You Have Done a Great Job. Don’t Forget to Reward Yourself

Every­day as busi­ness peo­ple we are faced with things to do and prob­lems to deal with every­day. And we all have (or should have) our daily plan. Stuff that we do each day con­sis­tently. Then there is our to do list.

Stuff that we work on a bit at a time. Long term projects or just things that we set for a cer­tain date that needs done. To say the least, there is always some­thing to do. And some days are much more pro­duc­tive then others.

But when do you take time for you? Do you for­get to do some­thing for you? I know I have. And there’s some­thing you can do about that. Plus it helps with self motivation.

Have you had a par­tic­u­larly pro­duc­tive day?

- You did every­thing on your list.

- You attended that very infor­ma­tive webinar

- You put those fin­ish­ing touches on that report

- You even had time to read some of that ebook you have been mean­ing to get to.

- And you brought in some good recruits for the day.

Everyone’s “pro­duc­tive” day is a bit dif­fer­ent, but the point is this: When you have really good days and you pull ahead a bit and get a lot done, there is noth­ing wrong with reward­ing your­self. What’s your reward? Any­thing you want, it’s extremely per­sonal to each person.

Maybe go out and get that ice cream you’ve been think­ing about. Go get your­self a mas­sage. Even unplug for a lit­tle bit and go out for a walk. A a sim­ple pat on the back could work “I did awe­some today!”.

Not only does this help you keep momen­tum going, it also moti­vates you to try just as hard the next day. Or work as hard on the next project. Work­ing for our­selves makes it easy to for­get about our­selves. When you work for some­one else, they usu­ally reward you. But work­ing from home takes some self dis­ci­pline. And not just for run­ning your business.

So don’t be afraid to give your­self a con­fi­dence boost and pat your­self on the back. When Stephen King worked on writ­ing a new book. He set a cig­a­rette out (he quit at some point a long time ago, this is more of a rit­ual now). Then he would ham­mer out the book. Edit­ing and revis­ing. Every­thing. After a long while he would finally be done. And then he would finally smoke that cigarette.

A work of pas­sion or not, reward­ing your­self helps you stay moti­vated, boosts your con­fi­dence, and heck, even rubs your ego a bit too. Just don’t be afraid to acknowl­edge your accom­plish­ments. It can be very rewarding.

~Chris

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