Embracing Triumph: A Reminder to Celebrate Your Wins

With the relentless pace of life’s journey, it’s easy to skip over the moments of triumph and rush towards what’s next. But it's essential to pause and savour these sweet victories, as they are the milestones that mark our path to personal growth and fulfillment.

Why Celebrate Wins?

The concept of "loss aversion," a psychological phenomenon where losses impact us more deeply than equivalent gains, often steers our focus towards setbacks. All too often we console and commiserate over what wasn’t achieved. Yet when we do receive a wonderful compliment or accolade, we fail to express our joy because we’ve been taught not to be proud, not to boast and not to show-off. Added?to this limited?conditioned?thinking?is that our brain’s wiring emphasizes the sting of a loss over the sweetness of a success. Yet, it's the celebrations that infuse our lives with joy and meaning.

As Maya Angelou beautifully expressed, "We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share."

Celebrating our wins is more than just patting ourselves on the back; it’s about acknowledging the journey, energy, and momentum to reach those heights. It’s about crafting a narrative of success that propels us forward, further, and faster. If to live well is seeing the glass half full, then celebration is the effervescence inside.

Simple Ways to Celebrate More Often

1. Reframe Your Achievements: Start seeing your achievements as gifts you give to yourself. Each success, no matter its size, is a testament to your dedication and unwavering focus. Stop and revel in it!
2. Cherish the Small Steps: As the novelist Iris Murdoch once said, "One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." Apply this to your journey by celebrating the small steps along the way.
3. Share Your Joy: Tell others about your achievements. Sharing your success can multiply the joy and inspire others. And if any doomsayers, doubters, and distractors don’t share your joy, dump them!
4. Keep a Joy Journal: Write down your successes and the moments that bring you joy. This can be a powerful tool for reflection and for recognizing your own growth over time.

?Taking my Own Advice

I’m excited to share some wonderful news about my journey. Recently, I was awarded the Most Empowering Leadership and Mindset Speaker 2024 at the 8th Annual Australian Enterprise Awards and was named a Woman to Watch in 2024 by Women's Biz Global for which?I'm deeply grateful?and humbled.? ?

These accolades are not just personal milestones but are celebrations of the values so many of us cherish and promote together, especially as women who commit to making a difference and being bold role models for others.

As Melinda Gates once remarked, "When we invest in women and girls, we invest in the people who invest in everyone else."

Let's Celebrate Together

Let’s make it a habit to celebrate our wins, big and small. Each celebration is a beacon that illuminates the path for others to follow. Let’s not shy away from sharing our successes and spreading the joy they bring. Let’s Dare to SHINE!

I’d love to hear your stories of triumph so please share.

Let your Leadership Light SHINE ???

?Diane Demetre

https://www.dianedemetre.com/

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