Celebrate the Win!

You did a good job.

Can you let yourself feel that… even for a moment?

So many of us gloss over the win and focus on our mistakes.

That home run was a bomb!

Yeah, but I was a little out in front, and the launch angle wasn’t right…

Nice backhand play in the hole!

Yeah, but it rattled in my glove, and I bobbled it for a moment…

Six scoreless — way to compete!

Yeah, but I gave up two hits in the third, and I walked a guy in the fifth…

We’ve been conditioned to search for flaws.

To stay humble.

To stay sharp.

To stay hungry.

And there’s value in that.

But there’s also something quietly damaging about never allowing yourself to enjoy what you just did well.

If you look closely enough, every performance has an imperfection.

Even perfect games include a rocket hit right at someone…

a diving catch in the gap…

a borderline call that could’ve gone the other way.

Perfect isn’t the point.

Growth doesn’t come from criticism alone.

Confidence is built when you recognize what’s working.

When we refuse to acknowledge a job well done, we train our mind to look only for what’s wrong.

“Yeah, but…” becomes a habit.

A habit becomes a mindset.

A mindset becomes the lens we see everything through.

So try this instead:

“Thank you.”

Not sarcastic.

Not deflecting.

Not followed by a correction.

Just… “thank you.”

That home run was a bomb!

Thank you.

Nice backhand play in the hole!

Thank you.

Six scoreless — way to compete!

Thank you.

If you’re going to own your mistakes — and you should — then you have to own your wins too.

You worked for it.

You showed up for it.

You earned it.

You won.

So, celebrate it!