Chapter 18: Honor your past achievements “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate” Oprah Winfrey
This is a very important chapter. It’s one of my favorite exercises to boost my
clients’ self-confidence (and my own). Its purpose is to empower you and make
you aware of what you have already achieved in your life! We are always so
centered in the things that don’t work so well or what we haven’t achieved that
we forget what we have already achieved. I’m sure that you have fantastic
achievements in your life and in this chapter you will become aware of those
past successes and use them as rocket fuel to achieve your goals and future
successes! So the big question is:
What great things have you achieved in your life so far? You put yourself through college, traveled the world, have a
great career, have lots of great friends. Maybe you lived abroad for a while all on
your own. Or maybe you have overcome a tough childhood and major personal
setbacks. Maybe you raised fantastic children. Whatever challenges you’ve
overcome or successes you have achieved—now is the time to look back and
celebrate them.
Remember the chapter about focus? In this case, it means that
the more you remember and acknowledge your past successes, the more
confident you’ll become. And because you are concentrating on successes you
will see more opportunities for success!
Make your list! Remind yourself of your past successes! Give yourself a pat on the shoulder and say to yourself “Well done!” The important thing is the experience of success! Get into the
same state that you were in, see the success once again in your mind, feel again
how it felt then!
Action Step: 1) Write down a list of the biggest successes you’ve achieved in your life!
2) Read them out loud and allow yourself to feel fantastic for what you have
accomplished!
