Throwback Thursday: Your First “Big Win” #TBT

[#1]

It's Thursday!

I’ve been thinking about the scale we use to measure "big wins" in our lives or really anything in our lives. The reality is that we aren’t all operating from the same blueprint. Life isn't a standardized test; it’s a custom build. What feels insurmountable to me might be easy-peasy for you. And a "big win" for you might not count as a "big win" for me because I value things differently than you. Not better or worse; just differently.

When we judge our progress against someone else’s highlight reel, we miss the magic of our own growth. A "small thing" for you might be the very thing I’ve been praying for the strength to do!

Soooooo, when you think back, what’s the first moment in your life (or career) that really felt like a “big win” for you? What made it special?

Let’s make it a great Thursday!
KGM

[Anahit Sukiasyan]

This resonates a lot. I think we often underestimate how personal “big wins” really are. One of my first big wins in my career was realizing that my work could actually help others solve problems and move things forward. It wasn’t a huge public milestone, but that moment of feeling useful and trusted made it very meaningful for me. ✨

[Natalie Beiler]

What a wonderful post today! @Kristján Geir Mathiesen I really needed this.

One of my first "wins" as a nurse was transporting a young woman with a life threatening gunshot wound 2 1/2 hour by ambulance because the weather prevented the advanced care helicopter from landing. I was with a driver and an EMT. I felt the weight of the patient's future in my hands. It was a life changing experience. The trauma team met us at the door. Praise the Lord she survived the trip and so did I...I cried a few tears of thankfulness as we left the trauma center.

[Barbara Szczesniak]

Quite the question, @Kristján Geir Mathiesen. 

After thinking for a while, I've come to the conclusion that many of the things from my childhood that someone might consider a "big win" don't feel that way to me. Other than rules of behavior, no one ever told me that I couldn't or shouldn't be able to do something, so achieving many things did not feel like a big accomplishment to me.

When I was a kid, everyone ate what my mom prepared for dinner, whether you liked it or not. You sat at the table until it was gone. If I thought hot split pea soup was bad, it was much worse when it got cold. 😝 A big win for me was when I was old enough to make my own peanut butter and jelly sandwich—if I could make something that qualified as dinner for myself, I didn't to eat the soup.

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

So glad this resonates, @Anahit Sukiasyan 

Very glad this was today's topic since you needed it, @Natalie Beiler  Wow, what a situation to be in. That must have been really tough and slow ticking minutes to the trauma center.

Love that story, @Barbara Szczesniak 

Takk all for sharing your stories.

[Charlene Freeman]

Great Post! @Kristján Geir Mathiesen  As someone who has worked in IT for over 20 years, I really had a great "Ah Ha" moment as a Scrum Master when one of my former teams who fought me over transitioning to SCRUM, actually thanked me and embraced it. Now as an Agile Coach I try to help other Scrum Masters and team members share that same feeling. When the lightbulb goes off and people understand and embrace change it brings me a feeling of achievement like none other. 

#TBT

[Natalie Beiler]

@Charlene Freeman love that!

@Barbara Szczesniak I can so relate to your post!

[John Funk]

To me, life is full of big wins in each of our lives. And the first one is probably buried way back in our childhood. They day you can dress yourself. The day you get to pick your own clothes to wear that day. Or the day you get your first apartment and move out of the childhood home, etc. My biggest was probably the day I got to meet @Kristján Geir Mathiesen !

[MOHAMMED AMRUDDIN]

The moment we stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and just focus on our own path—that right there is the biggest win we can ever achieve

currently I'm following this path on my each stage of life

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Takk @Charlene Freeman  That's cool.

@John Funk awe that's nice but be honest now!

@MOHAMMED AMRUDDIN love that!