Accomplishments / Prestasies

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“Today's accomplishments were the impossibilities of yesterday.”

                   Robert Harold Schuller

What may look like a hill to climb, will be tomorrow’s achievement. Yes, Marquita Herald says that if yesterday was a good day, if you finished a project, learnt something new or completed a step toward achieving a bigger goal, then you should recognize your achievements. Do not neglect the importance of acknowledging your accomplishments. Celebrating small successes may help to keep you motivated and energized. I always say that the reward for any job that you have done should be found in having done that specific job. The successfully completing of a task should itself be the reward. There are some who may argue that celebrating your achievements is not important, but I do not agree. My question is this, is it wrong to acknowledge your achievements? Of course not, as long as it does not come down to boasting and to the point where your ego starts to grow disproportionally to your head. Keep in mind that acknowledging your achievements may increase positive emotions such as self-respect, happiness, and confidence, and these are good attributes which we want to nourish. I agree entirely with Herald when she says that in the end, it is not the size of the celebration that counts but acknowledging that you are growing and creating your best life.

Go on, acknowledge your accomplishment.
Why will you even think of neglecting this?

I think acknowledging your achievements are brilliant

and that it will contribute to your sense of bliss.

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“Vandag se prestasies was gister se onmoontlikhede.”

                   Robert Harold Schuller

Wat vir jou vandag na ‘n bult gaan lyk om uit te klim, is môre se prestasie. Dit was Marquita Herald wie gesê het dat as gister ‘n goeie dag was, as jy ‘n projek afgehandel het en iets nuuts geleer het, en ‘n stap nader aan jou doelwit is wat jy vir jouself neergelê het, dan moet jy ‘n tydjie neem en erkenning gee aan daardie prestasie. Moet asseblief nie die belangrikheid om erkenning aan jou prestasies te gee, afskeep nie. Wanneer jy klein prestasies vier, mag dit help om jou gemotiveerd en vol energie te hou. Ek sê ook altyd, wanneer jy iets doen, moet die belonging vir wat jy doen verkry word in die blote feit dat jy daardie taak gedoen het. In ander woorde, die suksesvolle afhandeling van ‘n taak moet die belonging op sigself wees. Daar is natuurlik diegene wie sal argumenteer dat dit nie belangrik is om jou prestasies te vier nie. Ek stem egter nie saam nie. Is dit enigsinds verkeerd om jouself op die skouer te tik en te sê: Wel Gedaan! Myns insiens sal dit net verkeerd wees wanneer jou prestasies na jou kop gaan en jy so daaroor spog dat jou ego in wanverhouding tot jou kop groei… Hou net in gedagte dat wanneer jy erkenning gee aan jou prestasies, dit heel moontlik jou positiewe emosies (soos selfrespek, geluk, selfvertroue, edm.) ‘n hupstoot mag gee. Hierdie is positiewe attribute wat ons verseker wil voed en koester. Ek stem dus geheel en al met Herald saam as sy sê dat dit aan die einde van dag nie gaan oor die grootte van die viering nie, maar oor die feit dat jy erkenning gee aan daardie prestasie en oor die feit dat jy groei en besig is om jou beste lewe te skep, en daarmee sluit ek af.

Komaan, gee erkenning aan elke prestasie wat jy behaal,

Inteendeel, elke prestasie is ‘n mylpaal,
of dink jy as jy dit doen sal mense jou bestempel as ‘n egoïs?

Absoluut nie, weet dit maar gewis!

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