Ce * le * brate Good Times, Come On!

Celebrations are important.  People celebrate when their favorite sports teams win the championship.

Since I moved to San Francisco, the San Francisco Giants have won 3 World Series!

THREE, that's 3, World Series Championships in 5 Years!

San Francisco knows how to Celebrate their victory! I have had the pleasure of attending the second World Series Parade. They come right down Market Street, right next to my office where I work. We are so close, we can look out most of our office windows and watch. This was my first World Series Parade I have been able to attend. I missed the first one by a couple weeks and I was home sick for the last one. I had to watch it on TV.

I'd like to celebrate here now! We received this great review on iTunes:

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It’s obvious that Tony has spent a lot of time thinking about goal setting. He has a lot of experience working with large corporations and executives in this area. If you are having trouble coming up with your goals, setting them, and making them happen, Tony can help you. The sound quality of this podcast is great, which is a plus. I look forward to seeing what he does in the future.

 

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Here are some pictures from the 2012 San Francisco World Series Championship Celebration!

If the Giants and Giants Fans can celebrate their success and the success of their favorite teams, why can't you celebrate yours?

You Can. And You Should.  Now, you probably won't throw a giant parade, but you should celebrate your successes.  Celebrate your achievements.

In my book, 9 Steps To Successful Goal Achievement, I have noted that one of the steps you must have is to Reward Yourself!

Why is this even a step to goal achievement?

Because WE NEED IT!

Humans learn by doing, hearing, and thinking. We want to continue learning when we are rewarded for doing a good job.

Positive reinforcement is used every day to get children to learn to do things.

If you have children, you have probably used positive reinforcement, rewards, on your children. When we want our kids to walk, we show them how to do it by holding their hands and walking behind them.  We do this over and over again. Then, on that one day when they get the nerve to let go of the table or sofa and take that first step or two by themselves, what happens?

We Cheer, We jump up and down! We clap and make a BIG DEAL about it. We probably pick them up and give them a big hug.

We have just used Rewards to celebrate their success. We just Rewarded Them (and yourself) for a goal that was achieved. They succeed in their goal to learn to walk and you achieved your goal of teaching them to walk.

This continues throughout your kids life as they enter school and work towards achieving good grades and graduating from high school and eventually college, perhaps.

If your kids get involved in sports or other extracurricular activities, their teachers, coaches, advisers will use rewards of some sort.

As adults we too, need rewards.  One of the biggest rewards you will likely receive are Bonus' at your job. If you do a good job and meet your company, department or team goals, you may receive a bonus. This is a reward for you achieving these goals.

Rewards Motivate Us - Celebrate your successes.

When I started in martial arts training, I studied Bujinkan Ninpo Taijutsu (more commonly referred to as Ninjutsu). When I started training,