Celebrating Success

In a moment of frustration, my coach said to me…. “Instead of focussing on everything you did not manage to do – I want you to acknowledge everything you did accomplish throughout your day.” This was a difficult concept for me at the time being such a high achiever and perfectionist – it was not good enough for me. Until the following week when I was working in my office and noted this same frustration of not feeling like I was getting anywhere. Then the tones of a supportive voice reminding me once again….”acknowledge yourself for what you have achieved today”.

I obviously was ready to break whatever the frustrated cycle was. I then took out an old exercise book I had sitting in my top draw and started writing what I had achieved.

“I acknowledge you Annette for….

*    cleaning out your filing cabinet and throwing out old documents
*    sending an email to my coach for support
*    making a phone call committing to learn new program
*    clearing email in tray
*    ringing my brother about invite to dinner
*    returning the phone call to client with clarity
*    attending network meeting and connecting with everyone
*    being real with coaching clients and holding their vision
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As I wrote, I noticed how hard it was for me to look for what I had achieved. What I was looking for was the big accomplishments. Then I realised that the little accomplishments were the foundation of my business and the consistency of those little things creates the big accomplishments. Most of all I realised that I was acknowledging myself and developing a relationship between myself and what I was passionate about in my business.

I decided to use this as a supportive tool regularly and one of the first things I noticed was my list became longer and longer each time I entered into my exercise book – now called “Acknowledgements to Annette”. I discovered that as I acknowledged myself, my mind was open with enthusiasm to look for more positive actions which I had taken throughout my day.

Take time out of your busy day to create your own personal and professional acknowledgement list. You could even try a weekly one if you prefer. Give it a go and see what opens up for you. Enjoy celebrating your ongoing Success.

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“Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.”                                                                                                            
– Jim Rohn -
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