 Rewarding yourself... when to stop?
This is yet another thing I seem to read quite often in self-help material (and that I have probably misinterpreted): Rewarding yourself.
What I'm not clear about is when exactly you should reward yourself, and when not. When is it enough?
And what do we have to use as a point of reference, e.g. a relative scale of performance?
For example, if I'm teaching myself how to play the piano and I normally learn to perform one new piece every week, I would probably reward myself ("Wow, I did it! I'm such a frickin genius!") if I suddenly learned a new piece in a day.
However, if I'm competing against some others and they learn 10 pieces a day, should I avoid rewarding myself and instead work harder... or do I have to continuously reward myself even if I'm lagging behind the others?
To summarize my point: at a certain point it makes no sense to keep rewarding yourself, at a certain point you should take on a higher level...
But my question is: when do you know you must stop rewarding yourself and get to the next level?  |