Celebrating Success

What successes did you have in 2007?

It's that time -- the close of 2007 and the opening of a new year. How are you doing that? Are you looking back over your year noting your successes? Or, are you looking at what you didn't accomplish. Which one of these approaches gives you more energy for catapulting into 2008?

My money is on celebrating your successes. Whatever energy you project is the energy that communicates what you want more of. So, if you want more successes, then focus on your successes.

The only catch, of course, is that many of us believe that we should find all the things we did wrong, so we won't do them again -- only, guess what, we do. Over and over. Part of the reason is because we are talented critics of ourselves. We know how to focus on the "wrongs". And so that's the energy that is communicated to the universe. And that's what you get more of.

Sometimes we've been taught that praising our accomplishments is conceited or prideful and definitely not a virtue. Even if we list our successes, the list of failures or close to failures is much longer. Our attention tends to stay there as well.

So, here's my gift for 2007/2008. If you'd like to know how to celebrate your successes, what if feels like to celebrate your successes, that you are worthy and deserving of celebrating your successes, then just say Yes, right now.

Thinking you are not sure what success really is? Would you like to have the Universe's perspective, definition and understanding of success and have yours be the same? Just say yes and that energy will flow in to you.

If you believe that it's just plain wrong to celebrate your successes, would you like to change that belief? If so, just say Yes and it will be replaced with a belief that celebrating my successes produces more joy in the world.

Now, here's your homework. Go back through 2007 and list 12 successes you had. You can list one for each month, or you can just list 12. You might have had several in one month. Oh, and YES, you can list more than 12.

Once you have the list, read it over, breathe it in, allow the energy of accomplishment to flow into you.

And take your right arm, reach it out and across your body, up to your right shoulder and a little beyond. Pat yourself on the back.

With Love and a Happy New Year in 2008