Hold in your mind the thing you consider to be the part of your career that’s now in the spotlight. Look at that thing that is fuelling your current success. What is it? What’s the subject matter? On what matters are you considered expert?

Now that you’ve wrapped those answers into a neat little package, consider how you’d unwrap the story. Would have predicted how you got to now from last year, or last five years? Is the true story as neatly wrapped as your immedaite answers to the questions I opened with?

In this episode of the podcast, I reflect on how one of the most exciting current adventures in our lab sprang from a lucky accident during an earlier adventure. Five years ago, I could see that one project was crashing and burning. I had no idea, then, that some tinkering on a side project, with some wonderful risk takers, would help something rise from the ashes…

Consider those who helped create the stepping stones on which your progress now stands.

Listen to the full podcast episode here or wherever you listen to podcasts. Just search “reid_indeed”.