The Zigzag Principle: The Goal Setting Strategy that will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life

REWARD YOURSELF

Some people are good about rewarding team members and employees, but they’re not so good at rewarding themselves. I’ve fallen into that trap myself more than once; but I think I’ve finally learned that if I have an emotional meltdown, it’s usually because I haven’t followed through on feeding my inner self.

Just as I was taking the frightening leap from being employed at a full-time job to being a full-time entrepreneur, I was playing basketball and blew out my Achilles tendon, which had to be repaired surgically. Six weeks later, while pushing too hard at my physical therapy, I blew it out again. This was a tough time. It’s not in my nature to sit around, but all I could do was sit in my bed and work on my computer. I had started ...