Do You Deserve a Reward?

It’s reward time.

It’s Friday and you’re probably looking forward to the weekend.

For some, It can be a time of celebration as you made it through the week and have two days of needed rest.

For others, it may be just another day.

It’s also the start of the energetic weekend for me.

Let me explain.

Something shifts over the weekend. There are less phone calls, less emails and an overall winding down of energy.

There’s a lightness about working over the weekend.

But there’s something else, the weekend is when I take my ‘reward.’

What’s a reward?

It’s something I do in recognition of my service for the week.

Rewards can cost money or nothing at all.

The primary criteria is that they primarily benefit you.

What if I Didn’t Do Anything?

Rewards are to be taken whether you feel like it or not.

I’ve shared before that “if you treated people the way you treat yourself, you’d probably have no friends.”

Rewards are my little trick to teach me, how to treat me, better!

My clients love them too. And they are part of the success system I told you about the other day.

What If I Didn’t Earn It?

I mentioned the criteria; “A reward must primarily benefit you.”

It can involve money, or not.

And you take it whether you feel you deserve it or not.

These are not “achievement-based” rewards. You’d always find a reason not to take it, and thus lose the lesson.

No, rewards are to be taken each week whether you feel you deserve it or not.

They are even more important to take when you feel you don’t deserve it.

That’s the practice.

Types of Rewards

There are two types of rewards, those involving money and those that don’t.

Some examples of monetary rewards are;

• dinner and a movie
• a massage
• a new book
• bouquet of flowers
• a nice dinner out
• a new piece of jewelry or clothing

Some examples of non-monetary rewards are;

• 2 hours of guilt-free TV
• time to read a novel
• a nature walk
• listening to music
• leisurely time cooking in the kitchen (if you enjoy that!)
• coffee (or tea) with a friend

To avoid going broke taking rewards, I suggest taking one monetary reward each month and three non-monetary rewards.

You can adjust based on your situation.

The point of rewards are to take them, consistently. To train yourself how to treat yourself…you know you need the help.

Would you believe weekly rewards are one of the toughest activities clients struggle with?

You probably do.

Try it.

You could start this weekend, but can you continue the next, and the next?

This weekend, I’m starting a new fiction book. I’m excited to read it.

How about you, what do you ‘commit’ to doing as a reward this weekend?

Use the comments below to 1) publicly declare your reward, 2) commit to doing this every week for the next 30 days.

To Simplifying Success,

David

PS – Click here to learn more about formalizing this process and taking better care of yourself…while achieving more!

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