Successful People Are Balanced!

Successful People are generally self-awareness, which means that they naturally know the importance of, and how to maintain, a healthy professional-personal balance in their lives. 

Successful People eat well, get plenty of sleep and have interests outside work.

Successful People Are Not Perfectionists!

Successful People should generally be very motivated, yet, they must understand that perfection is impossible.

Successful People understand that done is better than perfect, and an actionable plan ready today is better than a perfect one ready tomorrow.

Successful People adapt and learn from mistakes.

Successful People Are Empathetic!

The hallmark of Emotional Intelligence, being able to relate to others, makes people with high Emotional Intelligence essential in the workplace!

Successful People work on acquiring and enhancing their ability to understand what co-workers or clients are going through, eventually reaching their goals, or at least getting through difficult times drama free.

Successful People Are Self-Aware!

Successful People know what they’re good at and what they still have to learn— weaknesses don’t hold them back.

Successful People know what environments are optimal for their work style.

Successful People Are Change Agents!

Successful People are not afraid of change. 

They understand that it’s a necessary part of life — and they adapt.

7 Powerful Questions to Help You Find Your Life Purpose!

1. What were you passionate about as a child?

2. If you didn’t have to work, how would you choose to fill your time?

3. What makes you forget about the world around you?

4. What issues do you hold close to your heart?

5. What kind of conversations do you have with your closest friends?

6. What is on your bucket list?

7. If you had a dream, could you make it happen?

- Derived from an article titled “7 Powerful Questions to Help You Find Your Life Purpose” by Amy Johnson 

How Would You Find Your Passion and Life Purpose? Part III

What makes you forget about the world around you?

When you are working on your life purpose, you often completely lose track of time. Often people don’t notice the hours passing by, and can even forget to eat or drink until they have finished. 

When is the last time you felt this way?

- Derived from an article titled “7 Powerful Questions to Help You Find Your Life Purpose” by Amy Johnson 

How Would You Find Your Passion and Life Purpose? Part II

What issues do you hold close to your heart?

What topics do you like to read about?

Think about what interests you most on the news, online, or in the area you love. From the environment to finding new recipes, many people have passions that even they were unaware of.

If you are unsure, don’t feel disheartened – it can take a while for you to realize what you are passionate about, so spend some free time doing something that you find both enjoyable and productive, and eventually you will discover your life purpose.

- Derived from an article titled “7 Powerful Questions to Help You Find Your Life Purpose” by Amy Johnson

How Would You Find Your Passion and Life Purpose?

If you didn’t have to work and you weren’t allowed to stay in the house, how would you choose to spend that time?

Where would you go? In the evenings, many people like to relax and unwind.

However, unlimited free time often encourages people to fill the time in a productive manner.

Write down a few ways you would spend your free time, and then try one out on your next day off.

- Derived from an article titled “7 Powerful Questions to Help You Find Your Life Purpose” by Amy Johnson

Successful People “Do Not Stop” Learning!

Just because you are struggling, that doesn't mean you're not learning. Every failure has something to teach you, and everything you learn helps you grow.

If you are unwilling to learn, no one can help you; if you are determined to learn, no one can stop you!

Every great success requires some kind of struggle, and good things really do come to those who work hard and struggle to pursue the goals and dreams they believe in.

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

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 Understand the Importance of Staying Focused!

One of the worst setbacks that can happen is losing focus and allowing procrastination to step in! Important as it is, it's difficult to be focused and disciplined.

The best way is to stay in the here and now and to concentrate on everything going on in this particular moment.

Distraction wastes time, and procrastination keeps you from moving forward. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment, and a mindset of focus builds that bridge.

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

Successful People Understand The Importance of Courage!

Doing anything great requires courage, but fear always has a way of showing up!

Courage does not mean being unafraid; having courage and showing courage means facing your fears, saying "I am scared and I am moving forward anyway."

Courage is like a muscle you can strengthen with use.

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

Successful People are Patient!

There's a fine line between moving forward and standing still. The most successful people do all they can to move forward, but they also have the patience to wait and watch.

Those who are impatient tend to lose out on great opportunities. Sometimes you have to wait for the right thing.

- Inspired by an article titled “7 Mindsets That Will Radically Improve Your Life’ by Lolly Daskal

Successful People Set Challenging Goals!

Knowing what you want and willing yourself to reach it are two different things. When you know your goals, they motivate you.

Remember, if it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. Set high goals and don't stop until you reach them.

- Inspired by an article titled “7 Mindsets That Will Radically Improve Your Life’ by Lolly Daskal

Successful People Trust Themselves!

To do anything great, you have to be able to trust yourself and believe in your capabilities.

Success is not something that just happens but something you create. You have to have the confidence to banish any negative voices in your head. Don't give up on the things you believe in--and most important, don't give up on yourself.

- Inspired by an article by Lolly Daskal

Successful People Make "Networking" a Daily Practice!

The high achievers know and live by the saying, “Your network determines your net worth.”

So they make it a habit to work on building new bridges, collaborating, helping others, attending social events, getting back to people and being a man (or woman) of their word. 

Action Step: Make it a habit to meet at least one new person a day or making one follow up/catch up a day.

- Derived from an article titled “7 Million-Dollar Habits of the Super Successful” by Joel Brown

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

Successful People Practice Gratitude and Positive Self Talk!

Being grateful and focusing on the positive seems to be a common priority in the lives of the highly successful.

Something truly amazing that the best-selling author and neuroscientist Joe Dispenza shared with me is:

"If you’re saying affirmations like, 'I am abundant, I am wonderful, I am unstoppable,' but your emotional state is in fear, then your body is in opposition.

Thoughts are the language of the brain and feelings are the language of the body. Those thoughts will bounce off because they aren’t equal to the emotions of fear.

If a person feels gratitude, and has practiced it over and over authentically and they say affirmations like, 'I am wonderful, I am incredible, I am unstoppable' and so on… and it aligns with their autonomic nervous system then this is where the real power comes into play."

Gratitudes are powerful, and a lot of people nowadays are catching on to this.

Actions Step: Practice three gratitudes a day between you and a friend or spouse, or just by yourself. Whatever helps you to stick to this positive habit.

But ... here's the key with sharing your gratitudes:

You must justify why you are grateful, this strengthens the affect.

So when you say your gratitude, do it this way:

"I am grateful for having my spouse in my life because, he/she always supports me and encourages me to follow my dreams no matter what."

This reminds you why and has a deeper affect in you than just a surface level statement.

- Excerpt from an article by Joel Brown

Successful People Practice Goal-Setting and Visualization!

Ninety-five percent of the successful achievers I have interviewed practice writing down their goals, plans, or vision for success on a regular basis.

They usually practice this first thing in the morning to set their intentions and to prime their mental state to prepare them for a day of challenges on the road to success.

Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Grant Cardone even mentioned to me that he writes his 10X goals out multiple times during the day to stay focused on the massive outcomes he desires.

Action step: Deepak Chopra told me to keep in mind when you are setting your goals to:

- Stretch for more than you can reach.

- Make everything measurable.

- Get agreements from your team and supporters.

- Record your progress.

- And set time limits.

- Excerpt from Article by Joel Brown

Successful People Consider The Mind, Body & Soul!

The majority of the super-successful practice some form of physical concentration time or health focused activity at some point in their day.

Meditation seems to be a popular habit on the rise between the highly successful.

Deepak Chopra believes that meditation increases the amount of rest you would normally achieve through sleep and is almost twice as effective as taking a nap.

Meanwhile, the super-successful usually do the following on a daily basis:

Breathing Exercises for at least five minutes, Prayer or Meditation for at least 15 minutes, Exercising for at least 30 minutes, eating healthy, and having enough sleep.

- Inspired by an article of Joel Brown

Successful People Write Their “To-Do List,” The Night Before!

The high achievers would write their to-do’s every evening before dinner or bed so they were prepared for the following day.

Prioritizing your “To-Do” list is the key to productivity success.

Action step: The super-successful make it a habit of numbering their to-do lists and you can do this, too, by simply ordering the “Most Important” first, placing a BIG Number 1 or a Star next to the activity, marking the importance of getting the task done first thing in the morning.

They then follow with the rest of the numbers, based on importance as they work their way down the list.

- Derived from an article by Joel Brown

Successful People Count Their Blessings!

Take a second every night before you turn out the light and, in that moment, quit worrying about what you don't have. Quit worrying about what others have that you don't.

Think about what you do have. You have a lot to be thankful for. Feels pretty good, doesn't it?

Feeling better about yourself is the best way of all to recharge your mental batteries.

- Inspired by Jeff Haden Article

Successful People Focus “Only” On Impressing Themselves!

No one likes you for your clothes, your car, your possessions, your title, or your accomplishments. Those are all "things." People may like your things — but that doesn't mean they like you!

(Sure, superficially they might seem to like you, but superficial is also insubstantial, and a relationship not based on substance is not a real relationship.)

Genuine relationships make you happier, and you'll form genuine relationships only when you stop trying to impress and start trying to just be yourself.

And you'll have a lot more mental energy to spend on the people who really do matter in your life.

(Idea derived from Jeff Haden)

Successful People Never Allow Themselves to Whine! (Or Complain! Or Criticize!)

Your words have power, especially over you. Whining about your problems always makes you feel worse, not better.

So if something is wrong, don't waste time complaining. Put that mental energy into making the situation better. (Unless you want to whine about it forever, eventually you'll have to make it better.)

So why waste time? Fix it now. Don't talk about what's wrong. Talk about how you'll make things better, even if that conversation is only with yourself.

And do the same with your friends or colleagues. Don't just serve as a shoulder they can cry on. Friends don't let friends whine; friends help friends make their lives better.

- Jeff Haden (modified by Amr Badran)

Successful People Celebrate the Success of Others!

 

Many people — I guarantee you know at least a few — see success as a zero-sum game: There's only so much to go around. When someone else shines, they think that diminishes the light from their stars!!

Resentment sucks up a massive amount of mental energy — energy better applied elsewhere.

When a friend does something awesome, that doesn't preclude you from doing something awesome. In fact where success is concerned, birds of a feather tend to flock together — so draw your unsuccessful friends even closer.

Don't resent awesomeness. Create and celebrate awesomeness, wherever you find it, and in time you'll find even more of it in yourself.

- Jeff Haden (modified by Amr Badran)

Successful People See The Past As Valuable Training … and Nothing More!

The past is valuable. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others.

Then let it go.

Easier said than done? It depends on your perspective. When something bad happens to you, see it as an opportunity to learn something you didn't know.

When another person makes a mistake, don't just learn from it — see it as an opportunity to be kind, forgiving, and understanding.

The past is just training; it doesn't define you. 

Think about what went wrong but only in terms of how you will make sure that next time you and the people around you know how to make sure it goes right.

- Jeff Haden (modified by Amr Badran)