w’s..
It’s always good to count the little wins. I am a firm believer that in out of the many ways in which to build self-confidence, one should always celebrate the little wins. When you are on a journey, whatever journey that may be. Wether it’s starting a business, a fitness goal, financial goals and beyond. I am a person who always has lofty goals. Most of the ideas and concepts that have on a daily basis are ones that require a lot of time to prepare, so one of the things I like to do is break the goal down into small pieces and then celebrate each piece you achieve along the way. So for instance, if you have a weight loss goal of 50lbs, most would consider that a lofty goal. When I was 50lbs overweight, I knew I had at least a 90 day schedule. Instead of intimidating myself and oftentimes, disappointing myself, by stepping on a scale every week like I had tried in the past, I said that I wasn’t going to ever step on a scale, However, I would track my progress by my clothes size. I was an extra-large shirt and an 36 waist at the time and once I started making the commitment to the goal, I knew I was having success because my pant sizes were coming down. Everytime I dropped a pant size, I bought some small miniature bottles of champagne and popped a bottle for size 36, then size 34, then that became a 33 and I kept Celebrating and before I knew it, I was exactly where I wanted to be (155lbs) I took a lofty goal, broke it down, changed my perception on what weight loss was in my mind and then I started to see the results I wanted and not only reached my weight loss goal of 50lbs, I ended up surpassing my goal by an extra 15lbs!
So I encourage you today to celebrate the little wins. Give yourself some credit and talk positively to yourself, always. It’s important that you recognize the greatness within yourself and build that self confidence little by little. There an old wise quote that says “The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time” and that quote definitely applies to this topic because it’s real easy to have a large goal and then miss the target completely because you may lack the patience to achieve said goal and if you don’t have the patience, chances are, it’s not really what you desire, at least not long-term, anyway. On the other end of the spectrum when it comes to small or little wins is that you get to practice the habit of celebrating! On a subconscious level, the very habit of celebrating and celebrating often, gives your body the impression that it is doing a great job and gets it in the habit of always celebrating. When you begin to start living in that celebratory vibration, it is only a matter of time before you begin to attract more wins, pressed down, shaken together and running over with wins! Build that celebration habit. It’s a great habit to have. There’s some people out there addicted to worse habits than that.
Before I go, I do not want to leave out the times when you lose too. There’s “big losses” and “little loses” too and even when things don’t always go your way or you may consider something a “loss” it’s always good to have a positive outlook on your situation. There’s always something to learn in a loss, but when you find the lesson in it, rejoice in the lesson! Don’t get down on yourself when things don’t work out. Just see it as an opportunity to regroup which is the ground floor of perseverance. Until next Time, wash your hands, stay inside and count the little w’s..they count too!
Much Love ❤️
-Jermy
