As a professional it is critical to take time to reflect on your professional journey to understand progress and determine future direction. Here are five questions to reflect upon to assess your professional journey,
“What’s the hard part? Which part of your work is the hard part? The hard part of work while challenging also provides the greatest impact.
How are you spending your time? If we took at look at your calendar, how much time is spent reacting or responding to incoming, how much is under your control, and how much is focused on the hard part?
What do you need to know? What are the skills that you don’t have that would make your work more effective?
What is the scary part of your work? What are you trying to avoid thinking about or interacting with? Why?
Is it worth it? In answering the questions above you can decide if the work is worth it or is it time for a change.