Step 6: Create A Portfolio of Plans, Strengths, and Accomplishments
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Pat Yourself on the Back
You have completed a big step on the journey to becoming a Strong Decision Maker.
- You have looked at your goals, assets and network of support.
- You have created a portrait of yourself as a decision maker—past and future
- Your have learned 4 powerful strategies for planning and decision making
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What is the Next Step on Your Journey?
Chapter 3 is a place to name your goals, set milestones, and record your accomplishments. It’s the place to think about these questions:
- What are the goals of the program I am in?
- What do "I" want to get out of it?
- What are my personal goals?
- How will I know if I am getting closer?
Start a Portfolio of Plans
- Write a Letter to Yourself. Write a letter to the person you will be (the person who will read this letter) a few months from now. Tell your self what you really plan to accomplish.
- Set Milestones. Turn that plan into a timeline—when should things happen?—or a set of milestones. Milestones are the small steps and signs of progress along the way that show you are getting closer your goals.
Keep a Record of Progress and Strengths
- Check off Milestones. Check in with your timeline. Reward yourself for keeping on your schedule. Every time you reach a milestone, check it off and celebrate!
- Collect Evidence of your Strengths. You can assess your own strengths and progress by looking for situations in which you made a good decision. Think it over: what made it a strong decision: did you consider reasons, rivals, roadblocks? Write it down in your journal or on your memory.
- Share your Story. If you don't speak up for your strengths, who will? Let others know about the decisions you faced and how you handled them—on a regular basis. Then when you are talking to your supervisor or instructor, or applying for an Internship or job, use your stories of strong decision making to describe your self.
>> Begin the Letter to Myself (Word Document)