Do you have what it takes to get what
you want?
Have a vision.
Champions get what they want
because they know what they want.
They have a vision that keeps them
motivated and efficiently on track.
They see it, feel it, and experience it in
their minds and hearts. What is
success for you? You won't get there
without knowing what it feels and
looks like.
Make a strategy.
People who consistently win have a
clear and thoughtful strategy. They
know what they need to do and when
they need to do it. They write it down
so they stay on course and avoid any
alternative that does not get them
closer to the finish line.
Find a passion.
Are you excited to get up in the
morning? People with a passion are,
and they're energized about what
they are doing. You need to live and
breathe what it is that you want,and
be passionately invested in both the
journey and the goal.
Live the truth.
People who consistently win have no room in their lives for denial, fantasy
or fiction. They are self-critical rather
than self-deluding, and they hold
themselves to high but realistic
standards. They deal with the truth,
since they recognize that nothing else
will make their vision obtainable.
Be flexible.
Life is not a success-only journey.
Even the best-laid plans sometimes
must be altered and changed. Be open
to input and consider any potentially
viable alternative. Be willing to be
wrong and be willing to start over.
Take risks.
People who consistently win are
willing to get out of their comfort
zone and try new things. Be willing to
plunge into the unknown if necessary,
and leave behind the safe,
unchallenging, and familiar existence
in order to have more.
Create a strong nucleus.
Surround yourself with a group of
people who want you to succeed.
They will move with you toward your
goal. Choose and bond with people
who have skills, talents and abilities
that you do not. Winners give and
receive by being part of other
people's nuclear groups.
Take action.
Do it! People who succeed don't just
sit and think about what they want to
do. They take meaningful,purposeful,
directional action consistently and
persistently. Every step they take puts
the toward the outcome they're
looking for.
Set priorities.
People who are consistent winners
manage their challenges in
hierarchical fashion. They commit to
managing their time in such a way
that does not allow them to keep
grinding along on priority number
two or three if priority number one
needs their attention.
Take care of yourself.
People who consistently win are
consciously committed to self-management. They are the most
important resource they have in
achieving their goals. They actively
manage their mental, physical,
emotional and spiritual health.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
50 Habit of Successful People
Habits of successful people….
1. They look for and find opportunities
where others see nothing.
2. They find a lesson while others only
see a problem.
3. They are solution focused.
4. They consciously and methodically
create their own success, while others
hope success will find them.
5. They are fearful like everyone else,
but they are not controlled or limited
by fear.
6. They ask the right questions – the
ones which put them in a productive,
creative, positive mindset and
emotional state.
7. They rarely complain (waste of
energy). All complaining does is put
the complainer in a negative and
unproductive state.
8. They don’t blame (what’s the
point?). They take complete
responsibility for their actions and
outcomes (or lack thereof).
9. While they are not necessarily more
talented than the majority, they
always find a way to maximise their
potential. They get more out of
themselves. They use what they have
more effectively.
10. They are busy, productive and
proactive. While most are laying on
the couch, planning, over-thinking,
sitting on their hands and generally
going around in circles, they are out
there getting the job done.
11. They align themselves with like-
minded people. They understand the
importance of being part of a team.
They create win-win relationships.
12. They are ambitious; they want
amazing – and why shouldn’t they?
They consciously choose to live their
best life rather than spending it on
auto-pilot.
13. They have clarity and certainty
about what they want (and don’t
want) for their life. They actually
visualise and plan their best reality
while others are merely spectators of
life.
14. They innovate rather than imitate.
15. They don’t procrastinate and they
don’t spend their life waiting for the
‘right time’.
16. They are life-long learners. They
constantly work at educating
themselves, either formally
(academically), informally (watching,
listening, asking, reading, student of
life) or experientially (doing, trying)…
or all three.
17. They are glass half full people –
while still being practical and down-
to-earth. They have an ability to find
the good.
18. They consistently do what they
need to do, irrespective of how they
are feeling on a given day. They don’t
spend their life stopping and starting.
19. They take calculated risks –
financial, emotional, professional,
psychological.
20. They deal with problems and
challenges quickly and effectively,
they don’t put their head in the sand.
They face their challenges and use
them to improve themselves.
21. They don’t believe in, or wait for
fate, destiny, chance or luck to
determine or shape their future. They
believe in, and are committed to
actively and consciously creating their
own best life.
22. While many people are reactive,
they are proactive. They take action
before they have to.
23. They are more effective than most
at managing their emotions. They feel
like we all do but they are not slaves
to their emotions.
24. They are good communicators
and they consciously work at it.
25. They have a plan for their life and
they work methodically at turning
that plan into a reality. Their life is not
a clumsy series of unplanned events
and outcomes.
26. Their desire to be exceptional
means that they typically do things
that most won’t. They become
exceptional by choice. We’re all faced
with live-shaping decisions almost
daily. Successful people make the
decisions that most won’t and don’t.
27. While many people are pleasure
junkies and avoid pain and discomfort
at all costs, successful people
understand the value and benefits of
working through the tough stuff that
most would avoid.
28. They have identified their core
values (what is important to them)
and they do their best to live a life
which is reflective of those values.
29. They have balance. While they
may be financially successful, they
know that the terms money and
success are not interchangeable. They
understand that people who are
successful on a financial level only, are
not successful at all. Unfortunately we
live in a society which teaches that
money equals success. Like many
other things, money is a tool. It’s
certainly not a bad thing but
ultimately, it’s just another resource.
Unfortunately, too many people
worship it.
30. They understand the importance
of discipline and self-control. They are
strong. They are happy to take the
road less travelled.
31. They are secure. They do not
derive their sense of worth of self
from what they own, who they know,
where they live or what they look like.
32. They are generous and kind. They
take pleasure in helping others
achieve.
33. They are humble and they are
happy to admit mistakes and to
apologise. They are confident in their
ability, but not arrogant. They are
happy to learn from others. They are
happy to make others look good
rather than seek their own personal
glory.
34. They are adaptable and embrace
change, while the majority are
creatures of comfort and habit. They
are comfortable with, and embrace,
the new and the unfamiliar.
35. They keep themselves in shape
physically, not to be mistaken with
training for the Olympics or being
obsessed with their body. They
understand the importance of being
physically well. They are not all about
looks, they are more concerned with
function and health. Their body is not
who they are, it’s where they live.
36. They have a big engine. They work
hard and are not lazy.
37. They are resilient. When most
would throw in the towel, they’re just
warming up.
38. They are open to, and more likely
to act upon, feedback.
39. They don’t hang out with toxic
people.
40. They don’t invest time or
emotional energy into things which
they have no control of.
41. They are happy to swim against
the tide, to do what most won’t. They
are not people pleasers and they don’t
need constant approval.
42. They are more comfortable with
their own company than most.
43. They set higher standards for
themselves (a choice we can all
make), which in turn produces greater
commitment, more momentum, a
better work ethic and of course, better
results.
44. They don’t rationalise failure.
While many are talking about their
age, their sore back, their lack of time,
their poor genetics, their ‘bad luck’,
their nasty boss and their lack of
opportunities (all good reasons to
fail), they are finding a way to succeed
despite all their challenges.
45. They have an off switch. They
know how to relax, enjoy what they
have in their life and to have fun.
46. Their career is not their identity,
it’s their job. It’s not who they are, it’s
what they do.
47. They are more interested in
effective than they are in easy. While
the majority look for the quickest,
easiest way (the shortcut), they look
for the course of action which will
produce the best results over the long
term.
48. They finish what they start. While
so many spend their life starting
things that they never finish,
successful people get the job done –
even when the excitement and the
novelty have worn off. Even when it
ain’t fun.
49. They are multi-dimensional,
amazing, wonderful complex
creatures (as we all are). They realise
that not only are they physical and
psychological beings, but emotional
and spiritual creatures as well. They
consciously work at being healthy and
productive on all levels.
50. They practice what they preach.
They don’t talk about the theory, they
live the reality.
1. They look for and find opportunities
where others see nothing.
2. They find a lesson while others only
see a problem.
3. They are solution focused.
4. They consciously and methodically
create their own success, while others
hope success will find them.
5. They are fearful like everyone else,
but they are not controlled or limited
by fear.
6. They ask the right questions – the
ones which put them in a productive,
creative, positive mindset and
emotional state.
7. They rarely complain (waste of
energy). All complaining does is put
the complainer in a negative and
unproductive state.
8. They don’t blame (what’s the
point?). They take complete
responsibility for their actions and
outcomes (or lack thereof).
9. While they are not necessarily more
talented than the majority, they
always find a way to maximise their
potential. They get more out of
themselves. They use what they have
more effectively.
10. They are busy, productive and
proactive. While most are laying on
the couch, planning, over-thinking,
sitting on their hands and generally
going around in circles, they are out
there getting the job done.
11. They align themselves with like-
minded people. They understand the
importance of being part of a team.
They create win-win relationships.
12. They are ambitious; they want
amazing – and why shouldn’t they?
They consciously choose to live their
best life rather than spending it on
auto-pilot.
13. They have clarity and certainty
about what they want (and don’t
want) for their life. They actually
visualise and plan their best reality
while others are merely spectators of
life.
14. They innovate rather than imitate.
15. They don’t procrastinate and they
don’t spend their life waiting for the
‘right time’.
16. They are life-long learners. They
constantly work at educating
themselves, either formally
(academically), informally (watching,
listening, asking, reading, student of
life) or experientially (doing, trying)…
or all three.
17. They are glass half full people –
while still being practical and down-
to-earth. They have an ability to find
the good.
18. They consistently do what they
need to do, irrespective of how they
are feeling on a given day. They don’t
spend their life stopping and starting.
19. They take calculated risks –
financial, emotional, professional,
psychological.
20. They deal with problems and
challenges quickly and effectively,
they don’t put their head in the sand.
They face their challenges and use
them to improve themselves.
21. They don’t believe in, or wait for
fate, destiny, chance or luck to
determine or shape their future. They
believe in, and are committed to
actively and consciously creating their
own best life.
22. While many people are reactive,
they are proactive. They take action
before they have to.
23. They are more effective than most
at managing their emotions. They feel
like we all do but they are not slaves
to their emotions.
24. They are good communicators
and they consciously work at it.
25. They have a plan for their life and
they work methodically at turning
that plan into a reality. Their life is not
a clumsy series of unplanned events
and outcomes.
26. Their desire to be exceptional
means that they typically do things
that most won’t. They become
exceptional by choice. We’re all faced
with live-shaping decisions almost
daily. Successful people make the
decisions that most won’t and don’t.
27. While many people are pleasure
junkies and avoid pain and discomfort
at all costs, successful people
understand the value and benefits of
working through the tough stuff that
most would avoid.
28. They have identified their core
values (what is important to them)
and they do their best to live a life
which is reflective of those values.
29. They have balance. While they
may be financially successful, they
know that the terms money and
success are not interchangeable. They
understand that people who are
successful on a financial level only, are
not successful at all. Unfortunately we
live in a society which teaches that
money equals success. Like many
other things, money is a tool. It’s
certainly not a bad thing but
ultimately, it’s just another resource.
Unfortunately, too many people
worship it.
30. They understand the importance
of discipline and self-control. They are
strong. They are happy to take the
road less travelled.
31. They are secure. They do not
derive their sense of worth of self
from what they own, who they know,
where they live or what they look like.
32. They are generous and kind. They
take pleasure in helping others
achieve.
33. They are humble and they are
happy to admit mistakes and to
apologise. They are confident in their
ability, but not arrogant. They are
happy to learn from others. They are
happy to make others look good
rather than seek their own personal
glory.
34. They are adaptable and embrace
change, while the majority are
creatures of comfort and habit. They
are comfortable with, and embrace,
the new and the unfamiliar.
35. They keep themselves in shape
physically, not to be mistaken with
training for the Olympics or being
obsessed with their body. They
understand the importance of being
physically well. They are not all about
looks, they are more concerned with
function and health. Their body is not
who they are, it’s where they live.
36. They have a big engine. They work
hard and are not lazy.
37. They are resilient. When most
would throw in the towel, they’re just
warming up.
38. They are open to, and more likely
to act upon, feedback.
39. They don’t hang out with toxic
people.
40. They don’t invest time or
emotional energy into things which
they have no control of.
41. They are happy to swim against
the tide, to do what most won’t. They
are not people pleasers and they don’t
need constant approval.
42. They are more comfortable with
their own company than most.
43. They set higher standards for
themselves (a choice we can all
make), which in turn produces greater
commitment, more momentum, a
better work ethic and of course, better
results.
44. They don’t rationalise failure.
While many are talking about their
age, their sore back, their lack of time,
their poor genetics, their ‘bad luck’,
their nasty boss and their lack of
opportunities (all good reasons to
fail), they are finding a way to succeed
despite all their challenges.
45. They have an off switch. They
know how to relax, enjoy what they
have in their life and to have fun.
46. Their career is not their identity,
it’s their job. It’s not who they are, it’s
what they do.
47. They are more interested in
effective than they are in easy. While
the majority look for the quickest,
easiest way (the shortcut), they look
for the course of action which will
produce the best results over the long
term.
48. They finish what they start. While
so many spend their life starting
things that they never finish,
successful people get the job done –
even when the excitement and the
novelty have worn off. Even when it
ain’t fun.
49. They are multi-dimensional,
amazing, wonderful complex
creatures (as we all are). They realise
that not only are they physical and
psychological beings, but emotional
and spiritual creatures as well. They
consciously work at being healthy and
productive on all levels.
50. They practice what they preach.
They don’t talk about the theory, they
live the reality.
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