8 Things Remarkably Successful People Do ! 1. They dont create back-up plans. Back-up plans can help you sleep easier at night. Back-up plans can also create an easy out when times get tough. Youll work a lot harder and a lot longer if your primary plan simply has to work because there is no other option. Total commitment--without a safety net--will spur you to work harder than you ever imagined possible. If somehow the worst does happen (and the worst is never as bad as you think) trust that you will find a way to rebound. As long as you keep working hard and keep learning from your mistakes, you always will. 2. They do the work... You can be good with a little effort. You can be really good with a little more effort. But you cant be great--at anything--unless you put in an incredible amount of focused effort. Scratch the surface of any person with rare skills and youll find a person who has put thousands of hours of effort into developing those skills. There are no shortcuts. There are no overnight successes. Everyone has heard about the 10,000 hours principle but no one follows it... except remarkably successful people. So start doing the work now. Time is wasting. 3. ...and they work a lot more. Forget the Sheryl Sandberg I leave every day at 5:30 stories. Im sure she does. But shes not you. Every extremely successful entrepreneur I know (personally) works more hours than the average person--a lot more. They have long lists of things they want to get done. So they have to put in lots of time. Better yet, they want to put in lots of time. If you dont embrace a workload others would consider crazy then your goal doesnt mean that much to you--or its not particularly difficult to achieve. Either way you wont be remarkably successful. 4. They avoid the crowds. Conventional wisdom yields conventional results. Joining the crowd--no matter how trendy the crowd or hot the opportunity--is a recipe for mediocrity. Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people wont do. They go where others wont go because theres a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success. 5. They start at the end... Average success is often based on setting average goals. Decide what you really want: to be the best, the fastest, the cheapest, the biggest, whatever. Aim for the ultimate. Decide where you want to end up. That is your goal. Then you can work backwards and lay out every step along the way. Never start small where goals are concerned. Youll make better decisions--and find it much easier to work a lot harder--when your ultimate goal is ultimate success. 6. ... and they dont stop there. Achieving a goal--no matter how huge--isnt the finish line for highly successful people. Achieving one huge goal just creates a launching pad for achieving another huge goal. Maybe you want to create a $100 million business; once you do you can leverage your contacts and influence to create a charitable foundation for a cause you believe in. Then your business and humanitarian success can create a platform for speaking, writing, and thought leadership. Then... The process of becoming remarkably successful in one field will give you the skills and network to be remarkably successful in many other fields. Remarkably successful people dont try to win just one race. They expect and plan to win a number of subsequent races. 7. They sell. I once asked a number of business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they felt contributed the most to their success. Each said the ability to sell. Keep in mind selling isnt manipulating, pressuring, or cajoling. Selling is explaining the logic and benefits of a decision or position. Selling is convincing other people to work with you. Selling is overcoming objections and roadblocks. Selling is the foundation of business and personal success: knowing how to negotiate, to deal with no, to maintain confidence and self-esteem in the face of rejection, to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, to build long-term relationships... When you truly believe in your idea, or your company, or yourself then you dont need to have a huge ego or a huge personality. You dont need to sell. You just need to communicate. 8. They are never too proud. To admit they made a mistake. To say they are sorry. To have big dreams. To admit they owe their success to others. To poke fun at themselves. To ask for help. To fail. And to try again.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:16:37 +0000
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