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@AOSpeaks_

For the “The great lock in” for 2026, I really need those who are serious about locking in next year to document your entire journey. Document your wins/failures & your highs/lows so that at the end of next year you can look back & know you did your best & reflect on your journey

JW

Jalonni Weaver

Career Coach

Hey friend,

Please make sure you document everything that you do in your current position. Wins, accomplishments, projects, positive feedback, metrics, things that weren't in your job description, but you volunteered for them because you are a team player, all of it, and make sure it's saved on your personal device.

I've seen it time and time again where people get laid off after being with a company for years, and the moment they lose access to their work computer, all of that documentation is gone.

Protect your career the same way you protect your peace. Your work is valuable, and you should never leave it in someone else's hands.

HP

Hansel Praise

@hannytalker

If you work a 9-5 and participate in appraisal sessions please keep a brag sheet. It’s about data. Document all your wins.

In a fast-paced firm, if you don't track your value, you're leaving your career growth to the mercy of your manager's memory.

The mind is very fickle!

PH

Pejuola| HR🗣️

@Pejuola_a

Underrated career move:

Document everything. Your wins. Your contributions. Your impact. Emails praising your work. Problems you solved. Money you saved. Most people forget their own achievements. Then struggle in reviews. Build your own evidence file. Your boss isn't tracking your wins. Track them yourself.

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Alabi

@the_Lawrenz

Document your wins if you want to grow in your career.

SA

Shilpi Agrawal

@shilpiagrawal55

A career advice to keep in mind for myself and you too : Keep a private career journal - what you did that day (doesnt have to be too detailed or technical) - did you like what you did, how did it feel - what could have gone better or what do you need to learn over time.

Often time, I find people struggling with ambiguity because they have not reflected enough to grow an awareness. Do you really enjoy creating that wireframe or writing that doc with AI?

It will also keep a track of all good things you achieved over time or "nice job"s you received. And track of what helps you go in a flow state and what feels like a chore. And what skill you need to build. It will help you figure out what you want from a career.

Career journaling is underrated.

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Arpit Bhayani

@arpit_bhayani

Maintain a Worklog! I cannot recommend this enough.

A worklog is just a set of things you did grouped by the day. I have been doing this for the last 12 years, it has been extremely helpful.

By the way, this document is not just about tracking tasks; it will help you multi-fold. Let me elaborate.

Document key things that you have accomplished daily, not everything, but just the most important things you did. This keeps you structured and will be super helpful during standups as you'll always have a crisp, clear update, showing professionalism and accountability.

Worklog also makes your life simpler during review cycles as you won't scramble to remember what you accomplished; instead, you'll have a list of key contributions ready to be submitted for review and promo discussions.

As an extension, you can self-reflect and spot patterns in your work that keep you blocked or keep you busy with mundane work. You can now work on them and make yourself more efficient. (I am not doing this yet.)

I am sure now you see how this one simple document could be so useful across your career. This one simple habit compounds, making you more structured and self-aware, and helps you accelerate your career.

JE

🔎Julia Evans🔍

@b0rk

i think "get your work recognized: write a brag document" is one of the more important blog posts I've written. Building a culture where people encourage each other to track & celebrate their accomplishments is really powerful.

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JO⚡️🇬🇭

@Joojo_Dontoh

Document your wins guys, document them in great detail because they may open doors for you.

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Graham Helton (too much for zblock)

@GrahamHelton3

Take 5 minutes at the end of your day to quickly write down what you did that day. Use this as a checkpoint for the next day’s tasks. Use this as a signing off habit.

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Ayo Ilegbemi

@ayoilegbemi_

4. Have a ‘Work Brag Folder’

When anyone praises your work, pleasee take a screenshot of it.

Save those “good job”, compliments, metrics, etc, so that when it’s time to negotiate a raise or for a performance review, you can come with facts and not feelings.

SH

Steve Huynh

Engineering Leader & Career Coach

The highest leverage thing for your career you probably aren't doing right now is maintaining a brag document.

It's a running list of all of your achievements, projects and positive feedback you've received over the course of your career.

Humans have terrible memories. Don't believe me? Can you remember your resume line by line? Didn't think so.

By maintaining a brag document, you not only keep track of your successes but also ensure that you're ready to showcase your accomplishments whenever opportunity knocks.

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Radha Vyas

Co-founder & CEO at Flash Pack

In my 20s, I struggled to advocate for myself.

When you're not naturally confident, it feels impossible.

Know your worth:
→ Create a "brag folder"
→ Document positive feedback regularly
→ Update achievements weekly
→ Quantify your contributions

You deserve to be heard just as much as the loudest person in the room!

AM

Ameen

@AmeenNH3

Your manager will forget 90% of your wins by December.

But you'll expect a promotion in January. That's a broken system and it's your fault if you rely on it.

The fix? A Brag Document.
It's not arrogance. It's data.

Every week, block 5 minutes. Log three things:

What you did - be specific
Why it mattered - impact in numbers
Proof – links to code, screenshots, or thank-yous

"Improved load time" isn't enough.
"Reduced dashboard load from 5s to 500ms, saving 200 sessions/day" is undeniable.

By the end of the year, you're not scrambling to recall what you did.

You're walking into your review with a case study of your own success.

Stop hoping your work speaks for itself. Start documenting so it can't be ignored.

You are the CEO of your career. Treat it like it.

CK

Charmie Kapoor

@charmiekapoor

If you’re a “career documentation nerd” like me, you’ll probably like this:

📑 Make a monthly tracker for your work (all tangible + intangible contributions)

📂 Make a hype folder called “wins” (appreciation messages from colleagues)

It's very extra, but also very rewarding.

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Vic 🌮

@VicVijayakumar

Got paged at 11:50pm. Thankfully was still up reading.

ACKd the page and then rocked the service back to sleep

Marked the incident as resolved by 12:20am, without needing to bring anyone else into the incident room

Adding this to my brag doc

SM

Stephanie M. Wandell, MBA

Marketing Leader | Fractional CMO

One of the worst parts of being laid off?

Trying to remember all your wins after the fact.

You're grieving, stressed, and wracking your brain to put together a compelling story about what made you great at your last job, when your access is cut off, your confidence is shaky, and you're in survival mode.

Document wins in real time, projects launched, metrics improved, lessons learned. Even the small stuff.

It's not just about having bullet points ready for your next resume, it's about owning your impact while you're still living it.

KD

Kinita Dollar

Chief of Staff | Strategic Planning & Process Optimization

Early in my career, I thought, "If I do good work, people will notice."
They won't.
Not because they don't care — but because they're drowning in their own projects.

Documenting your wins isn't bragging. It's professional responsibility.

Start Your Brag Sheet Today
Open a doc. Title it "Wins & Impact."

Update it monthly. Treat it like a standing meeting with yourself.
Because here's the truth: The only person who will advocate for your career as fiercely as it deserves is you.
And you can't advocate for what you can't remember.

SI

Simons

@Simon_Ingari

10 Things You Must Document at Work

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John K.

Staff Software Engineer at Meta

Good work you forget is good work wasted.
Track it and write it down.

One of the biggest game changers for my career was writing a brag document.

A brag document is simple. Once a week, you write down everything you did.

Big launches. Small design feedback. Bug fixes. Mentorship. Process improvements.

Most people only start thinking about their work at the end of the year, when performance reviews are due. By then, it is too late to fix the gaps. You cannot go back in time and generate impact. You can only capture it in the moment.

Make a brag document. Start today.

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Uma Abu

Software Engineer at Netflix | Tech Creator & Career Mentor

At some point in your career, simply shipping code will not cut it.

That's where your brag sheet comes in!
It will highlight all the things outside your coding that make you more marketable.

SH

Shelby Heinecke, PhD

Director of AI Research, Salesforce | MIT Alum

If you don't have a brag doc, you're already behind for performance season.

A brag doc is a place for you to track your accomplishments, impact, and growth throughout the year.

The biggest mistake I keep seeing: The brag doc reads like a to-do list.

But here's the reality: Tasks don't get you promoted. Impact does.

Remember: it's your responsibility to communicate your impact.
Don't let your work go unnoticed.

MW

Marino Wijay 🇨🇦

@virtualized6ix

I did my first self-review at work in a loooong time. The last time I did one was at VMware.

It’s extremely important to advocate for yourself and speak to your accomplishments.

The best way to do this is to maintain a brag doc and add to it throughout the year.

JC

Jeremiah Caterina

Veteran | Problem Solver | Team Builder

"If you didn't document it, it didn't happen."

That's why I'm a huge advocate for keeping a running brag sheet. It doesn't have to be complicated. I recommend a simple Excel sheet with one tab for each goal and weekly line items capturing specific accomplishments.

Set aside 10–15 minutes at the end of each week to update it. Then, when reviews come around, you've got the details and metrics ready to go.

Always be ready to tell your story when the moment comes.

MM

Merlyn Melesia Oliver

Content Producer | Co-Founder of The Brooklyn Mavens

Just because you're a freelancer doesn't mean you should skip quarterly reviews with yourself or your clients. And keep that brag sheet updated! Just because you're not in corporate doesn't mean you shouldn't set yourself up for future wins. Stay ready.

MK

Malathi Kandaswamy

Data Architect | AWS Certified | Python | SQL

Ever stared at your self-review form like it's a tax return you didn't sign up for? In the early days of my career, that was me.

Here's what I do now:
✅ Every month: Jot down what I worked on — my personal brag sheet.
✅ End of year: Group those notes by goals or impact areas.
✅ Then: Rephrase the what and how into outcomes and impact.

Bonus tip: That brag sheet isn't just for reviews. On rough days, it's a confidence booster — a reminder of how far you've come.

TG

Taryn Gisbert

Empowerment Strategist & Career Transformation Coach

It is SO important to track your accomplishments!!!!!! I personally have a brag word doc, every time I am proud of an accomplishment I type it in there, great to have for creating a resume (even if you didn't plan to update it), AND it is so nice when feeling down, open that doc and remind yourself of how amazing you are on a day that you need it!