Celebrate Success To Build Confidence

When you are working on building your self confidence, its really important to celebrate success along the way and mark the milestones of your journey towards your final goal.

As you work with your coach, establish from the outset what will have had to happen in the future so that you will know when you have reached each milestone, then plan how you will mark the occasion.

Each "baby step" you take will bring you a little closer to where you ultimately want to be.

For example, if you wanted to pay back a credit card bill of £3,000 over a 12 month period, you may wish to set a milestone at each £500 (every 2 months) paid back. You will know this has happened as your monthly statement will read £2500 at your first milestone, £2000 at your next milestone etc. Your reward could be whatever you wanted it to be, so long as it does not take you backwards on your journey to achieving your ultimate goal !

It is your choice, your responsibility and your actions which will make this happen. Your coach is only the facilitator - you are in charge of your own destiny.

Celebrate each milestone with something that makes you happy, whatever that is for you. As you enjoy your reward, tell yourself how well you have done and how the work so far has helped to lay the foundations for the next stage towards your goal and a great future.

Note your strengths in this area and how these have developed to enable you to have reached where you are now !

Then review what the next milestone is and plan the actions that you will need to take to get there. Remember to think about how you will reward yourself next time - this will help keep you focussed and on track!

Think about any potential barriers you may meet and how you will overcome these, remembering all of the reasons 'why' you want to reach your final destination goal.

Building in a rewards programme, helps you to keep up the momentum and the very fact of celebrating signifies your success so far, which in turns gives you evidence that you can achieve what you want to - this is what builds your self confidence, step by step.

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