By celebrating every success, you encourage yourself to be in the moment and enjoy what you have, instead of being continuously busy with what you don’t have or what you didn’t achieve (yet).

The joy and celebration alone will push you forward, and… by keeping a record of your successes, you can remember and reconnect to this power in moments when you might feel low, stuck or unmotivated.

Celebrating successes will motivate you to keep going and aiming higher. Start incorporating celebrations into your work routine:

• When you reach a goal, celebrate it.
• When you receive good news, celebrate it.
• When you feel inspired and have a new business idea, celebrate it.

And if you’re thinking…you’ve got nothing to celebrate, you do! Celebrate being awesome, how hard you work and how you make things happen every single day.

If you don’t celebrate, no one else is going to do it for you. So you need to make it a point to plan these celebrations throughout the year to reward yourself. Set your goals with specific celebrations attached.

Best of all, your celebration doesn’t have to be an expensive, roll-out-the-red carpet party. It can be as simple as taking out a few hours to kick back and do something enjoyable.

Here are 10 simple ideas how you can celebrate your successes:

1. Establish Traditions

Create a list of celebrations, what needs to happen to start celebrating, and what would be the celebration (e.g. achieving your sales goal for the month – celebrate it a week after finding out the results by spending an evening in the spa.)

2. Treat Yourself

Decide your own rewards! Whether it’s a full blown party, a celebratory dinner, a glass of champagne, a hot bath with your favorite book or a stroll in the park! You’ve earned it.

3. Take Time Out

Celebrating doesn’t have to be about buying something fancy or going somewhere flashy. Celebrating can be as simple as deciding to take time out from the day-to-day activities so you can kick back, relax and enjoy a little down time (watch a movie, have a glass of wine, spend the evening hanging with your favorite people…)

4. Plan an Experience

Make plans with someone far away that you miss. Sign yourself up for that class you’ve been dying to take (cooking, yoga, wine tasting, gardening…) Get tickets to the concert of your favorite band. Go do something you loved as a kid – paintballing, go-karting or a scavenger hunt, and then treat yourself to an ice cream. 

5. Start a Success Jar

All you need is a jar, paper and pens. Every time you accomplish something, write down the date and the achievement. Place it in the jar and you can review it weekly/monthly/annually or when you’re down…

6. Write a Success Journal

Similar to the Success Jar, you can add an entry with every celebration. You can connect with the emotions, feelings and thoughts that arise as you write this achievement.

7. Take Success Selfie
Go one step further on the Success Journal and take a photo of you in the moment. Save electronically or print for your journal to document your journey visually too – watch yourself GROW and DEVELOP!

8. Share Your Successes
Shout from the rooftops and celebrate with others – your family, loved ones, friends, virtual connections on social media and supportive groups. 

9. Write Your Success Story
Connect with the story behind your achievement and document it in a newsletter, blog post or a chapter in your upcoming book! Document it now and share when you are ready.

10. Do a Victory Dance

And don’t forget to create yourself a special dance to your favorite song. Whenever you have success, turn up your song and dance your heart away.

Now It’s YOUR Turn

For five minutes… come up with as many ideas as you can… what can you do YOU do to celebrate more in your business? Give it a try and post it below…