“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” ~Tom Peters In a world that often only celebrates grand achievements, it’s easy to overlook the small victories that pave the way to lasting change.
BJ Fogg, PhD, a Stanford behavioral scientist and author of the transformative book , offers a powerful insight: If we want to get great at creating habits, we must celebrate.
He insists that immediately after we do our new habit, or even approximate it, we must celebrate. This. Isn’t. Optional. Why is celebration so crucial?
That’s what wires the habit into our brain. When we celebrate, it triggers a release of dopamine. This not only feels rewarding in the moment but also reinforces the behavior on a neurochemical level, helping to embed the new habit into our neural pathways.