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I've noticed that smart entrepreneurs, executives and professionals are quick to take full responsibility for what doesn't work in business, leadership and their lives. Yet these same brilliant individuals are reluctant to take hard won credit for what they do that works well.

From 8 years of coaching super-achievers, I know...When you recognize and appreciate what works well for you, you can leverage it into more meaningful and effortless results.

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Alicia Keys Knows

Sometimes a song says it best. So pause the busyness of your work and life. Enjoy several musical moments - just appreciating who you are. You are incredible!

Super Achievers Suffer from Achievement Amnesia

Busy professionals, executives and entrepreneurs execute complex strategies, lead wildly divergent teams, meet ambitious goals, and deliver on their commitment to the success of their organizations. Yet often they feel like professional and personal success still eludes them.

Why? Because the pace of their work and life keeps accelerating. Like you, smart women and men like to perform at their best. Driven by their own expectations of perfection and performance, they want to achieve the lofty goals thrust upon them. Even when those goals are unrealistic, they feel compelled to accomplish them. So they try to get more and more done, faster and faster.

As a consequence, they find themselves moving at dizzying speeds. Constant races to the next finish line overwhelm their focus and drain their energy--day after day, week after week. The result...their remarkable achievements become a blur.

This leaves accomplished professionals feeling like they are not productive or effective enough. When I hear these concerns, I know these clients are suffering from a modern day work malaise I call Achievement Amnesia: no instant recall of achievements or successes.

Do you experience these symptoms? You're so focused on what you haven't done yet that you can't remember what you've already achieved. Although you've made substantial and significant progress on your priorities, you only pay attention and give credence to what you haven't done yet.

If this sounds or feels familiar, you may be suffering from Achievement Amnesia.

3 Simple Success Practices

Simple success practices allow you to experience and enjoy the success you seek.

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

According to the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), you can increase the statistical likelihood of achieving your goals. Your odds of success increase by a certain percentage when you engage in specific goal-related activities.

Here's how you can work the odds in your favor. 

•  If you hear a goal, 10%.
• If you decide to achieve a goal, 25%.
• If you decide to achieve a goal by a certain date, 40%.
• If you create a plan to achieve a goal by a certain date, 50%.
• If you tell someone about the goal you plan to achieve by a certain date, 65%.
• If you tell someone you're going to take action to achieve your goal and report back to them, 95%.

Client Confirms How Well This Works

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Client Wisdom...

Today a client who has run more than a dozen marathons talked about her most recent and life altering "aha" moments. She said for years she was only destination-oriented.  This marathon mindset shaped her approach to work and the rest of her life. Her racing mantra was: "Let me get there. Let me get back. What I experience in-between is just a blur."

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Her experience is not uncommon for super-achievers. Most may not run physical marathons, but the pace they keep is akin to a long distance race to the finish.

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