Today, we will discuss several points and habits of successful people. And who knows, maybe they will help you gain your goals, or they will make you walk the steps towards achieving great success.
1. Minimize noise in your life
It doesn’t mean that you have to avoid loud places and people (of course you can, but that’s not the point). Try to understand it correctly – successful people never say phrases like “I will lose some weight”, “sometime I will make good money”. They think in another way, making clear aims “I will lose weight till next month going to the gym three times a week. Hello, give me a club card please”.
And it really works – if you are precise and concrete in your dreams and desires, you leave no space at all for the mental and physical stop. You can start making a plan and choose your own path.
2. Imagine those things you want to have
It is much easier to achieve goals if you have already visualized them. Do you want to have a business in IT sphere? Turn back to reality and write down all the steps you need to take to achieve your goal.
Just try to understand that it is a very important stage on your way. When you create an image of the final result and the steps you must take, you would get better in succeeding if you send positive energy which definitely increases your level of self-confidence. This allows you to focus on your goals and to play them like the movie in your head.
3.Concentrate on producing, not on working
If you already have your business and have an idea like “I’m going to work hard on my business”, then it is a fail and an immediate one.
Working hard and thinking too much you can spend too much time doing things that could be done faster, without all that over thinking and nerves. Try to understand that you have to work smarter, not harder.
4. Serve others
People divide into ones who consume and others who contribute. While consumers have options to choose a place where to buy, contributors don’t have a lot of opportunities to attract people to buy if the last were once upset because of the product.
A good example of it is a TV show of the famous American woman Oprah Winfrey. Why her show was that much popular? She was so much open and lived with a huge desire to serve her audience.
5. Don’t try to be perfect, try to be excellent
Try to realize that people who are running for perfection are in the huge loop of worrying about what other people will think about them. All this success is about finding your way. You are not perfect, and you can’t pretend to be – you are a human. But as you want to be a contributor, then you have to be excellent. You have to produce things that will be appreciated by consumers and will be bought.
6. Be uncomfortable
Strange advice, isn’t it? But it is the thing which will make you move. And that is probably the best advice of all previous and next ones. You have to start from honest conversations with the team members; you have to get out of your comfort zone and force your team to do the same. Yes, it is a huge stress, but if you are a leader who aspires achievements, you will find the balance. If someone leaves your team, then it is a weak person, who isn’t ready for success. Success is there, right behind the sleepless nights, and the big desire to make an excellent outcome.
Do you remember how did you start riding a bike? It was awkward and funny, you couldn’t find a balance and fell down. It was uncomfortable, someone left this deal and don’t know how to ride a bike even now. But do you remember that feeling when you finally got it? When you found the balance and ride your bike without the help of your grandfather or any other relative? It was awesome, isn’t it? The same is with your own business and success; you have to come across uncomfortable situations, in order to understand what it takes to be in the place you are now.
Having uncomfortable situations will scare you, and look like it is unnatural. But it is more unnatural to live without a dream, money, and aspirations in life.
7. Become completely honest with yourself
Once Michelle Obama said that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. As businessmen/women we are performing things based on our dreams, maybe illusions. Being honest with yourself will show the mistakes you made, what still works and what stopped working.
8. Ask great questions
Always be curious about what you do, talk with people of the same industry, discover something new and ask questions. They also create reliable communication with clients, team members, and other entrepreneurs. You’re more likely to find your tribe when you are willing to ask questions and spark conversations.
9. Know yourself
There isn’t the fastest way to gain success in the world. Each situation is unique. Each person started working according to his/her own talents, skills and ‘fuel’. Of course, you can read a story of a man who wakes up early has a special diet and worked 18 hours a day. It could work for him, but it doesn’t mean you will have the same results. You are the person of other habits and destiny.
Conclusion
To sum it up, do what is good for you, discover the world, try to understand how things work and you will see that success is so much closer than you have thought.
Alexia Wolker
