Show Respect and Instill Confidence in Your Employees!

Behind this prescription lies a key idea: Your employees deserve respect. You‟ve hired the best people and trained them well, right?

So treat them with respect. Show them you understand that they are doing something important for the company. Build their confidence—in you, in the company, and in themselves. And then get out of their way.

Start your work day as if it was your first on the job

Always start your work day as if it was your first day on the job.

In other words…

1- Always think fresh thoughts.

2- Make it a habit to think about your business. Don’t rest on your laurels.  

3- Make whatever changes are necessary to improve things.

4- Re- examine your agenda, and rewrite what needs to be rewritten.

Successful People Are Motivators!

When you have emotional mastery, you're able to choose wisely between short-term comfort and long-term goals, between what you want now and what you want most. And developing your personal motivation gives you insight into motivating others.

 

 - Derived from an article titled “7 Ways You Can Unlock Your Hidden Emotional Intelligence” by Lolly Daskal

Successful People are Lavish with Praise and Sparing with Criticism!

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Small people jump at the chance to criticize. They just love finding the flaws in other people and can’t wait to shine the spotlight on those defects. They dig putting others down. Of course there are successful people who are mean and nasty. But they aren’t successful because they are usually alone and miserable.

Successful People, the truly successful, do just the opposite. They seize every chance they get to praise others and always work hard to soften any negative review. This keeps alliances strong, builds teams and motivation. It excites others and brings out the best in them. Everyone wins.

- Derived from an article titled “7 Ways Rich People Think Differently Than the Rest of Us” by Neal Frankle

Successful People Have Patience!

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Worthwhile goals take time to achieve.

Successful People understand this and stay on track. Other people get frustrated when they don’t get instant results and they move on.

Sadly, the person who hops around like that is caught in perpetual start-up mode because he’s always beginning something new and never gets to see the fruits of his labour!

- Derived from an article titled “7 Ways Rich People Think Differently Than the Rest of Us” by Neal Frankle

Successful People Know That There's Nothing Wrong With Starting Small!

Oftentimes, you've got to start out as a large fish in a small pond in order to succeed as a leader. 

Julius Caesar understood this. He managed to climb back into a position of power, even after losing his inheritance in a coup as a young man. 

According to the ancient Plutarch's "Parallel Lives," the general also made a rather curious remark while passing through a small village in the Alps: "I assure you I had rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome."  

- Derived from an article titled “7 Unforgettable Leadership Lessons from The Ancient Roman Conqueror Julius Caesar” by Áine Cain

Successful People Realize That "Good" Is Good Enough!

Any other recovering perfectionists out there!?

Stop wasting time creating the “perfect” proposal, letter or marketing brochure, seeking the ideal gift for your nephew, the best comforter for your bedroom, or the supremely clean house.  

Stop at 80% and move on to the next task. Otherwise, hours of your life are wasted and nobody notices the difference but you!

Get over yourself and take a step closer to acceptance.

“Done is better than perfect.”

– Mark Zuckerberg

- Derived from an article titled “7 Thoughtful Ways to Stress Less” by Colette Carlson

Successful People "Do Not" Lose Focus!

Sometimes when hardships are coming at us from all directions, we have a hard time knowing what to do. It is so intense that it can paralyze us into inaction!

Instead of tackling the big ball of chaos all at once, try doing one small thing. Just one.

Doing one thing will crack open a space in the negativity and chaos for success and positivity to begin to shine.

This small success will begin to build, and your motivation to do more “things” will propel you to eliminating the effects of failure.

“Very Successful People” Value Production Over Playtime!

“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” 

— Arnold J. Toynbee

There is a time to work and a time to play. The question is this: What are you living for? What drives you? What are you most looking forward to most of the time? 

Are you living to work, produce and serve others, with playtime as a pleasant and occasional respite? Or you are you living to play, party and self-serve with work time as an unpleasant but necessary evil that exists to support your playtime?

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but we’re here on earth to work. I’d say the ratio is about six to one in favor of work. But you know what the beauty of this is? Once you internalize that fact and find work you enjoy, work time becomes playtime. Right now, as I write this article it doesn’t feel like work. It feels fun. I’m totally energized and enjoying every minute of it.

“Very Successful People” play all day every day. There are no weekends or weekdays, workdays or vacation days, Sundays or Mondays. They’re all the same. You know you’re living life the way it is intended to be lived when you look forward to work. You actually prefer work.

  - Derived from an article titled "7 Things the 1% Do That the 99% Don’t" by Preston Ely

“Very Successful People” Strive To Be The Best At Whatever They Do!

“It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” 

- Somerset Maugham

The “Very Successful” people know that people generally like to buy the best products and services possible. So they make it their goal to be the best and produce the best.

You are going to have a hard time producing the best products and services if you, personally, are not the best!

So if you’re not the best, don’t focus so much on your work. Focus on You!

Sharpen your skills. Sharpen your mind. Sharpen your abs. It’s hard to not be the best with sharp abs. Impossible almost.

  - Derived from an article titled "7 Things the 1% Do That the 99% Don’t" by Preston Ely

“Very Successful People” Dislike Sleeping!

Sleep is super annoying to me. If it wasn’t for sleep, I could read books seven more hours a day. That would mean… let me do the math real quick… … carry the one… uummm… I would be a trillionaire.

Knowledge is power. Power is powerful. 

Only powerful people get to have money. They don’t call it currency for no reason. Only weak people with no purpose look forward to sleep and are sad when it’s over.

And that’s only partially true now that I think about it. I actually do look forward to sleep. But only because I can’t wait to hurry up and get it over with, wake up and get back to work.

Do you sleep like a baby? Think through the ramifications of your answer to that one. If you answered yes, you’re probably just not thinking hard enough during the day. Or you’re doing too many drugs at night!

The smartest people I know are all insomniacs. So if you can simply figure out a way to develop insomnia, I think that will increase your odds of entering the golden gates of 1 Percent Land.

Speaking of 1 Percent Land, someone please invent that. I would much rather take my daughter there than Disney Land where 10-foot-tall ducks chase her around and leave permanent emotional scars and an unnecessary fear of probably all Lands in general.

Seriously though, get sleep by all means. You need it. Just don’t like it is all. This is merely a different way of saying you need to have passion and purpose in your life.

The 1 percent have stuff to do. Do you have stuff to do?

 - Derived from an article titled "7 Things the 1% Do That the 99% Don’t" by Preston Ely

Successful People Choose To Be Happy!

We often do not realize that we have the power within us to change a bad mood to a good one!

Bad things happen to good people.

Bad things happen to bad people.

Bad things just happen.

How we react to them is what matters.

Choose to be happy at least once a day, every day.

You might surprise yourself with how quickly this new habit takes flight.

- Derived from an article titled "7 Things Extremely Happy People Do Every Single Day" by Peter Economy

Successful People Change The Habits That Formed What They Want To Change!

Far too often, people focus too much on the thing they want to change instead of the habits that formed the thing in the first place!

For example: They try to solve being overweight with doing a lot of ab exercises, without acknowledging that the problem is their poor diet!

To truly reinvent aspects of yourself, you have to find the habit that created that trait in the first place--and then adjust the habit.

 - Derived from an article titled "7 Steps to Transforming Yourself From Who You Are to Who You Want to Be" by Nicholas Cole

Successful People Scare Themselves Every Single Day!

"Do one thing every day that scares you," said Eleanor Roosevelt.

She was right on the money. Although it might be intimidating, stepping outside your comfort zone is the only way to create new changes.

Is there something that you've been putting off because it brings butterflies to your stomach? Is there a slight fear you have, but you know you'll be more productive by moving towards it?

Whether it's going to that job interview or just saying "hi" to someone you want to meet, make an effort to do it daily, knowing that it will be a step towards conquering your fears and success goals.

The bottom line: It's never too late (or too early) to create that massive change in life you've always wanted. Your new success might not happen overnight, but it will happen eventually. 

- Derived from an article titled "7 Steps to Radically Improve Your Entire Life" by Elle Kaplan

Successful People Practice Being Their Future Selves!

Quite simply, to become that ideal, future version of yourself, you need to practice being it.

According to Peter Bregman, CEO and leadership expert, in Harvard Business Review, "You need to spend time on the future even when there are more important things to do in the present and even when there is no immediate apparent return to your efforts." 

His brilliant advice applies to almost any change you want to make in your life. Whether you want to get in better shape or start a business, it's not going to happen overnight. Instead of waiting for this change, start prioritizing and scheduling bite-sized improvements today, no matter how busy you are.

- Derived from an article titled "7 Steps to Radically Improve Your Entire Life" by Elle Kaplan.

Successful People Increase Their Confidence By Taking Actions!

Success is just as dependent on confidence as it is on competence, accordingly, low confidence results in inaction.

"Taking action bolsters one's belief in one's ability to succeed!”

"So, confidence accumulates--through hard work, through success, and even through failure!"

Do Not Stay Still. Do Something.

Successful People “Always” Try To Conquer Their Fears!

If you can’t face your fears, you won’t accomplish anything significant in life.

Those who have the courage to do something scary, yet exciting, are those who can fulfil their dreams.

“If we don’t face our fears, our fears will chase us forever” – Paulo Coelho

Successful People Take Risks!

When you take risks, you take a path less travelled! You do things that most people can’t do and you conquer fears that most people are afraid to face!

That’s why successful people are unique and accomplish things that average people only dream about.

Successful People Keep a Positive Mindset At All Times!

Choosing to be positive and having a good attitude will determine a lot about your life. If you set your mind to positivity it can go a long way.

Be positive, not passive.

Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't or shouldn't, give yourself reasons why you can and permission to go for it.

Happiness doesn't come from circumstances but always from within.

- Derived from an article titled “7 Mindsets That Will Radically Improve Your Life” by Lolly Daskal

Successful People Make Self Development a Priority!

The super-successful focus heavily on learning new skills, reading practical books and listening or watching podcasts, interviews and informational courses. 

During a conversation with the best-selling author and leadership coach Simon Sinek, he said: 

“My work is never complete, we wake up with a hunger to learn, and no one is ever truly an expert. Anyone who says, 'I’m an expert at anything' has closed their mind to the idea that they might not know everything. 

There’s always more to learn. I’ve never considered myself an expert. I’m always a student of leadership. All the work is imperfect and all the learning is continuous.” 

Action Step: If you can read 20 full pages a day, or even listen to an hour-long audio/podcast, that roughly equals more than 36+ books a year of new knowledge; says entrepreneur and habits coach James Clear!

- Derived from an article by Joel Brown