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Create a Celebrate List.

A Celebrate List is a direct result of the Catalytic Thinking question, “What would good look like?” After you’ve created that good result, before moving on to the next thing on the list – this is about taking a moment to SING!

Maintaining a Celebrate List is a simple way to gain perspective when life is keeping you in the weeds. All it takes is sitting down with your team every month or so, and taking a few moments to celebrate what you have accomplished.

To jog your memory, go through your calendar. Go through your emails, your list of recorded Zoom meetings. Go through old to-do lists.

And list it all, large and small. What have you accomplished this year so far, this month so far, this week so far?

You can list it in a shared document. We prefer to list our achievements in bright colors on a flip chart sheet that we post where everyone can see it. Over time, we’ve posted it in the conference room, in the work room, in the lunch room. After all, the point is to celebrate!

That list will help you when you are writing your annual report and when you're talking with community members about your work. More important, though - the very act of creating that list will be a reality check. As your to-do list continues to grow, so does your WE DID IT list! Sometimes just seeing all that you have accomplished is a huge pat-on-the-back. And we all need that acknowledgement, especially from ourselves.

Celebrating is such an important part of what it takes to create what is possible. It’s why we include it as a key part of the Catalytic Thinking framework.

So aim for what is possible. Do the work. And when it’s done, remember to celebrate. Find a way to sing when you win.