Watching Murray win Wimbledon certainly made me stop and think about success. Success can mean so many different things to different people. Have you stopped and thought about what it means to you?
This week we’ve seen Murray finally win Wimbledon. Year after year the British have pinned their hopes on him, supporting him, willing him to win. For many of us we’ll view his success as holding up the cup.
But what does success mean? Lets face it success is different for everyone and whilst we can use it as a good example we have to relate the stages to our own dreams and ambitions, after all we don’t all hold the ambition to win Wimbledon.
Yes we can all see success in this photo and it is likely that winning Wimbledon was up there in Murray’s top goals list. But how does he go from starting a tournament to holding up a cup?
Its important to break all goals down and celebrate success along the way. So winning Wimbledon is broken down by winning a numbers of matches, including a quarter, a semi and a final.
Each match requires you to win a number of sets, each set a number of games and each game a number of points. Surely therefore it’s critical that each point is celebrated and if you follow Wimbledon you will see players like Murray celebrating each one. It may be a punch in the air, a smile or a wave of a racquet, its still a celebration.
Its simple to apply this to our own dreams. If realising our dream was just one step we’d have achieved it by now. So what is your dream? How can you break it down? And do you celebrate each step as you get closer to the overall goal?
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I have variety of goals that I break down into little chunks. I reward myself with days out or knick knacks for the house or a pamper session. I do look at my goals and despair sometimes but if I look at how far I’ve come today, anything is possible.
Great point Nancy – its so important to celebrate all those successes no matter how small they may seem at the time. All those small steps add up. 🙂