Think back over your life to recall important turning points—significant events that made a difference in the trajectory of your life. Describe at least live (5) events and note the year in which each event occurred. Write a four (4) to five (5) page reflection paper. The paper should he written at four levels of reflective analysis: Discover the theme or themes. Review the turning points you identified, and then answer the questions below.
• Is there a pattern that gets repeated? What is it?

• What common threads arc woven through the tapestry of your life?

• W ha t two or three themes arc being played out in these moments?

• What are the ideals that attract you?

• What arc the dreams that inspire you?

• What is unique about your pattern and the manner in which you have followed this path?

• What does all this tell you about what you care most about?

• What arc the higher-order values that give meaning and purpose to your life and work?

• What do you want to accomplish? Why is it important to you? How will accomplishing your goals contribute to the long-term well-being of your organization or to society?

Project the future. Imagine that five (or ten) years from now, you are being interviewed for an article about your accomplishments and contributions.

The interviewer asks the following questions.

• What answers would you give?

• What's unique about your contributions?

• How has your work made a difference? flow has it changed the way things arc in your organization, (field, or profession)? In your community?

• What do you foresee for yourself during the next five (or ten) years?

Reflect on some specific ways that you can bring your personal themes and the exciting possibilities that you foresee into your conversations with others. Describe how you can translate the learning by reinforcing existing behaviors or adapting new behaviors that you may use in the future. flow can you apply your past to help you become an effective leader?