Take time to remember where you've been

These are my tomatoes. I took the photo so that in the winter, when it's dark and miserable I could look back and remember that it won't always be like that.

It reminded me of a time when my wife and myself were running a business together. In the 3 years since we'd started we'd increased the size by 5 times and had improved the business no end.

But I wasn't happy. I can't remember why but that day I had a right mood on. Nothing was right for me that day. The website wasn't working as well as I wanted, sales weren't good enough for me, the staff training programme wasn't going well.

Then Wifey told me to stop, pause and look back. Think about where you were, look at all you've achieved and realise that actually things aren't that bad.

Yes we should always strive for more but once in a while it's worth thinking about where you've been and giving yourself a pat on the back.

It was a great lesson (the missus is pretty good like that) and it cheered me up no end. The business went on from strength to strength and I never forgot in my quiet times just to think back to where we started and look at how much we achieved.