I am now, have been and will be wrong

I’ll admit it. I do check my profile views to stroke my own ego. It’s a form of mental masturbation. Does nothing productive, yet is self gratifying in its own way.

The distraction of breaking 50 profile views, and then 100. Would I keep doing this blog without that type of reinforcement? I would like to think so. But we’ll never know for sure. This is one ‘reward’ that I can use to motivate myself. I’m not keeping track of page views/downloads, just like I’m not keeping track of donations or referrals. But there is a gratifying feeling when someone mentions this blog. Even in an email.

Rewards are important motivators, they're especially nice when they reinforce the behavior you want.