Good Morning ,

“Success Without Fulfillment Is the Ultimate Failure” – Tony Robbins.

As high achievers, we are often victims of not feeling “good enough” regardless of what we’ve accomplished.

It is human nature to want to be accepted by the communities we value. We spend time caught in a back-and-forth of continuously seeking internal and external validation. This is normal. Self-fulfillment, high self-esteem, and self-empowerment cannot be cultivated without an environment of the people we value and love.

However, there’s no need to wait to live a fulfilled life RIGHT NOW.

Here are three ways to help you achieve a fulfilled life.

Gratitude:

• Speak gratitude to yourself out loud daily!
  • Find ways to be openly kind to yourself through affirmations, self-care, and intentionally doing things that bring you joy, no matter how small.
  • According to an article by Heather Craig, BPsySc, over 90% of American teens and adults indicated that expressing gratitude made them experience feelings of “extreme happiness” or “somewhat happier.” Think about setting an intentional behavior in your day, speaking to yourself with kindness.

Celebration:

• “You betta’ recognize!”
  • Recognize your achievements and celebrate yourself. Don’t wait for others to recognize you. It’s a known fact within a business culture that recognition is the key to increased productivity and lower attrition rates; business productivity increases by 30% when employees are happy. How productive could you be if you spent the time recognizing yourself? 
  • Accept all the great things about yourself and amplify your strengths. Did you achieve a long-term goal and don’t think anything of it because now you have to accomplish another goal? STOP. Smell your roses for a minute and make a recognition budget for yourself. You deserve it!

Service:

• Give of yourself!
  • Be in service to others. Volunteer, give money, time, or other resources. We need other humans to help us achieve a connection to our purpose. Serving humanity fulfills us. 

A life full of gratitude, celebration, and service is a life we are all worthy of. Make choices that align with this starting today!