5 Habits Of Successful People You Should Be Following Today

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Though everyone has their own strategy for success, there are some habits successful people do have in common. We'll walk you through 5 of them:

Habits make you. We really do not determine our futures; what happens is that our habits tend to define our characters and our characters have a huge bearing on our futures. At Ninja Essays, they have a belief that your situation today, financially, socially, and so on, is determined by the habits you have been keeping for the past 1, 2, 5, 10 years. If you really want the next 1, 2, 5, 10 years to be remarkable, you’re going to have to build it, habit by habit, starting today.

That’s something that all successful people know, whether consciously or only intuitively. They are very particular about the habits they perpetuate and eschew any habits that do not help them achieve their goals. Would you like to be successful? Well, you will be pleased to learn that most of these habits are pretty common among most successful people. They are things that are timeless in their effectiveness and can be applied by just about anyone; even you.

I put together this list of 5 habits that successful people apply so you can also try them out in your life. If you remain consistent and stay disciplined in your practice of them long enough, you will soon start to see the fruits.

#1 Successful People Wake Up Early

Most successful people are early birds. They wake up, on average, about 3 hours before their workday officially starts. When they wake up that early, they have plenty of time to do something extra. If they have a side project, then they spend that time doing the side project. If they work out, then those early hours are typically the best time to work out. If they put it off till the end of the day, then they might not have either the time or the energy to work out later. Sometimes they will use those extra hours to just plan their day and visualize how they want it to turn out.

When you wake up early, you are taking advantage of the period when there is the least distraction to working. There are no notifications on your phone at that time, no noise in the house, and, after a bit of exercise and meditation, your brain is likely to be at the clearest point it will be for the whole day. That is also when your willpower reserves are at their fullest. This is the best time to do the hardest or most important things you should do for your day. What you do during this time will easily set the tone for the rest of the day.

#2 Successful People Do The Hardest Things First

Mark Twain is famous for saying that if you have to eat a bucket of frogs, then you should start with the biggest one, and preferably start in the morning. What he was trying to say, in other words, is that you should do the hard things first before you get to the easy ones. This ties in with the previous habit of waking up in the morning because the best time to do the hardest things is in the morning when most of your willpower reserves are still intact.

#3 Successful People Have A Reading Habit

You’ve probably heard this one mentioned a lot of times before by a lot of different sources, many being the very successful people you are trying to emulate. But that’s because it really is true that a reading habit is one of the things that determine your success.

Elon Musk, a man that is often compared to the fictional character Iron Man because of his success in the tech field, is said to have read for at least 4 hours every day as he grew up. In fact, he claims to have bought a book on rocket science and read it from end to end when he decided to start a rocket making company, just to get himself up to speed with the field.

Be careful here; however; it’s less about the quantity of reading than the quality. If you want to grow in a certain direction, then you should spend your time reading the books that will help you get there. Career-specific books or industry-specific books that help you gain vital knowledge in your field are certainly going to add value. The same goes for self-help books, but up to a point; too many self-help books and no self-help never made anyone a better person.

#4 Successful People Focus On Their Journeys

In my opinion, this is one of the key habits that set successful people apart from the rest. We live in a world where distraction is everywhere. Social media has a way of showing us how everyone else seems to be doing okay, and it is easy to wallow in despair. One of the greatest skills you can master is to ignore the distractions and focus on your journey of success. Do not try to compare yourself to others. Focus on being better than you were yesterday, and the results will compound over time.

#5 Successful People Have A Ritual

Basically, the ritual is what successful people use to get themselves into a flow state where they are at their most energetic and productive. It could be anything, really: it could be meditation, going to the gym, starting off with writing in your journal, or doing some reading, or just taking a morning walk. Whatever works for you, incorporate it into your day and remain consistent. After your ritual, you’re bound to be in the perfect state to do deep work, which is where all the magic happens.

 

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