by Refilwe Sebothoma
Many times I have been criticised for not taking the time to celebrate big moments and winnings in my life. And here is why: Although research has shown that celebrating milestones increase our intrinsic motivation to keep pursuing our goals, I have seen how celebrating too early and too long can be detrimental and seductive. This can easily give us a sense of “we have arrived” and in turn make us too familiar, complacent, and arrogant.
So, I decided to train myself to have the ability to bask in my victory the first 24 hours and move on to the next goal.
About two years ago I heard Dawn Staley teach the same principle about failure, and below is her thoughts and principles.
“Losing has a way of paralysing us to think and believe that we are failures, and we cannot bounce back.”
So, I am now training myself to have the ability to agonise over my defeat and move on within 24 hours. This is about building Resilience, which is described as the ability to cope with stress, adversity, and uncertainty, and to recover from them quickly and effectively.
So ultimately for me this is about creating a mental capacity to keep moving.
24 hours from a win or a loose, we move on!
Let’s wrap up with this quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: - “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run walk, if you can't walk crawl, but by all means keep moving.”
Have a powerful week ahead, and let’s keep moving.
Refilwe Sebothoma continues to grow as a visionary entrepreneur with proven business savvy and qualities. She is strong self-made Business Development strategist (in establishing, maintaining and retaining relationships and growing businesses; her financial acumen (in driving profitability, cash flow management, performance measurement and management, value creation and sustainability); market orientation (skilled in the ability to analyse and synthesize market and competitive data); strategic management(demonstrated ability to understand and manage critical interdependencies across the business value chain.
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