It’s found those who has a primary focus in life, a dream they’re pursuing, having a rock solid main purpose are the most successful of individuals. What they have is extreme passion for what they do for a living, so they’re happy to devote endless hours on a daily basis, driving towards their core purpose.
The reason why most don’t make the income they’re wanting from their business or job, is because they’re doing something they don’t completely believe in.
Once you begin to earn the income you’re wanting, is when you’re doing something you love, one which elevates your emotional state of passion.
Having intelligence, charm, and being talented are excellent traits, but more often than not, just possessing these characteristics usually isn’t enough.
What separates the most successful among us from those who are struggling to scratch out a living, is dedication.
To Alter Habits
Habits are those self-reactionary, subconscious second nature activities which determines how we react, on autopilot, which can take up to 40% percent of our daily activities.
This means 24 minutes out of every hour, what we do is just react to our conditioning, regardless of the situation we’re in.
Habits are neural pathways that are stored in the centre of our brains, and we will react on instinct. These habits good or bad are designed to save our brain energy.
Once a habit is formed and stored, the areas of the brain which are assigned to make conscious decision making, ceases to participate.
Talk Less While Listening More
What some recommend is a ratio as high as 5-to-1. Meaning you should be listening to others for five minutes, to every minute you speak your opinion.
Those who are successful are excellent communicators because they’re good listeners first.
What they understand is they can learn more and educate the best by listening to what others have to say. The more you’re able to learn about others, the more you can help yourself.
Avoid Toxic People
We’ve all heard, we’re only as successful as the five closest people we spend the most time with.
For those who are successful, 80% of people they spend time with are successful at what they do. Those who are poor, spend all their time with other poor people.
If you’re wanting to improve your financial status, begin by evaluating each of your closest relationships, and determine if they’re helping or hindering your progress.
Start spending more time with those on your same wavelength, those who has the aspirations and potential to get better, to improve their lives, has the hunger to succeed.
Remove Self-limiting Beliefs
If you’re currently struggling financially, what you most likely tell yourself are some beliefs which aren’t true, such as, you can never become rich.
You convince yourself rich people are just lucky, or smarter, have better education. They can’t do anything wrong. What each of these self-limiting beliefs does is chips away, alters your behaviour negatively.
What most wealthy people will do, is attribute their success in life to what their “positive” beliefs are.
Do More Than Asked
What those who are unsuccessful has is a “that’s not my job” mentality. As a result, they’re never asked to do more, or they’re not given more responsibility, and their wage doesn’t grow as a result.
Those who become wealthy, will make themselves invaluable to their customers or employers, as they’ll always go beyond what they’re asked.
What successful people will do is work harder to achieve the mutual goals of everyone concerned.
Control Your Emotions
You don’t need to blurt out every thought you have, good or bad. Every emotion you have doesn’t need to be expressed outwardly. Once you talk too much, you’re risking offending someone.
Talking too much is a bad habit those who struggles do often. Conversely, those who are successful has learned to filter and control their emotions.
They know from experience allowing their emotions to control them, can destroy relationships both at work and at home.
Fight Off Fear
Fear is thought to be the most damaging negative emotion that needs to be controlled. Any change, regardless if it’s positive or negative, can do is prompt the feelings of fear.
What those who are successful does is they have conditioned themselves to overcome these feelings, while those who are struggling, allows fear to intercept their aspirations, which holds them hostage.
Some fear change, fear making mistakes, taking risks, fear what others think of them. Conquering these fears mindfully, by fighting off these thoughts once they filter in, becomes key.
Network And Volunteer Often
You’re as successful as your connections, so make it a point to constantly be building better networks which can result in more customers, clients, better relationships, or help you land that better job.
It’s found those who are successful, make it a point to volunteer their time whenever they can, as they benefit from giving back to their community or to a good cause.
One perk when volunteering is the like minded company you’ll keep. What developing personal relationships with these individuals will often result in, are future successful relationships.
Never Give Up
What those who are successful in life all share, are three distinct attributes in common. These are persistence, focus, and patience.
What they never do is stop chasing their dreams, while those who struggle, will quit after their first rejection or try something else.
What’s known, is the difference between those who are successful or fail, are not that significantly different. All that’s needed is making a few tweaks in their habits.