You don’t have to wait for big wins to celebrate. It’s good to celebrate all the small victories.

Heard this idea from Nike Run Club app.

Only jogged for 20 minutes when you wanted to do more? Well guess what? You ran 20 minutes! And that’s pretty awesome.

To be honest, when I first heard this it was pretty great. I felt hyped up and it was encouraging.

Celebrate the effort.

Feeling a little discouraged because you are a slice of pizza? Well, celebrate the small win that you were able to stop yourself at one slice. The funny thing is, both perspectives are right. Except one is discouraging and makes you want to give up. The other is encroaching and makes you want to keep at it.

Look for the little victories, even in moments of “failure.” Give credit for the effort.

You’ll associate positive feelings with the direction you want and will help you focus on moving forward.

It’s not really a cope out, because you’re focused on the effort. Not necessarily the results. The thing is, effort don’t always lead to results, but there are no results without effort. Effort is needed to make results.