7 ways to celebrate yourself today (and why you need to pick at least one IMMEDIATELY)

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Today I found the perfect Thank You card.  For myself. 

Yep, I’m writing myself a Thank You card.  I want to thank me for the progress I have made on my goals so far this year.  Nope, I’m not done with my #Triumphant2020 goals. Not even close. But, I am closer than I was.  I’ve met milestones. And that requires celebration.

As leaders, we know employee recognition is important.  We’re aware that acknowledging the successes of our team members has significant impacts.  The right recognition can lead to increased engagement, higher quality work, lower attrition, higher profits and more.  

The positive results we see are rooted in science.  Each time humans earn a reward dopamine is released.  Humans like how dopamine feels so they repeat the behavior. 

We can make this simple law of nature work for ourselves and our goals as well.  

It’s not new, it’s not earth-shattering and I think that’s why we don’t actually do it.  It seems too easy, like it shouldn’t work. 

But it does work.  Every time we celebrate it reinforces the idea that success is attainable. It creates momentum to continue.  Even when it’s tough. We begin to think bigger, ultimately raising the limits for what’s possible in our lives.     

Yet we really do not do this well or, let’s be honest, ever.  

We have extremely believable reasons for not doing it.   We don’t have time… It’s too complicated to plan… It’s not really necessary…  There are more important things to be done…  

What we are really saying is “I don’t think it’s worth the effort.”  

But, what if it is worth it? Test me on this.  Assign yourself a milestone somewhere on the path of your #Triumphant2020 goal.  Decide right now what the reward will be (I’m helping you out with a pretty awesome list of 7 ideas, just click here).  Then, all you have to do is follow-through.  

What you’ll find is that there’s joy, fun, and excitement all along the way to the end goal – not just at the finish line as we often mistakenly believe.  You’ll become excited to keep moving forward.  You’ll actually WANT to put forth the effort to get that next milestone.  And why not?? There’s a celebration waiting – and it’s exactly the kind you like.    

If you have any questions or need a hand along the way I can definitely help, just click here to schedule a free, 30-minute discovery session.