Why are some people more successful than others?
You don’t decide your future.
You decide your habits and your habits decide your future.
No one succeeds overnight and no one fails. Overnight success is nothing more than a sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
Today, I want to share with you the 10 successful habits that I have learned and developed over the years.
Habit number ONE
Successful people take 100 % responsibility for their own life.
I failed many times in my life and my mentor said that I wasn’t taking responsibility for my own life. I don’t have to blame the situations, the circumstances for my failures. The decisions we make are our choices, then why blame someone else. Unless and until you take 100 percent responsibility for your own life, you’re not going to be successful.
And from then on, I learned to take responsibility. So that’s habit number one. Take 100 percent responsibility for your own life.
Habit number TWO
You have to decide exactly what you want. Most people in life don’t get what they want because they don’t know what they want.
Set a goal now.
What is it that you want?
You have to know exactly what you want. Once you know exactly what you want then only you can plan to achieve it.
Do we go on a vacation without deciding the destination? Do we take a flight randomly to any place? Then why don’t we think over the journey of our own life?
Habit number THREE
You have to believe it is possible. That’s it. You just have to believe that it is possible not just for others, but for yourself.
It’s possible for you. Napoleon Hill talks about this in Think and Grow Rich, whatever your mind can conceive and believe you can achieve.
And it’s very, very true. You have to first believe that you can do it. Highly successful people visualize success. Once you take 100 percent responsibility, that you can make it happen. And you believe that you can make it happen.
I visualize success. I wanted to gift the first copy of my book the legend singer Sonu Nigam. So I cut a page from a magazine that had his picture on it giving an award to someone, I did some Photoshop and made it look like I was gifting him my book and I put it on my vision board. I looked at it every day and I would visualize and visualize it until it becomes so vivid in my mind that I could see it, smell it, feel it. And it happened.
Habit number FIVE
First, you have to believe that you deserve it first before the result would come along. Is the other way around? Start telling your subconscious mind that you have already achieved it. Stat living like that. Your subconscious mind is very powerful and it will pave the way for you to achieve all that you desire.
Habit number SIX
Successful people are willing to pay the price. So it’s one thing to dream. It’s one thing to believe. But at the end of the day, you have to do something right. You have to be willing to pay the price. Even if it’s simply buying a car. It’s quite easy to calculate. And precisely how much it’s going to cost that car.
The focus on generating enough income to pay for that. So when your friends are partying, when they were just wasting time, do you think you will work?
So one of the questions that you have to ask yourself is what price are you willing to pay for success? What are you willing to give up? What are you willing to sacrifice?
Because there’s always a tradeoff.
Habit number SEVEN
Successful people feel the fear and they do it anyway. Lot of people think that successful people have no fears. Of course, they have fears. Of course, they have doubts. Of course, they are afraid to make a decision sometimes. They are human beings. The difference is they don’t let fear stop them. They don’t let fear dictate what they are or what they are not going to do.
Habit number EIGHT
Don’t let ego stop you from seeking mentorship. Despite being a gold medalist in college, Despite having a 2 decade of experience, finding a mentor changed my life. It turned my life around seeking mentorship. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know everything. There’s no way someone knows everything. And the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know. The mentor will give you the mindset and the skill set that will help you to achieve your goals.
Habit number NINE
Successful people have enthusiasm.
Are you going to accomplish anything if you don’t approach anything with passion and are enthusiastic about it? You may not be the best at it right now, but if you are enthusiastic and your belief and your passion incredibly passionate about what you do, you’re going to make it happen. So that’s a very, very key habit that kind of makes everything work. And that leads to the last habit.
Habit number TEN
Successful people commit to constant improvement.
They also never stop improving. It’s always about becoming better, becoming a better version of themselves. Each day spend some time honing your skills. Accept your areas of improvement, become self-aware, and then work on it.
If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving… Martin Luther King Jr.