Weekly Achievement Log

5 minutes every Friday. The most valuable career habit you will ever build.

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How It Works

1Every Friday, spend 5 minutes writing down what you accomplished this week.
2Be specific. Use numbers, percentages, dollar amounts, and outcomes.
3When it is time to ask for a raise, you will have months of documented proof instead of vague memories.

FILLED EXAMPLE: Week of February 3, 2026

Day	Achievement	Impact / Metric	Category
Mon	Delivered revised API documentation to partner team	Unblocked 3 downstream integrations waiting 2 weeks	⚡ Efficiency
Tue	Closed renewal deal with [Client X]	NT$1.2M ARR retained. Upsold premium tier (+NT$300K)	💰 Revenue
Wed	Presented Q4 results to department leads (40 people)	Received VP recognition in follow-up email	👥 Leadership
Thu	Proposed and prototyped automated alert system for prod outages	Estimated 60% reduction in response time if adopted	💡 Innovation
Fri	Paired with junior developer on debugging production issue	She resolved a P1 independently by end of day	👥 Leadership

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Day	Achievement	Impact / Metric	Category
Mon			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Tue			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Wed			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Thu			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Fri			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡

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Day	Achievement	Impact / Metric	Category
Mon			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Tue			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Wed			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Thu			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Fri			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡

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Day	Achievement	Impact / Metric	Category
Mon			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Tue			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Wed			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Thu			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Fri			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡

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Day	Achievement	Impact / Metric	Category
Mon			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Tue			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Wed			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Thu			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡
Fri			☐💰 ☐⚡ ☐👥 ☐💡

What Makes a Good Entry

✕ Vague (don't write this)	✓ Specific (write this)
Worked on the project	Shipped user authentication module, 3 days ahead of deadline
Had meetings	Led cross-team sync resolving 2-week blocker on API integration
Helped a colleague	Mentored junior dev through first code review. She now reviews independently
Did sales stuff	Closed NT$800K deal with [Client]. Shortest sales cycle this quarter (18 days)
Fixed bugs	Resolved P1 production outage in 45 minutes. Affected 12K users
Attended training	Completed AWS Solutions Architect certification. Applied VPC knowledge to reduce infra costs

📅 The 5-Minute Friday Habit

Set a recurring calendar event: every Friday at 4:30 PM. Title it "Log Wins." Open this page, fill in the week's row, and close it. In 6 months, you will have 120+ documented achievements. More evidence than 99% of people bring to a raise conversation.

Weekly Achievement Log

How It Works

FILLED EXAMPLE: Week of February 3, 2026

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What Makes a Good Entry

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📅 The 5-Minute Friday Habit