HABITS ARE HIP

HABITS ARE HIP

 

Ok, so may be habits aren’t the hippest thing in the world. But they just might be the most important. What separates the best from the rest comes down to habits. A few good ones (that’s really all it takes – two or three really good ones) will make a massive difference in the way your career and your life looks at the end. They will make the difference between mediocrity and mastery. So choose them well.

 

Here’s a metaphor that may serve nicely to make this point: A good habit is like a sturdy oak tree. It starts off as a little seed, planted in a single moment. Fail to nurture it daily and it dies a fast death. But tend to it, just a bit each day, and the thing grows. Until one day it’s so strong that it is next to impossible to break.

 

Your habits will define how close to your personal mountaintop you get. Ones I’ve observed in world-class people include the following:

 

·       Align all your actions with the highest levels of excellence and integrity

·       Put relationships with people first

·       Take highest levels of accountability

·       Leverage adversity to make you/your career and your life even better

·       Get up early

·       Under-promise and over-deliver (always give people more than they expect and you’ll win)

·       Be a passionate learner (read daily, listen to audio programs by insightful thinkers and attend seminars)

·       Spend the first 60 minutes of each day dreaming, planning or simply working out to maintain remarkable personal vitality

·       Balance being tremendously good at what you do with becoming a

·       Tremendously interesting and well-rounded human being

 

Just a few to pick from. To get you going. To plan your seeds

 

“What separates the best from the rest comes down to habits”