Do You Think It’s Important to Celebrate Your Wins — Small and Large?

If you don’t give yourself credit for your small wins, you won’t notice the big ones, either.

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Yesterday I hit quite a few fantastic shots in pickleball. I also missed several easy ones.

Why did my mind focus on the bungled ones?

More importantly — why didn’t I celebrate the great shots I delivered? Sure, we strive to improve our sport — whatever it may be. Learning and practicing new moves, strokes and serves are necessary for progress.

However, I’m learning that celebrating our good moves may be every bit as vital as learning how to improve our game and advance to a higher level.

When consumed with writing an article for Medium, suddenly you’ve lost momentum. Your mind seems to have frozen. Not a thought, idea, or intelligent word enters your agitated mind. What happened? To where did all the ideas disappear?

Just as abruptly as your creativity hits the deep freeze — the sun reappeared, and your mind defrosted as new concepts arose.

You proceed to write an outstanding, insightful article and the hope that it may go viral is no longer a fantasy but a…