Carolina de Arriba

Do I want more space, more stretch, more creativity, more influence?

What kind of problems do I want to be solving?

Do I want to be in the weeds or shaping direction?

Do I want to be building things or improving them?

Do I want to be leading people or going deep as an expert?

How do I want to be spending my energy?

Do I want my energy to go towards decision making, coaching, creating, aligning people, driving results?

This question matters more than any job ever will.

Because when you get this wrong, everything feels off.

Even if the role looks good.

And when you get this right, a lot of things fall into place.

Clarity here.

doesn't give you all the answers but it gives you direction and direction is what turns effort into progress.

So again the question number one was where do you want to be in 12 months?

The second question I want you to think about, and feel free to pause myself as we go through this if you want to have a notebook next to you and be journaling on these things, or maybe you're just taking notes so you can do this exercise later by yourself.

Okay, the second question that I want you to reflect on or journal on is what skills do you want to build?

Not the ones you already have, not the ones that got you here, the ones you want to be known for next.

This is where most people stay passive.

They let their role dictate what they learn.

They let urgency dictate what they practice.