Few weeks ago, my wife called me and said: “Honey, do you think this year was my best year ever in business?” I said: “Yes. Compare your results with last year this time and you can see this year has been your best year ever!” She said, “But I have not fully achieved my goals, so I am hesitant to reward myself and celebrate my success.” I responded, “Well, this means that you do not appreciate yourself and your accomplishments enough. You want to wait until every single goal is achieved. But that is not how it works. Just look back and count the number of achievements you have had so far.” She said, “I know because I write all my dreams and goals in my dream book every day and I have fulfilled many of them. But I am still hesitant to reward myself with something that I really like.” I said, “What is it?” She said, “A family trip to Mexico during Christmas holidays!” I said, “Just do it. Appreciate yourself. Let’s reward ourselves with a great gift like the trip to Mexico.”

And we did ...