Success is a hard nut to crack but not impossible to achieve — if you are sharp on your focus, dedication and hard work. So, how do you think the legendary people who have, or are changing the world treaded the route to success?
Well, at their core they are simple human beings just like you, but it’s their commitment to success and a bunch of great habits that have made them the “greats” they are today.
Successful entrepreneurs may have started businesses providing all kinds of products and services, but many of them share a surprising number of common habits. Here are seven habits that prove you were born to be an entrepreneur.
Grit and determination are critical to entrepreneurial success. You have to be able to see a project through if you want to be successful. This may include long hours. It could also be reading all those items in your inbox. But don’t worry, this extra effort is what separates the great businesses from the mediocre ones. The more effort you put into something the better it becomes.
How can you learn positive things from your enemies?
* First of all, they are brutally honest with you because they have no interest in sugar coating things to remain in your good graces.
* Second, you are important to them; sometimes even more important than their friends because most of your enemies will value themselves by the amount of envy you have for them.
* Third, there is no person in this world that doesn’t have something positive to give you.
Now let’s see the 10 teachings:
What does it mean to be motivated? Does it mean that I will feel super enthusiastic about a Goal? Or does it mean that I finally have a vision on where I want to go, and I get to share it with my fellow man?
When it comes to motivation we may feel that we are ready to take on the world at times. At other times, we may not feel motivated because we don’t motivate ourselves. We get in the downward spiral telling ourselves that we cannot do it. We tell ourselves we will fail and everyone will laugh at us.
Does shyness get the better of you sometimes? You’re not alone.
Some people have an air of shyness about them. This can have knock-on effects; people may see you as someone who lacks confidence, a worrier, someone who doubts themselves or maybe even someone who’s not worth talking to.
Not a great start if you’re trying to impress.
Let’s be honest, when faced with a new or challenging situation, feelings of shyness can hit us all. But for some of us, these feelings take control. Worry and anxiety overtake our thought processes and everything else goes out of the window.
According to a number of psychologists, sustaining motivation requires three things: autonomy, competence and value. It’s important to feel like you’re in charge, it’s important that you do something that aligns with your personal values, and it’s important that you’re good at what you’re doing.
A lot of very smart people end up as failures – failures in life, in work, and in relationships. A lot of very smart people are given plenty of opportunities for success and never take advantage of them.
A lot of very smart people are born into privilege and yet turn into failures. And a lot of very smart people accumulate degrees and skills and still fail to achieve what we think they would. And what is the common factor in all of these failures? It’s lack of self-motivation.
One of the most infuriating circumstances you can find yourself in is when you genuinely want to do something and achieve something, and then when you set to it the results are far from perfect. Why is it that even when we have our minds set on something, that either it doesn’t get done, or the results are unsatisfactory? Is there a disconnect between what we think and what we do?
Let me begin with a small story:
A young man got appointed as a department head in one of those “we love rules and bureaucracy” and “no one can fire us” Government offices. He was very excited on his first day and he met his team and was trying to understand how things work. He noticed that there was this one clerk, a senior person who neither met him, nor greeted him. And he never saw him working either. He just used to sit and read English novels.
Everyone wants to be successful, but sadly, most people don’t have what it takes to produce the outstanding results like successful people do. If you want to be successful, you must first start with yourself. You must change the way you do things.
When you change the way you do things, you will get different results in life. It is what you do each day that gets you where you are right now. Therefore, if you continue to do what you have always been doing, you will never get to the new place that you wanted to go.