Once you are working as a Business Analyst it's easy to follow the process by numbes, fill in the forms an do what the pm or team leader says, and just get by. 

But if you really want to be a high performing business analyst you'll need to take control of your pesonal career plan - with a focus on skills and knowledge development.

I've just written up a post on three seriously effective ways to increase your knowledge and skills as a BA.  It's in the ModernAnalyst Community Blog. 

Go check it out here.