Activity: Story-mining for Skills and Strengths Our next activity will help you uncover your skills and strengths. To complete it, you are required recollect and write down three stories of accomplishment in your activity workbook. These should specific moments from your life when you felt proud and successful. Aim to identify stories first f your professional work life since they work best for this activity (we are in a career course). The n best area to look for stories is in your academic life. Finally, you can use a story from your person if you are struggling with professional or academic examples. Recollecting these moments in your life can be challenging. Below is a list of memory-jogging questions that may help you in recalling your stories of success. Have you ever... . solved a problem or took charge of an emergency? developed a new idea? created or built something? shown leadership during a challenging situation? discovered a need and met it? contributed to a company's decision or change? increased sales or reduced costs? helped others reach their goals? saved time or money? received an award? Why? been involved in a successful team effort? been promoted from one job to another? Why? Once you identify each story, write it out using the story template below. You want to capture all a relevant details to paint a clear picture in your mind and the audience's minds when you re-tell it. Situation - Where were you? Task - What was the obstacle, limit or hurdle that you had to overcome to accomplish it