By: Andrea Torre
We have all lived different stories in our lives. We have come across experiences that have made us feel like we are the best, while others have made us feel more mediocre. That difference between one and the other is abysmal and what makes that difference is nothing more and nothing less than the development of different habits, habits that help us to succeed in our lives. Remember, the quantity and quality of each success habit you execute will define the altitude of your level of success.
1.Goal setting: Grab a pen and paper and start writing down your daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly goals. Without goals to guide us in life and without something tangible to work towards, we will be lost.
2. Establish good habits on a daily basis: These habits are the foundation of success. Successful people have many good habits and few bad ones. And, what habits do we consider good? Among these are watching little television, reading a lot, being continuously educated, for example. In short, these habits are the best way to learn from others and avoid mistakes that we could make.
3. Exercise: Practicing exercise will make you a more energetic and at the same time more productive person. In addition, with sport, you will not only get a better physique and higher self-esteem, but you will also face more challenging situations than before.
4. Feed the soul, the mind and the body: When I say that you have to feed the body, I mean that you have to give it pleasure, security, shelter and much more pampering of this type. As far as feeding the mind and soul is nothing more than surrounding ourselves with like-minded people, keep in mind that great friendships can help you achieve your goals faster; Also, we have to do what we really like and dedicate our time to things that really make us happy.
5. Relax and take breaks from time to time: People who believe that resting is not being productive are less productive. You have to know how to stop at the moment when the mind is exhausted. The ideal would be to reach a balance between work and rest to increase your productivity.
6. Plan and prioritize: Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today. Make a list of things you have to do and do the most important ones, don’t go on to the next one without finishing the previous one, pursue your goal until you achieve it, no matter what it takes. And set time limits for completing the task.
7. Manage money: We tend to spend money on unnecessary things (Smartphone, electronic devices or other things of value) and live beyond our means. The solution to this is to change this consumer mindset to an investment mindset. Spending your money in this smart way will make your investments grow considerably.
8. Know your strengths: We all have strengths and weaknesses, or defects and virtues. To achieve success, it is essential to enhance those strengths that we all have, and that we sometimes hide, and improve the weaknesses so that they either limit or stop you.
9. Improve your abilities: Focus on how you can improve yourself and be better than you already are.
10. Visualization: Improve the image you have of yourself and the world around you so that your goals grow towards higher goals. People tend to have pessimistic thoughts such as “I’m not good enough at this” or “I’m not capable of this”. These thoughts limit us and discourage us, but frankly what limits you are not these perceptions. A good exercise to visualize myself as I want is to write it down and visualize the way I will act in the most difficult moments. By repeating this process, little by little those thoughts will become reality.
