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Celebrating Your Accomplishments Print

As leaders and entrepreneurs, being busy, taking it on, and charging ahead are a regular part of your day to day, but how often do you really stop to notice all you have done?  

With new dreams always being created, new projects to launch, it is so easy to get caught up in the whirlwind.  I always find it amazing how, without proper attention and care, the very thing you launched, the very thing you love, can feel an awful lot like the rat race that you thought you had left behind.

One way to keep balance, focus and energy as you build your empire is to take time to stop and celebrate your accomplishments.

Whether you have just launched your business, are thinking about launching or you are in your fifth year, you have things to celebrate. The fact that you are an entrepreneur and a leader means you are unique and special. You are willing to take risks, go for your passion and follow your dreams. This in itself is remarkable.

So before you launch down a new path; let’s take a moment to celebrate what you have already created.

Action:  Settle in, clear the schedule, get your favorite mug of coffee and let’s get started!

Write a list of your accomplishments from the past year, big and small.

•    Celebrate accomplishments in business – goals achieved, milestones met, financial success (I once celebrated making my first $1.23 in residual income, a milestone for my business.  If making your first $150 as an entrepreneur is a milestone for you, write it down! You get to decide what is worthy of celebrating!)

•    Celebrate accomplishments in life – renovating the bathroom, setting one night a week as date night and keeping it, actually making it through a whole month of daily meditation. Remember, nothing is too silly or too small to celebrate.

•    Celebrate moments of courage or extraordinary effort – as a entrepreneur you know you have had moments this year where you pushed the envelope and stepped outside of your comfort zone. This is no small thing and it deserves to be celebrated.

•    Celebrate the person you have become – often our greatest accomplishments do not show up as something that we built or something that we did, but as something we are.  Some of life’s biggest reasons to celebration come from the work we do on ourselves to become the person we imagined.

•    Stop, breath, and let it all sink in.  Yep, I knew it.  YOU ROCK!

To get you going, here is a little excerpt from one of my celebration lists:

•    Sourced and managed 5 summer interns
•    Had  my first TV appearance
•    Made $500 modeling (a 5 year-old’s dream come true)
•    Best revenue year to date for Coach Joelle Inc.
•    Successfully did a 21-day cleanse
•    Somehow actually got my head around the idea of having a baby
•    Secured the opportunity to be a monthly columnist for a magazine
•    Invested in a sailing cruise line with Jeff (my husband).
•    Found an awesome graphic designer for the LIVLOUD! Newsletter so I am really proud of each issue I send out.
•    Created a spot in the sun for reading and meditating to support me through the dark, cold Cleveland Winter (dark and cold relative to AZ anyway.)
•    Kitchen renovations complete! (12 months late but done done done!)
•    Started painting again….

Alright everyone, you get the idea!  Have a blast celebrating yourself! Huzzah to you!

Coach Joelle



Coach Joelle Prochera is a Professional Certified Coach, writer and inspirational speaker committed to bringing the gift of joy and empowerment to the work and lives of others.

Joelle has supported thousands of people over the past 8 years to create their personal and business dreams in their reality.  Explore your own creative personal power through Coach Joelle’s live speaking events, her LIVLOUD! Newsletter, the Make Your Life Program, and individual coaching. Learn more at www.coachjoelle.com.