Are you guilty of this? Are you the first one to notice your own flaws? Are you the last to acknowledge your achievements? Well don’t beat yourself up – this is very common. Early on,

we are taught that someone who is “stuck up,”“full of themselves” or “on an ego trip” is a jerk. We’ll often hide the pride we feel after having succeeded grandly. We are conditioned generally not to celebrate our wins or even acknowledge when we’ve been very good.

We are certainly never tempted to rub our successes in the faces of those we’ve vanquished. Right?

That would be considered bad sportsmanship. But ignoring our own accomplishments or refraining from the occasional pat on the back is a big waste of the energy surrounding a success. We’ve all seen success energy. It’s explosive. A team wins the World Series and the team runs onto the field and piles on each other. A basketball player sinks a winning shot at the buzzer and lifts his arms in triumph. The world loves a winner. So, don’t be afraid to acknowledge your success to yourself or to others.

Having conquered one achievement, we often move right on to the next by focusing on the next step on the ladder, or the next milestone in our goal. As our new desires come into focus, we can lose touch with the vibration of success we felt after our last win.

As a reminder, create a book of your wins. You can even use a scrapbook or a photo album. Include a picture or memento along with a written description of what it took to achieve this win. Also, note how you feel about your accomplishment. Imagine the stored energy inside this book of wins. Energy that’ll be available to revel in each time the pages are opened. Of course, we are not suggesting you wallow endlessly in your past glories, but, it is important to remember the impact your wins have had on your life.

And, why stop with your wins? Sometimes we make progress slowly and steadily. It is progress nonetheless. Take the time to look at what you have gained, how you have grown, what the cumulative effect of your accomplishments in life have brought to you and to those around you.

By constantly focusing on what we still have to attain, we put out an unconscious message to our brains that we are lacking. To counteract that, it is worthwhile to focus, from time to time, on our victories and achievements. Create a vibration of success in the present that is vital for attracting further success.

EXERCISE

JOURNAL CODE: AKN

Take just a few minutes after your morning visualization session to acknowledge the blessings all around you. Don’t stop with the obvious. Look deeply for the little miracles in life that have made you thankful. This is a give-and-get world. When you get, give back thanks in return and it will keep the cycle of energy flowing around you.

Acknowledging is also a good way to provide support during the process of achieving your specific goals. Once you have established a goal, it is advisable to list the qualities you already possess which will help you attain your objective. What do you bring to the party? Make your list long. Refer to it often.

Within us, we have the power to change and improve our reality. By mastering techniques that utilize the unique power of the mind, we can create and control our own consciousness. And, our consciousness can literally turn our thoughts into physical reality.