Why rewarding yourself should be MANDATORY!

Here we are eating oysters and champagne, celebrating success at our first ever Women in Business Leadership Lounge (WBLL) event last January.

Did you know that rewarding yourself for your business accomplishments regularly not only encourages better habits but it also boosts confidence and chances of future success?

Studies have shown that rewards and celebration stimulates the brain to produce dopamine, making you more happy and confident.

Dopamine, the "feed good hormone" reinforces the learning experience and strengthens our sense of accomplishments so that we begin to identify ourselves as successful.

But on the flip side, what happens when we do not reward ourselves for our new customers, revenue growth, and other business accomplishments?

We begin to feel burn out, depleted, and resentful because we are subconsciously telling ourselves that our efforts were not important. We are not worthy of self fulfillment.

Regular celebration has become an important ritual of ours so that we continue to perpetuate the same behaviors that lead to success, while replacing the ones that do not.

Champagne is our celebraty drink because of our ritual of regular celebration. 

And to be honest, it tastes so good once it hits your lips ;)
 
This helps us repeat the healthy daily behaviors and patterns that lead to our success. 

 But you don't need champagne to celebrate! Celebration and rewards can come in many forms like flowers, dinner dates, facials, yoga, nature hikes or even something as simple as a solo dance party in your bedroom.