How do you know if you are creating an impact?

We often find ourselves questioning the impact we create in our careers. Are we making an impact? How do we know that? Here is a simple hack. Thank me later.

Just ask yourself, what is the greatest blunder I can do in my role and what is it going to cost my employer?

Strange question isn’t it? Tweaking it a little bit for clarity.

How much my biggest mistake would cost the organization?

This observation has its roots, in a comic that I love.

I am a big fan of Dilbert Comics and one of his principles goes like this: “The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage ”

A bit too harsh no?

So to answer the question, am I creating an impact?

Well, if the answer is the worst you can do is break a printer (instead of losing a client account) then you need to reconsider your career trajectory!