Weekend Musings - Take pride in your achievements

I am feeling rather pleased with myself at the moment. I have completed a number of projects lately, one very large one and some smaller ones.And I am very proud of the results. 

Now this is a turn around for me as I have always had the belief that it was wrong to be proud of my achievements and that they had little value. This is what you call a limiting belief and it has dogged me all my life, making me feel bad about myself. Is this story familiar to you?

To prove that I have changed my beliefs about my self, here are three examples of what I have been doing lately, of which I am feeling proud. 

These booklets can be found at Choralworks Inc.com

1. I have designed some book covers for my friend Val who's  booklets are soon to be published at    Choralworksinc.com I am pleased and proud of how these turned out.

Poster for Choralworks Inc. newsletter

2. I have designed a poster for Choralworks Inc. to be included in their next newsletter. This is another good result and something else for me to be proud of.










3. The largest project I have worked on is co-authoring an eBook with my friend  Fran West.  "Free Internet Marketing for Small Business" has been written to help small business owners advertise their businesses on the Internet at no cost.

 As small business people ourselves, we have had to learn how to market our businesses and we want to share what we have learned with others.

Our Pride and Joy!

Our eBook has turned out really well, we have been given some wonderful testimonials by our original readers. And; our eBook is now published! Hooray!

Our achievement here, is that not only have we written the book, we have created all the graphics including the book cover ourselves; and we have also done all the editing and marketing ourselves. So this is a project that Fran and I are really proud of.

Being proud of who you are and what you do is important for our feelings of self worth. 
We all have valuable gifts and abilities that we can offer and we are all a valuable part of life. 

So if you have doubts about your value and you have some negative beliefs that are holding you back; find a way to let go of the doubts and change your beliefs and you will change your life.


Hilary Thompson
The Out and About Therapist
Facilitator at Flourishing Relationships Retreats

Achievements

The London Olympic Games 2012 are now over. 

I have to admit that I am not a keen sports person or watcher of the Olympics; however, I do have great respect for the dedication, focus and persistence of all the Olympians. 

Whether the athletes win a medal or not, they all deserve our respect as they have achieved a great deal, just to take part in the Olympic Games. In fact the largest achievement of these games in my opinion is that every country represented has for the first time ever sent female athletes to compete; a great step forward towards bringing some balance between the sexes. 

 By the way, I love this image of London Bridge, the Olympic Rings and the full Moon. What a great shot – I wish I had been there to see it!  

Not many of us will achieve the level of an Olympic athlete in our lives and that is ok. But we can all take on board their dedication, persistence and focus to achieve our own goals large or small.

It is, however, important to give ourselves credit for what we can and do achieve. All achievements need to be valued, whether they are large or small.

The Gap in the Fence

For example, I recently scored 10 / 10 points for one of my photographic images; “The Gap in the Fence” at an inter club competition.  

Now, this may not be much of an achievement to some, but one of my goals has been to produce an image that scored 10 points in a Photographic Club competition and I finally did it!

Achieving this goal has given me more confidence in myself as a photographer, and the incentive to keep working on improving the standard of my photography. And most importantly, it made me feel good.

So value your achievements whatever they are. Value the Bronze and Silver as much as the Gold. Stick with what ever it is that you are aiming for and enjoy the journey.

Hilary Thompson

The Out and About Therapist

Facilitator at Flourishing Relationships Retreat