When was the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back for a job well done? Most of us get so bogged down with what’s still to do on our To Do list that we don’t give ourselves credit for everything we have achieved.

Many of us rely on feedback from a customers or clients to let us know that we’re doing a good job. But it’s just as important to recognise your own achievements as a way of keeping your enthusiasm and motivation levels high.

The type of reward you give yourself will vary according to your tastes, your personality and your business and needn’t cost a lot. If you are the type of person that is strongly motivated by reward it could be something little like treating yourself to a cup of tea and a biscuit after you’ve made that phonecall you’ve been putting off for days, or a long, hot bubblebath as a treat for doing your monthly accounts.

If you provide a service, you could treat yourself to a bottle of wine or a bunch of flowers each time you win a new client. Or if you make handmade products or sell gifts online, maybe you could treat yourself every 10 orders? You could even make yourself your very own reward chart and work towards one really big treat once you’ve ticked off a month’s worth of To Dos!

The treat in itself isn’t important – what’s more important is that you get into the habit of recognising how brilliant you, how far you’ve come and all the amazing things you’ve achieved. If that’s not worth a Mars Bar or a cream cake, then I don’t know what is!

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