167: The Importance of Celebrating Yourself

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One single fact is true of most people today. We do not know how to recognize our own magic. It goes against our programing to step up and celebrate ourselves. At a very early age we are taught to not be prideful and to lift up others. In many cases we are taught to be shy when others compliment us or our achievements.

Why should we recognize our own greatness? It is important to our own mental and emotional growth. Now, we are not saying that everything you do needs to be celebrated as if you are the greatest person and should be worshipped. Instead, we are saying that we are success oriented. Successes make us feel good about ourselves and what we have done. Celebrating those successes lets ourselves know that we are making progress. It reminds us of where we started, all the trials we went through, and the feeling we felt having reached each milestone along the way.

We have this misconception that celebrating our success is prideful. While in certain situations that might be true, there are times when it is necessary and completely appropriate. The celebration of reaching milestones is important in all our goals. It is proof of our efforts and dedication to our continued success. However, when you stand over an opponent and gloat, rubbing their failure in their face, that is no longer a celebration.

In order to celebrate success, we have to have goals. In order to celebrate goals, we need to have milestones. Milestones are a useful tracking tool that help us stay positive and adjust course as needed. We often set goals with no roadmap. The goal is the end destination for one trip. However, the best part of the road trip is not the end destination. It is in the road trip. The same goes for our goals. We are only able to track our progress in life and in each of our goals if we track our milestones along the way. The milestones give definition to the trip towards success.