As entrepreneurs, we’re always looking toward what we’re going to create, and rarely, if ever, do we pause to acknowledge what we have achieved.

While it is important to keep our eyes trained forward most of the time, if we never recognize how far we’ve come as entrepreneurs, we can get discouraged.

It’s a bit like sailing on the ocean, where the horizon keeps moving, so you never feel as though you get anywhere.

That’s why, at the beginning of our monthly Sassy Mastermind group calls, we do a practice that I call “sharing your wins.”

We take the time to tell each other the major things that we have accomplished in our businesses since we last came together.

Sharing your wins is also a powerful way to start in-house meetings with your team or any group calls that you’re leading.

Here are three other reasons why:

1. It starts the call or meeting on a positive and energizing note.
When team or group members are encouraged to share what they’ve accomplished and are acknowledged for their wins, they tend to leave any negativity outside the door. Sharing your wins gets everyone moving in the same positive and productive direction.

2. It inspires others and expands what’s possible.
Far from being boastful or selfish, talking about your win is a giving gesture, because a lot of times your win is something that someone else did as well and overlooked. So when they hear it, it causes them to pause and acknowledge ground that they, too, have taken. Also, other people who are listening get inspired by what’s possible and get ideas for more wins of their own.

3. Helps us understand how we can learn from and help one another.
When individuals in a group share their wins, the other members now know who to access for help and support. For instance, if Jennifer spoke on a big stage for chiropractors, the others now know that she’s a contact to learn how they might do it as well.

If you’d like to feel the empowerment of taking ground while being surrounded by a community that loves acknowledging it, I encourage you to speak to one of our Best Next Move specialists to see if our Sassy Mastermind might be your next best move. Schedule your free call now.