Punished By Rewards
In a follow up to yesterday’s post, I’d like to talk a little more about why you should celebrate your success and progress in creating wealth now and along the way, instead of holding it all off until the ‘end’.
There are a number of reasons why you should do your celebrating sooner rather than later. Let’s look at a few.
You Deserve This!
You’ve worked hard all your life, and you’ve dedicated yourself to living an even better life and finally getting what you deserve out of it, instead of allowing all the benefit to be for someone else. That is worthy of celebration, isn’t it!?
Motivational Celebration
This is one of the biggest reasons that you need to take the time out now and throughout your journey to celebrate—to maintain motivation.
You’ve come to wealth creation through some emotion of want or deprivation. So how much sense does it make to continue to deprive yourself? Why shouldn’t you enjoy some of the fruits of your labor now?
Often we end up punishing ourselves with the very rewards that we have set as our goals. We continue to look towards them as something in the future, something for a later date when we ‘deserve’ them, and so we continue to punish ourselves and stress ourselves with want and need. That’s silly.
Yes we should maintain larger goals, but we should also cut ourselves some slack and enjoy life now. By celebrating your success and having some enjoyment throughout the process, you give yourself a sense of accomplishment and appreciation; and that is far more motivating than a promise three years from now.
Is There Really An End?
Our time here in this world is not the most certain thing. What if tomorrow never comes? What if you continue to chastise yourself and never enjoy your reward? Live every day with appreciation and enjoyment, with no regrets.
And here’s one final point to consider—as you enjoy success, you will set larger goals for yourself all the time. So what’s to say there ever will be an ‘end’? What if you put off all your celebrating, but never satisfy yourself with one, solid end goal?
Life is for the living. It is for enjoyment and fulfillment. Look to the future, but also enjoy what you have accomplished now. It’s the best motivation you could have.
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 – 2009
Tags: Building Wealth, celebrate your success, Motivation, Success, Wealth
July 27th, 2009 at 5:16 am
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