2020, the year we will celebrate all wins

Along the way, we forget to celebrate those tiny wins. Instead, we get distracted by the day-to-day problems, the emotional roller coaster, and the grind

What kind of wins should we celebrate? Every possible positive step.  Every last one. Each of those victories compounds into the overall goal. When we overlook them, or worse, fail to recognize them within our team, we lose out on the opportunity to build positive morale and momentum. In any business, morale and momentum are our most valuable assets because we're building something out of nothing — and the only fuel to make that work is optimism. How Should We Celebrate Tiny Wins? More than anything, with recognition. We need to stop and thank the people who put in the work, and that includes ourselves. In the formative years, so much of what we do is incredibly thankless because often, we're breaking things more than we're fixing them. Going day after day with that kind of pace is brutal, which is why we have to stop and recognize every win that we do make, to give us fresh energy and enthusiasm to get back in the slog. Think about it as refilling the gas tank, which has a giant frigging hole in the bottom as we're driving this car! So treat recognition like compensation? Absolutely!  The only thing worse than being paid a salary for hard work is doing it without and recognition or appreciation. Everyone appreciates a high five. It motivates the team and reminds folks that when the next impossible project comes up, it won't go totally unnoticed.