Success Habits – Why and How

Success Habits – Why and How
“We are a product of what we repeatedly do.”

ARISTOTLE

We are all going to have habits so I figure we might as well make them good ones and control any bad ones.

If you sit on the couch and watch TV drinking pop and eating fritos, it is obvious what the results are.

It is easier to replace a habit than to stop one. The best way to stop a habit is to substitute it with a better or healthier habit.

We choose our habits, either consciously or unconsciously.

Habit #1

Have clear goals. Clear goals help you to get to where you want to go. Have vision. Everything happens first in the mind.

Habit #2

Always learn.  Graduating from school is only the start of lifelong learning.  This means attending seminars, reading, and listening to audiobooks. By making learning a habit, this could be one of your competitive advantages.  Your library card is your best friend.

It is not only the strong that survive; it is the adapters that win.

Habit #3

Sense of urgency wins. The habit of action and doing it now is a great habit.  Do it now.  I have found in business that the successful people are those who have a huge sense of urgency. They always want to get it done sooner and now cultivates the habit of doing it now.

Habit #4

Set a pace that you can maintain forever. I wish I could never sleep and always go 100 MPH but the fact is I need rest (don’t tell anyone)  Although I am a big believer in the sense of urgency, you need to figure out what gives you strength and energy and focus some time doing Stephen Covey’s Seventh Habit that is sharpening the saw.

Habit #5

I talk to myself (who said I was not strange); for example, “What the heck go for it anyways”. I use this phrase whenever I am getting cold feet about doing something or need to negotiate something.  Another favorite is “Back to work” when I find my attention wandering.

Another mantra that I use is, “Successful people do tough things”. I repeat this to myself when I am doing something that I consider to be difficult like getting up at 4:30 a.m. to catch a flight.

Habit #6

Stay in shape. I am a firm believer that fitness gives energy and energy is what allows us to get things done.

Fitness in itself can involve a number of habits and is a key topic in itself. What are your fitness habits?

Habit #7

Study time management. OK – a plug for my Time Management eBook, book and CD.

We all have the same amount of time; it is a matter of how we use it and how much we get done.

Habit #8

Build a community. I am constantly adding to my address book, Linkedin etc, reviewing it, keeping in touch with people and trying to add value to them. The more I nurture this network, the more I get things done.

Habit #9

Fail often, fail fast, fail cheap. In order to move forward, sometimes we have to fail. Don’t let failure stand in the way of trying to move forward. You are not a failure if you fail; you are a failure if you don’t try.

Think about and decide what your success habits will be. Today is the first day of the rest of your life.  Do it now.


http://resources.jimestill.com/2010/04/success-habits-why-and-how/

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