Pop Quiz: Your Greatest Achievement

Name your greatest achievement.  In the past year or forever. Anything that comes to mind.  Great is relative, but a source of pride for job well done.

Once you have an achievement in mind, think about it.  Analyze it.

Did the opportunity fall in your lap?  Did earlier goal(s) lead you to the accomplishment?

What contributed to your success?  Decisions made, existing knowledge/skills, new (emergent) knowledge/skills? Relationships, supporters?

What challenges were encountered?  What would have made the journey smoother?

I hope you have an achievement about which you are proud.  An achievement on which you can reflect.  Take the time to consider how your ideas, decisions, and actions were melded for success.  And what you can do next—to build on the specific achievement or the skills you developed along the way.

Don't stop here!