It’s a big 36 hours for our family – My twin sons are graduating from college this weekend – one tonight from the University of Minnesota, and the other from Illinois Institute of Technology tomorrow Morning! Logistics aside-  it’s an exciting time for everyone!  Completion of major accomplishments, starting new chapters, all the usual stuff you here in commencement speeches (and I’m sure we’ll hear it all! – Twice!).

The reality is this success came in small moments – while this last semester was challenging for each of them, it was 4 straight years of hard work and dedication to making the most of their classes that got them to today.  Every quiz, homework, paper, midterm, presentation, final. They all add up to this moment. And I’m happy to say that we celebrated those success along the way, rather than storing it all up for one big crescendo of a moment!  Ta Dah!

Today’s simple point – don’t forget to celebrate success each day – no matter how small. If you wait until that big moment, you might loose the point of how you got to that goal. The distant memory of getting the big idea, or of publishing your website for the first scary time. Launching your brand. It’s all worthy of a “Cheers!” in my book.

I hope to follow my own advice in my new venture – and if I don’t, I know you, intelligent readers will remind me! Happy Weekend and don’t forget to celebrate your success!