Celebrate Your Success
Keywords: goal setting, achieve success, win list
An important element of the science of achievement is the need to celebrate our successes. It’s also one that’s easily ignored and even contradicted.
The problem for many of us is that we never quite feel successful because as soon as we reach one goal or pass a certain milestone, we’re already going after the next one. Too often we don’t stop to revel in the feeling of accomplishment. We’re too focused on the next rung of the ladder that’s if we’ve even noticed we’ve moved up another rung.
I’m not advocating resting on our laurels. I’m suggesting we truly experience the joy that comes from seeing our progress and accomplishing our objectives.
I’ve recently completed my eBook, Strategies for Success. I started it over a year ago and because of a number of things that happened too personal, boring or mundane to mention I didn’t finish until now.
It feels great to have it done, and I’m getting lots of accolades from people I respect and admire. It’s a good book. An easy read both entertaining and informative. I hope you take advantage of it.
But I find it a little too easy for me to look at how long it took and how far behind I am in my other projects. I already see ways I could have done it better. In doing so, I take away from my satisfaction my sense of accomplishment and joy.
And I know I’m not alone in this process. The people I interview and coach share that they do the same thing. No job seems good enough. No achievement is great enough.
It’s the wrong focus. When we do this, we’re being ungrateful we’re thwarting abundance.
We can always see ways we could have done it better or faster. But the truth is we did it. In my case, having published a book is clearly a milestone something millions of people aspire to and yet only a few thousand actually achieve.
I’m going to celebrate it. I’m going to mark it as the high point that it is in my life, and I’m going to start creating the next one. I’m going to indulge myself in feelings of triumph and success, and I’m going to thumb my nose at the natural tendency to disparage my work or myself.
What accomplishment can you celebrate? What milestones can you highlight or acknowledge? Your last promotion? Helping someone through a tough time? Winning that new contract? Losing those five pounds? Giving that presentation?
When we do these things, it anchors positive feelings into our consciousness and prepares us for more of the same. Like attracts like and our feelings are powerful magnets indeed.
I keep a WIN LIST as part of my Sacred Life Book. I find that listing the wins in my life big and small is more than therapeutic. And it’s a real pick-me-up to review the good things that have happened to me as well as the things I’ve made happen.
It keeps me grateful and it keeps me focused on the good stuff.
Celebrating our successes employs a universal law: when we appreciate what we have and what we’ve done, we find ourselves having more to appreciate.
Karen Scharf is a member of SuccessNet.org, an on-line community dedicated to helping you become your personal and professional best. You can download the FREE eBook “10 Essential Keys to Personal Effectiveness” at www.SuccessNet.org
Previous Articles Highlighter:
Cash And Pay-Per-Click Affiliate Programs (1)
Some companies give 30 percent to a soaring 50 percent commission on all referral sales. Jaquone Jefferson is about total prosperity and helping other's is the way to go.
How To Prevent Change Management From Going Wrong (2)
Once you know this information you should easily be able to implement successful change management techniques. The main reason for change management going wrong is staff who are not motivated.
Artificial Turf Cost: How To Get The Best Value For Your Home Project (3)
Expect to pay another $2 to $3 dollars per square foot for other job materials, if you are doing the work yourself. Professionally Installed Artificial Turf Professional installations of lawn and landscape projects can cost from $8.00 to well over $20 per square foot.
The Value Of An Accredited Online Degree In The 21st Century (4)
The cost-saving benefits are clear. People are busy these days. Everyone has a job, or sometimes two jobs. They have families and crowded schedules. If an individual cannot afford to return to college and has been putting it off for years, these degree programs offer the chance to cheaply take classes at the student's preferred pace.
Different Types Of Start Up Businesses (5)
Some possible drawbacks include increased cost, tighter regulations, company size requirements, and limited financing options in the future, depending on what type of incorporation you choose. As tedious as it sounds, all the provisions of your company's organization will have to be decided early on, particularly since liability laws are so stringent.
Using Amortization Tables To Make Big Money (6)
You will notice each month's payment is broken down into two parts, interest and principal. You'll also notice the interest part of the payment; at least in the early part of the mortgage, will be by far, the higher number.
Power Selling Wholesale Merchandise To Huge Profits! (7)
In effect, they are creating their own destiny and marvelous experience while as always paying a price. What happened mister, sharks biting you? Get in their game, do what you have to do and eat the good arrogance or sell.
Selecting A Company To Be A Distributor (8)
A company in the wellness industry or health industry often will be the best choice for a distributorship since this niche of the internet is growing so rapidly. People are interested in wellness and health related products and services.
Golf Mental Game Tips To Help You Reduce Your Scores (9)
Use some of the mental strategies to help you lower your golf handicap. Shakil is an online researcher, avid golfer and a regular contributor to www.golfswingtips4u.com which is a site that can help you to play better golf.
The Importance Of Guitar Chords (10)
If you're are serious and really want to learn to play guitar, visit www.dailyguitarlesson.com. It has everything that a begining guitarist like yourself needs to get started. It really helped me get started and I hope it does the same for you.
Newer Articles Highlighter:
Using Exercise As Business Motivation (1)
If you're having trouble getting started, start small. A short walk can do amazing things without much effort at all. If you're frustrated or stuck on something, take a short break, take a brisk walk to clear your head, and then go back to the problem.
The Best Source For Email Marketing (2)
They have signed up for service and have consented in receiving it. This means that there are constant reminders to your subscribers about all your products, new products and services as well as any promotions and special deals you are having.
Why Nellie Ball And The Warriors Are The NBA's Finest (3)
Wanna play? That's it. For the rest of the players it's 'feed K the ball'. The problem is with salary caps you can't give all your money to K because that means the other guys won't get paid very much and it might be hard to attract players that can do things like catch the ball.
Property Finance Tips And Advice (4)
Therefore you have to take that first step and buy your first piece of real estate. Remember that you must do your homework on which property to buy. Buying something that everyone else has is a bad decision.
Starting A Business: Are You Sure You Are Ready? (5)
This can also help you to analyze and understand the current trends in business and this will make you aware of the latest update and forecast about what's happening in the business environment.
High Quality Perceptions Start With Truthful Expressions And A Well-Conceived Messaging Strategy (6)
Good reasons, all. But certainly not conclusive. If any one human being had the definitive answer to this question and somehow was able to apply it in a profit-making venture, no doubt he or she would be quite wealthy.
What Couldn't You Do Without? (7)
From tomato sauce to hearts of palm, a can opener opens all sorts of possibilities for dinner. A can opener also opens Zachary's dinner and what would I do without my dog.
Do You Give Yourself Credit? (8)
They act like Teddy Roosevelt and rush through stores yelling, "Charge!" I don't. I think I use my credit card wisely - often, but wisely. When I check my month's collection of receipts with the charges on the statement, I've never found a mistake.
Are Happy Hours Bar-Gains? (9)
Maybe I should save change for parking meters because sometimes I get what I didn't pay for. By not putting enough money in meters, I get parking tickets. Then what I get for thirty-eight dollars is out of trouble.
How To Analyze Website Traffic (10)
It could be that your keywords are directing the wrong type of visitors to your website, or that your graphics are confusing or intimidating, causing the visitor to exit rapidly.