Your habits magnify or limit you. No doubt about it. The biggest and most successful entrepreneurs, as well as the most influential and famous people, have habits that have led them to success, even more, they have made success a daily habit.
I invite you to reflect on how as architects of culture we can create a “culture of success” in our personal environment, with our teams and organizations. Let’s observe the 5 abilities that successful people use to create that culture of success.
Some time ago I was visiting Wynwood, a historic neighborhood, north of downtown Miami. You can find amazing works of art in this place. Almost all of these works of art created over the walls are made by street painters from different parts of the world. What I find interesting is that each one of these paintings has a short life span. They are erased only to be replaced by another new creation. These works of art remind me of a day in our lives.
Let’s observe how success should be built on a daily basis and which habits will allow us to achieve it.
If you do a Google search for the definition of success, you will find a lot of different definitions. Some of them are based on achievements and how people feel about them. Others are based on popularity or material acquisitions. Some such as having the respect of intelligent people, not being frustrated, being happy, finishing a project, not having stress, are some of the definitions that grab my attention. Others say that it is a mixture of elements and others that is the balance between them.
Let’s see why we should not generalize the definition of success and what steps you can take to define your personal success.
To achieve success, it is critical to understand that just the pure desire to reach a goal is not enough; we must have the right attitude and take action. By being focused, we’ll make sure that we’ll keep a logical order in what we do and follow a plan to avoid getting distracted from our goals. Further, this will help us make good use of our resources and evaluate progress towards our goals.
Let’s see why at the present time is difficult to stay focus and the 3 important aspects that we must take into account if we want to stay focused.
At the beginning of each New Year, there is always a list of goals that people want to achieve at a personal and corporate level. Some of these goals, each and every year, are part of the year-end list. Unfortunately, some do not reach the second month and by the middle of the year, others have been completely forgotten. The statistics are not very encouraging. Studies in this area have concluded that 92% of people do not reach their goals. Even more, some of these studies demonstrate that some goals do not even reach the first week.
Let’s observe the elements that are intentionally used by the people who reach their goals.
Being able to end the day and even the year with a sense of success can be a real challenge. We would love to be able to end the day with a great sense of accomplishment for having worked towards our goals, but unfortunately, the end of the day can be discouraging. Distractions, interruptions, tiredness, and fatigue take a great portion of our days and we don’t get to complete what we want or should do.
Let’s find out why is so important to focus on today and how we can reach success every day.
In day to day life, there are priorities that are usually left behind or that are simply not paid enough attention than they require. Unfortunately, whether you want it or not these priorities will sooner or later come knocking at your door. And sadly, this usually happens when it is too late.
Let’s get into why it is sometimes necessary for a disaster or accident to happen to force people to prioritize. Let’s also see what is the element that helps you avoid those difficult situations.
It is no secret that you wish to achieve your goals, but as time passes by you have come to realize that it is not so easy to do this. Likewise, you wish to improve your productivity, but there is just too much to do and maintaining focus in your projects is no easy task. If you have a big number of priorities you are probably trying daily to balance your personal and professional life, but without your expected results.
Let’s see what makes you transform most of your activities into priorities, and what happens when you do not choose what should be a priority in your life.
It is always very rewarding to successfully finish the projects we started. By maintaining constant productivity, it is possible to achieve the goal we initially set. More importantly, we develop our ability to keep proper focus. However, this is not always the case for those who lose their direction midway or those who start projects that are never completed.
Let’s examine what happens when we pay too much attention to small demands and let’s see what makes it so that some are not capable of finishing the projects they started.
Nobody escapes the pressures of modern life. To maintain productivity more and more we have to improve our efforts and meet deadlines. This can lead us to be confused when it comes to our priorities. One of the signs that show that you are at risk of this confusion is having a large number of priorities.
Let’s talk about how having too many priorities is a challenge and why it can even paralyze you. Let’s see also what is it that mainly makes people have many priorities?