Defining Moments

'Quamplurimi et quam aptisimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

What are defining moments?  These are inflection points (a term in calculus) in our life, which are game changing, destiny, character changing that happened in our life that helped clarify/define our real purpose/vocation/mission in life (or simply, who you really are - the real authentic you) These could be positive or negative but rarely ordinary or neutral.   After reviewing some of the previous submissions especially the late ones, I found out that this term must be clarified. (Well, somewhere in the article, these could be also simple moments who define who you are.)  Thus defining moments could be few and far in between.

The reflection paper 1 could be extra ordinary critical moments in our life, the reflection paper 2 is about ordinary events/moments in our lives

In Intel, Andrew Grove called them SIP ( Strategic Inflection Points) as when they decided they will migrate from making microchips to microprocessors only.  Thus the 2086 and until Pentium were developed. The events outside could mean the demise of an organization or its rebirth from the valley of death

Here is  full excerpt from a a website