Today is the first Sunday of the month in February and as is usual custom it is Super Bowl Sunday here in the U.S. The Super Bowl hosts the two best teams from each division from the NFL It is the highest goal a professional football player can achieve if they win the big game. Now if you remember a few years ago there was a commercial ad that would run from Walt Disney having usually the MVP player of the game say after they won they would celebrate by going to Disney!
Today, I want to use the blog to journal some of my wins for the week and to also talk to you about celebrating your wins.
Do you celebrate your wins?
For the longest time I would set goals for myself and strive to do my best to reach them. Some of them I hit and some I failed miserably. Typically I would dwell on the ones that I failed at and never took the time to celebrate the ones I won. It wasn’t until I was working with a business coach that it was pointed out to me that acknowledging your wins and putting out a reward for accomplishing it helps to keep the momentum going and also change your mindset when you start to dwell on what is not going right.
So after this was pointed out I then changed my goal setting process. In the past I set a goal and that was it. When I reached it I moved on to the next goals, however, with my new process I set a goal and I have a reward for hitting it. It doesn’t t have to be anything big and crazy like buying a new car or buying something expensive like a new watch or phone but something that gives you some satisfaction. Most of the time for me when I hit my goal I give myself the reward of more education. I typically will buy a book that I have been wanting to get or maybe even a course to learn a new skill. The key though is to celebrate the achievement. You may want to go out and party on the town or maybe you do want to buy some new clothes. It doesn’t matter what you buy but what does matter is you celebrate your wins. Now, speaking of celebrating wins about a year ago I started to use Sundays as my day to recap the week and celebrate what good happened. Today is that day and I am going to share it with you and everyone else moving forward.
The week of Jan 28th – Feb 3rd.
My biggest win for the week was in the Physical category. Just so you know I separate my categories into physical, financial, spiritual, mindset and professional. Now, the reason I choose physical for my biggest win of the week is because back on Jan 3rd I hurt my back really bad and was debilitated for about 2 weeks. I have never felt so much pain and been unable to walk like that in my whole life. I was thankful for my good friend, who is a sports medicine doctor, who helped get me back functioning. On the last day of the month for the first time in almost a month I was able to run again. Nothing stellar but thankful to be able to run and get a good sweat on so that is why I am calling it my biggest win!
What was your biggest win for the week? Do you celebrate your wins? Share in comments or on FB.
Coach Dave
