Ramblings From Dentistry's Technology Evangelist - Breaks 4,000,000 Page Views!!!

 

A big announcement today... "Ramblings From Dentistry's Technology Evangelist" has now surpassed 4,000,000 page views!  I could type for hours and not be able to adequately describe how grateful I am to all of you.  If it wasn't for people like you who are reading this post, there would not be a blog or anything else I'm involved with.  So my deepest thanks to all of you... I am truly humbled by the support.

I try not to get too hung up or focused on numbers for projects I'm involved with, but sometimes a milestone is passed and you'd have to be in a fog to not have it motivate you.  About fifteen years ago I noticed something about myself.  Maybe it's the mindset of being a dentist, or maybe it's just me, but when things went right I wouldn't think much about it.  I'd just move onto the next thing.  I *expected* things to go right.   Yet... when something went less than *perfect* I'd dwell on it and sometimes I'd beat myself up mentally... sometimes for days.

It's funny, but think about this for a second.  If someone gives you a compliment... maybe they say "your hair looks really good today".  I think most of us don't give it a second thought, often we don't even believe it.  Yet, if someone says "your hair doesn't look really good today", we immediately run to a mirror and try to fix it.  I'm not sure why humans are like that, but I've talked about this to a lot of people and it seems to be a pretty common thing.

I decided to try and make a change.  I made a concerted effort to celebrate my successes.  I wouldn't throw a party, but I *would* allow myself to think "that wasn't easy, but I did pretty well there."  My logic was, if I'm going to be hard on myself when things didn't go perfectly, I'd pat myself on the back when they did.

Because of that, I frequently tell others to celebrate their successes.  There is obviously a line between being happy with success and being egotistical, but there is nothing wrong of being proud of your achievements.

I have always felt if you do the right things for the right reasons, success will follow.  However, with that being said, sometimes things don't always go according to plan.  My advice?  Celebrate your successes.  There's nothing wrong with that feeling of satisfaction that comes from a job well  done.