I learned something years ago from someone who used to work at Bell Labs.
And he said that every year,
at the end of the year,
he was requested to make an I am great sheet.
And on this I am great sheet,
he had to list all of the great things that he did that entire year.
It was essentially a summary of all the work that he had done and all of his accomplishments.
Anything that was great,
maybe he won an award,
maybe he innovated something,
whatever that was, it would go on the I am great sheet and would get turned in.
And this exercise was something that always made him feel great at the end of the
project because throughout the year,
he would forget about all of the great things that he had done,
just like we all do.
We all do things
We managed to have a small win here or there, maybe even a big win, but we keep going on.
And by the end of the year, we may not remember all the great things that we’ve done.
So I urge you to create your I am great sheet.
We are in November and you have one month left.
to create your I am great sheet.
What is it that you’ve done this whole year?
Go back to January,
look at February,
We are in November and you have one month left.
to create your I am great sheet.
What is it that you’ve done this whole year?
Go back to January,
look at February,
review your books that you keep your notes in,
review your calendar and go back and you’ll be so surprised at just how great you
are and what a great year you have.
I hope this is helpful.
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