice Rules Safety Plan
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Five real people. The whole loop.

We test the whole thing with five people first. Each one picks a few friends or family to answer honestly about them. We compare answers. We write them a short, kind report. Then we ask the only question that matters: did this change anything for you?

The Plan

Three weeks, step by step.
  • How long3 weeks
  • Words to find peopleready
  • Email for usersready
  • Page for friendsready
  • Questions to ask afterready
  • How we know it worked3 of 5
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The Questions

Ready to paste into Google Forms.
  • For the user24 Qs
  • For their friends5 forms
  • Answer scale1 to 5
  • Areas covered1 and 4
  • Setup notesincluded
  • Friend names readyyes
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The Numbers

A spreadsheet that does the math.
  • Tabs8
  • Friend codes25
  • Auto comparesyes
  • Big gap line1.5
  • Spots patterns4
  • Flags hard answersauto
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Week One
Set up. Find people.

We build the forms. We ask five people if they want in. They pick their friends.

Week Two
You answer first.

Each person answers the questions about themselves. Then their friends get a code.

Week Two to Three
Friends answer.

Friends answer the same questions about you. They stay anonymous. No names attached.

Week Three
We compare.

The spreadsheet finds the gaps. The patterns. We write a short, kind report for each person.

Week Three
Send and ask.

Reports go out. We ask: did anything in this change how you want to show up next week?

A few things we still need to figure out.

Some of these we can answer now. Some of them only the first five users can answer for us.

1.
Who are the first five people we test with? Do you have names in mind? Or do we make a list together? We want a mix of close friends and people who know you a little less well.
2.
Build the friend forms now, or right before launch? If now, I just need the five first names. If later, you do it the day you start.
3.
Anything we should test the words on first? The email to users. The hard-topic questions. The 1.5 cutoff for "this is a real gap." Or we can just run it and see what real people say.
4.
What does the report look like in someone's hands? One page on paper? An email they read once? A page they can come back to? This is the moment that matters most. It's worth thinking about now.