A few years ago, during a trip to Germany, I bought a bottle of Blue Label scotch. It wasn’t just a bottle—it was a statement. A "save it for something monumental" kind of statement. But over the years, it stayed resting on shelves, unopened and waiting for a milestone worthy of its worth.
Then came the project—a massive, multi-location, multi-department CloudStreams integration for connecting systems. As the project lead, I poured everything I had into it deciding: Complete this project, Vasu, and the Blue Label is yours.
But once the project was achieved, the achievement didn't feel big enough to open the magic alchemy. And so the? bottle sat back on the shelf gathering dust. Time went by, and other more challenging projects came and went. But the Blue Label stayed unopened.
Until one evening.
My team had come over for dinner. It wasn’t to celebrate a groundbreaking project or a game-changing innovation. It was just simple get together of the team outside work.
As we laughed and shared stories, I reached for the bottle. That night, over a drink with my team, I realized something profound: in the pursuit for "the big one" I lost track of the countless smaller joys.
Looking back, it’s not the size of the achievement that sticks in memory—it’s the moments shared. There is no such thing as a big or small achievement. An achievement is an achievement. A win is a win. Celebrate every victory, no matter how modest, because what you honor stays in your memory; what you overlook fades away.
So open the proverbial bottle. Don’t let the little triumphs gather dust—they’re what life is made of.
#smallwins #bigimpact #friday
CDI at Centra Health
2 个月Happy holidays to everyone and may you be blessed with joy, love and peace.