Professional
Achievement
Life
Goals
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PHAS E
I
Foundation
&
Craft
Years
1–3
01
Master
one
primary
craft
to
an
exceptional
standard
Pick
a
single
discipline
and
get
measurably
good
at
it
—
the
person
a
teammate
brings
the
hard
problem
to
first
,
not
the
person
who
happens
to
be
available
.
Evidence
:
three
projects
shipped
end
to
end
that
needed
no
senior
rework
.
02
Build
a
portfolio
that
argues
for
you
when
you
are
not
in
the
room
Ten
finished
pieces
of
work
,
each
with
the
outcome
attached
,
published
somewhere
a
hiring
manager
can
find
them
in
under
a
minute
.
Evidence
:
a
live
URL
,
updated
at
least
twice
a
year
.
03
Move
from
"
assists
with
"
to
"
owns
"
Earn
your
first
real
scope
change
—
a
recurring
deliverable
,
a
system
,
a
client
relationship
,
or
a
process
that
carries
your
name
as
the
accountable
owner
.
Evidence
:
a
project
charter
,
job
description
,
or
org
chart
that
lists
you
.
04
Establish
25
professional
relationships
that
would
survive
a
job
change
Not
contacts
collected
at
events
—
people
who
have
watched
you
work
and
would
vouch
for
you
without
being
asked
twice
.
Evidence
:
you
can
name
them
,
and
they
would
answer
your
call
within
48
hours
.
05
Learn
to
take
hard
feedback
without
defending
Ask
"
what
would
make
this
better
?"
before
anyone
offers
it
,
and
spend
your
energy
rewriting
the
work
instead
of
the
argument
.
Evidence
:
at
least
three
pieces
of
work
substantially
reshaped
by
someone
else
'
s
critique
.
06
Put
a
financial
floor
under
the
career
Six
months
of
living
expenses
saved
,
one
professional
certification
self
-
funded
,
and
no
consumer
debt
above
$
2,000.
Evidence
:
a
balance
you
would
be
willing
to
state
out
loud
.
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PHAS E
II
Impact
&
Ownership
Years
3–7
07
Own
a
project
from
blank
page
to
measured
result
Not
an
assignment
handed
to
you
—
something
you
proposed
,
scoped
,
staffed
,
shipped
,
and
then
measured
against
the
number
you
promised
at
the
start
.
Evidence
:
a
before
-
and
-
after
metric
you
are
comfortable
presenting
to
strangers
.
08
Deliver
one
result
you
can
quantify
in
public
"
Cut
month
-
end
close
from
nine
days
to
two
." "
Reduced
p
95
latency
from
840
ms
to
62
ms
."
A
defensible
number
outlives
a
job
title
by
a
decade
.
Evidence
:
the
figure
appears
in
a
deck
,
a
written
case
study
,
or
a
reference
call
.
09
Become
the
recognized
specialist
in
a
narrow
,
valuable
niche
Choose
a
specialty
small
enough
to
lead
and
useful
enough
that
people
search
for
it
.
At
this
stage
,
depth
compounds
faster
than
breadth
.
Evidence
:
you
are
the
person
outside
your
own
team
who
gets
emailed
when
the
topic
comes
up
.
10
Build
and
lead
a
team
of
three
to
eight
people
Learn
to
set
direction
,
give
clear
feedback
,
and
hold
a
standard
without
holding
the
work
.
First
-
time
management
is
a
skill
to
be
learned
,
not
a
promotion
to
be
enjoyed
.
Evidence
:
a
team
that
hits
its
commitments
and
one
specific
person
you
helped
grow
.
11
Get
your
work
in
front
of
an
audience
beyond
your
employer
A
conference
talk
,
a
bylined
article
,
an
open
-
source
project
with
outside
contributors
,
or
a
workshop
you
teach
.
Outside
validation
is
a
different
signal
than
internal
praise
.
Evidence
:
someone
you
have
never
met
has
read
,
used
,
or
cited
it
.
12
Double
your
starting
compensation
baseline
Through
promotion
,
a
deliberate
role
change
,
or
a
market
move
—
and
know
precisely
which
of
the
three
actually
did
it
.
Evidence
:
two
pay
statements
,
five
years
apart
.
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PHAS E
III
Leadership
&
Influence
Years
7–12
13
Lead
a
function
,
not
a
task
list
Move
from
delivering
work
to
designing
the
conditions
in
which
work
gets
delivered
—
strategy
,
standards
,
staffing
,
and
the
metrics
that
define
success
.
Evidence
:
a
plan
you
wrote
that
other
people
execute
without
you
in
the
room
.
14
Hire
,
develop
,
and
promote
someone
who
eventually
outgrows
you
The
clearest
proof
of
leadership
is
a
person
who
leaves
your
team
for
something
bigger
and
still
credits
you
for
it
.
Evidence
:
at
least
two
people
you
promoted
into
roles
they
were
not
obviously
ready
for
on
paper
.
15
Own
a
budget
,
a
P
&
L
,
or
a
business
line
Carry
real
financial
consequence
.
Nothing
sharpens
judgment
faster
than
being
personally
accountable
for
the
number
.
Evidence
:
a
plan
you
set
and
a
variance
you
can
explain
line
by
line
.
16
Make
one
deliberate
trade
of
title
for
learning
Take
the
role
that
teaches
you
something
you
genuinely
cannot
do
today
,
even
if
it
reads
a
step
sideways
on
a
résumé
.
Do
it
once
,
on
purpose
,
and
know
why
you
did
it
.
Evidence
:
a
capability
you
now
have
that
the
safer
offer
would
never
have
given
you
.
17
Build
something
that
survives
your
departure
A
process
,
a
product
,
a
curriculum
,
or
an
institution
that
still
works
two
years
after
you
stop
tending
it
.
Evidence
:
it
ran
without
you
,
and
nobody
had
to
reinvent
it
from
scratch
.
18
Take
a
seat
where
decisions
are
made
about
your
field
A
board
,
a
standards
committee
,
an
advisory
council
,
a
professional
association
,
a
peer
review
panel
—
anywhere
the
rules
of
your
industry
are
actually
written
.
Evidence
:
your
name
in
the
minutes
of
a
body
you
do
not
own
.
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PHAS E
IV
Mastery
&
Recognition
Years
12–20
19
Do
work
that
other
people
cite
,
copy
,
or
teach
The
highest
form
of
professional
influence
is
a
method
,
a
framework
,
or
a
standard
that
outlives
your
direct
involvement
in
it
.
Evidence
:
you
can
find
your
approach
inside
someone
else
'
s
work
,
with
your
name
nowhere
on
it
.
20
Be
offered
a
role
you
never
applied
for
Reputation
compounds
quietly
for
years
and
then
arrives
unannounced
.
An
inbound
senior
opportunity
is
the
receipt
.
Evidence
:
at
least
one
unsolicited
senior
offer
in
any
three
-
year
window
.
21
Mentor
at
least
ten
people
across
the
decade
Inside
your
organization
and
well
outside
it
.
Structured
mentoring
with
real
commitments
,
not
incidental
advice
given
in
a
hallway
.
Evidence
:
you
can
name
all
ten
and
describe
what
each
one
is
doing
now
.
22
Write
the
thing
only
you
can
write
A
book
,
a
framework
,
a
curriculum
,
a
course
,
or
a
body
of
documentation
—
the
distillation
of
what
you
know
that
is
not
written
down
anywhere
else
.
Evidence
:
it
exists
as
a
finished
artifact
,
not
a
folder
of
unfinished
notes
.
23
Reach
the
top
of
your
field
'
s
pay
band
—
or
consciously
trade
money
for
time
Either
outcome
is
a
legitimate
success
.
Drifting
into
the
second
one
by
accident
,
and
calling
it
a
choice
afterward
,
is
not
.
Evidence
:
a
compensation
decision
you
made
deliberately
and
can
defend
to
anyone
who
asks
.
24
Take
six
consecutive
weeks
fully
offline
No
email
,
no
chat
,
no
"
just
checking
in
."
A
career
long
enough
to
matter
will
include
at
least
one
stretch
where
you
proved
you
were
not
the
only
thing
holding
it
up
.
Evidence
:
it
happened
,
and
the
work
was
still
there
when
you
came
back
.
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PHAS E
V
Contribution
&
Legacy
Years
20+
25
Found
something
A
company
,
a
nonprofit
,
a
practice
,
a
school
,
a
fund
,
a
program
.
It
does
not
have
to
be
large
to
count
—
it
has
to
be
yours
and
it
has
to
survive
its
first
bad
quarter
.
Evidence
:
it
existed
before
you
told
anyone
about
it
,
and
it
outlasted
the
first
hard
year
.
26
Transfer
your
expertise
at
scale
Teach
a
course
,
publish
a
curriculum
,
build
an
open
resource
,
train
a
cohort
.
One
-
to
-
one
mentoring
is
generous
;
one
-
to
-
many
is
a
legacy
.
Evidence
:
people
you
have
never
met
are
using
something
you
built
.
27
Give
away
a
meaningful
share
of
your
peak
earnings
Five
to
ten
percent
annually
,
an
endowed
fund
,
a
scholarship
,
or
a
sustained
donation
of
the
skill
you
are
paid
the
most
for
.
Evidence
:
a
giving
record
that
shows
up
across
more
than
one
year
,
not
a
single
gesture
.
28
Leave
an
institution
stronger
than
you
found
it
Document
the
handover
,
name
and
prepare
a
successor
,
and
fix
the
process
that
depended
on
you
personally
to
keep
running
.
Evidence
:
an
orderly
transition
with
no
emergency
phone
calls
six
months
later
.
29
Stay
a
student
on
a
fixed
schedule
Learn
one
genuinely
new
discipline
—
not
an
adjacent
tool
—
every
five
years
.
Fluency
is
a
muscle
,
and
it
atrophies
at
roughly
the
same
rate
as
everything
else
.
Evidence
:
a
beginner
-
level
certification
,
project
,
or
performance
in
a
field
where
you
hold
no
standing
.
30
Define
success
in
your
own
terms
,
in
writing
,
and
revise
it
every
decade
The
list
above
is
a
draft
,
not
a
verdict
.
The
actual
goal
is
a
career
you
would
choose
again
,
with
everything
you
now
know
about
what
it
costs
.
Evidence
:
a
written
definition
,
dated
,
and
updated
at
least
twice
.
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