Celebrating Your Accomplishments

     Its the end of the yearagain! In the hectic midst of holiday preparations and professional goals still to be achieved, often we dont take time to appreciate and celebrate just how far weve come this year!

     How can we tell what weve done? Well, where is your written business plan? Get it out and take a look! How many goals did your team meet? How many are on the way to completion? Did you take a new turn mid-year, making some of the goals obsolete? If so, what else did you and your team accomplish instead?

     It is important to take time to sit down with your team in front of a large white pad on an easel and list everythingEVERYTHING!your company accomplished this year. Even if you are feeling like perhaps you missed the mark or even failed outright, do this with your team. Perhaps your perception isnt quite accurate, so check it out!

     Dont just list the BIG items list everything! It all adds up to your success. You just may surprise yourself and be able to enjoy what your team has done, instead of spending all your time between now and the end of the year running to catch up with what you haven't done. When you notice what is missing what wasnt achieved, just remember what football coach Vince Lombardi said, The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

     And how about your family? The end of the year holiday season is a time for reflection and appreciation. It is a time for appreciating all your loved ones and communicating that to them. Its a time for forgiveness of others and of yourself.

     Make a plan right now and reserve special times between now and December 31st for your family to celebrate all you have. What would it be like to be present to all the goodness around you this holiday season?

     And what about you? Dont forget to celebrate all you have accomplished this year. You may not have lost 30 pounds at the gym, but the 15 you did lose and kept off are worth crowing about! You may not have stuck to your plan to do one activity every week just for yourself, but dont discount the 37 weeks that you did stick to your plan. Look and see where did you surpass your greatest expectations this year?

     This holiday season, instead of kicking yourself, give yourself a big pat on the back and a huge hug. Then go out and hug someone else.

Clay S. Nelson, the founder of Consulting Services Network LLC, and his team are committed to putting fun, family and financial freedom into everyones business and personal lives.  With over two decades of experience coaching business leaders in creating life balance, building teams, and writing plans, their programs are designed to alter the cultures of companies and families.  They make a powerful and lasting difference with each person they meet, every group they speak with, and with every client they serve.