Enjoy-and-Learn Daily Review
End each day with two questions that turn experience into feedback
- Difficulty
- Starter
- Time to result
- ~days to results
- Steps
- 5
- Confidence
- 98%
The practice uses two evening prompts: what did I enjoy today, and what did I learn today? Qureshi describes a top-ten golfer carrying those questions on paper for a year and answering them regardless of whether the day felt good or bad. The mechanism is deliberately simple. Enjoyment reveals conditions worth repeating, while learning turns both success and difficulty into feedback. Record short answers daily, then periodically look for recurring activities, environments, mistakes, or discoveries. Use those patterns to make a small adjustment. Qureshi reports that the golfer had his best year, but the transcript does not establish that the questions caused that result; the method is best treated as a reflection routine, not a performance guarantee.
Origin
Extracted from The Diary of a CEO
Core principles
- 01Simple questions can sustain reflection
- 02Good and bad days both contain useful information
- 03Enjoyment deserves attention alongside learning
- 04Daily review shifts focus away from gimmicks
How to run it
- 1
Fix the prompts
Use the same two questions each day so the practice remains easy to remember.
Pro tip Keep them visible on paper or in a recurring note.
- 2
Name the enjoyment
Write what you genuinely enjoyed, including small moments or parts of difficult work.
Pro tip Be specific about the activity or condition.
- 3
Capture the learning
Record one thing the day's experience taught you about the work, situation, or yourself.
Watch out Do not force a grand lesson.
- 4
Review patterns
At intervals, look across entries for repeated sources of energy, friction, or discovery.
Pro tip Review weekly before making larger changes.
- 5
Adjust one thing
Repeat a useful condition or change a practice when the entries provide enough evidence.
Watch out Reflection without adjustment can become passive journaling.
In the wild
Qureshi says a top-ten golfer carried a paper asking what he enjoyed and learned each day. The golfer answered both questions every evening for a year without judging the day by its numbers.
→ Qureshi reports that the golfer had his best year, while presenting the routine as a simple way to enjoy and learn consistently.
Common mistakes
Turning it into a scorecard
The prompts are intended to notice enjoyment and learning, not to create another daily verdict.
Claiming causation from the story
The golfer's strong year accompanies the practice in Qureshi's account but does not prove the questions caused it.
Is it for you?
Best for
It is best for people who need a sustainable daily review with minimal setup.
Not ideal for
It is not ideal as the only review for work requiring formal safety, financial, or technical metrics.
From the transcript
“what did I enjoy today and what did I learn today”
“I've had a good day, I've had a bad day, doesn't make any difference”
From the episode
World Leading Psychologist: How to Succeed in Life & Work - Jamil Qureshi