Don't lose sight of your goal. Staying focused on your achievements and learning from your setbacks will get you where you want to go. Life's Rewards Life is based on rewards. Children are reinforced for obtaining good grades with hard cash. Dogs are trained to obey with doggie treats.
Job performance is rewarded with a pay raise or promotion.
And Las Vegas slot machines are the ultimate examples of a reward system in progress. Picture the following scenario. You sit in a chair with a cupful of quarters hopeful of winning the big jackpot. Mindlessly, you begin plugging quarters into the slot, and pull the handle. Every so often, ten quarters or so are given back as a reward.