Reality Check: 6 Daily Habits Most #Successful People Implement!

Every story of success consists of years of hard and dedicated work. Every outstanding person or company has gone through a long process of trials and errors, ups and downs, wins and losses. So often people are keen on praising huge accomplishments and brilliant stories of success, that they barely notice what really stands behind those triumphs.

Folks would rather say those people suddenly appeared from nowhere and they are the next example of an overnight success than take a minute in order to figure out how they actually reached a peak. Usually, the most visible parts of every success are gold medals, fancy photos on the covers of top magazines and the names in the Forbes` lists.

But that is just a tip of an iceberg. The most beautiful, exciting and fascinating part — the happy ending of the story. In most cases, what may seem an instant success out of nowhere is actually the result of way more unattractive, difficult and exhaustive journey, that is usually out of sight.

I have outlined below 6 easy habits to get you started today towards your successful journey.

1. Do What No One Else is Willing to Do: In his book, Deep Work, Cal Newport proposes that the people who will always be in-demand from the economy are those who can engage in long, focused periods of “deep work:” “The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.”

If you are able to set strict mental boundaries and commit to intensely focused work times, you will thrive in today’s economy.

As author Jim Rohn once wrote:“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.” The reason some people automatically attract success is that they are willing to do the things no one else is and learn the skills no one else is willing to learn.

2. Fail More Times Than Anyone Else: “If I fail more than you, I win.” -Seth Godin Success is attracted to those who are: Consistent in a world of impatience, Committed in a world of inconstancy as well as focused in a world of distraction. The best way to learn and grow is through repeated, constant experiments. As author and entrepreneur Michael Simmons wrote: “Success is a direct result of the number of experiments you perform.” When you fail, you learn. When you fail more than anyone else, you learn more than anyone else.

This knowledge is what will make you unstoppable — all the lessons you learned from years of failing and getting back up again. This commitment to learning despite setbacks reveals the hidden secrets behind success in every area and will attract success like bees to a flower. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” -Jim Rohn Most people are afraid of failure. Since their self-worth is tied to their performance, any failure is confirmation that they aren’t good enough. If they suck at something, it means they suck.

But your self-worth is completely independent of failure. Failure is simply an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to discover new lessons.

3. Behave Like a World-Class Winner — Even If You’re Not One Yet: “Winners act like winners before they become winners. That’s how they become winners.” -Bill Walsh. Most people are living beneath their potential. Anyone can achieve greatness. Anyone can evolve into better versions of themselves. Anyone who wants to can realize even their most lofty goals. But most people won’t. The reason most people will never avoid mediocrity is that they believe they need to feel like a winner before they can become one.

Success is attracted to individuals with powerful self-belief and the will to achieve their goals. The way to get there is by putting on the hat of a winner, so to speak. Even if you’re not a world-class winner yet, acting as if you are will stimulate your mind to begin thinking like one.

“As a man thinketh, so he is. As he continues to think, so he remains.” -James Allen. Every day, I wake up and tell myself I’m the best small business marketing & public relations strategist.  I declare every client that will come through my website rahabmbise.com  will want to work with me, will visit my social media pages and will be curious to set his/her business in my magical hands. More often I declare that many people will read my articles, comment, and share, that my words will motivate someone to get out of a stuck situation and start working toward his/her success and their lives will never be the same again.  That voice inside me is what is pushing me to write even now :)

4. Be Authentic, Vulnerable, and Genuine With Others: “Some of the greatest moments of one’s life are not pleasant, not successful, not known, and not positive.” -Mark Manson. When I see someone baring their heart and soul in a post or a video, I’m just captivated. I love hearing vulnerable stories, especially people overcoming the worst circumstances to win what they never could. If you’re honest and vulnerable about your struggles and failures, people relate to that. Connections are made. Heads are turned. Attention is captured.

Success becomes inevitable. Author Grant Cardone once wrote: “Many people think in terms of ‘I have to do what my colleague/neighbor/family member is doing’ instead of ‘I have to do what’s best for me.’” In his new book, David Kadavy wrote: “When our true self-doesn’t get a chance to follow its desires, it acts out in strange ways.” My man Tim Denning put it this way: “Not being you will destroy you.”

The more you are yourself, the higher you’ll go. The more “you” you become every day, the more success and opportunities will find you. Stop living someone else’s life. Be honest and vulnerable — it’s what we’re all dying to hear.

5. Be a Giver, Not a Taker: “The world gives to the givers and takes from the takers.” -Adam Grant. Most people are takers. They take what they can get. Money, opportunities, the last piece of cake — most people would not be quick to selflessly give what could’ve been theirs. This “scarcity” mindset causes a tremendous level of misery, fear, and resentment. David Foster Wallace once penned, “If you worship money and things, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough.”

But giving attracts people. True givers — ones who don’t expect anything in return, ones who truly have no strings attached — are so rare today. Meeting someone like this is truly a breath of fresh air on a smoggy day. “Giving your time and attention without the expectation of something in return is a key strategy of professional advancement.” -Adam Grant

6. Label Every Obstacle as a Learning Opportunity:  Most people only see obstacles as unfortunate problems that prevent them from progress. They run into some difficulties, throw up their hands, and go home. The world’s most successful people automatically attract enormous success by using their obstacles as a distinct, unique advantage. Whatever obstacles arise are immediately embraced as an opportunity to learn and grow.

Author Elif Batuman describes this mindset in The New Yorker: “For you, every setback is an advantage, an opportunity for learning and glory. When a difficulty comes your way, you should feel proud and excited, like ‘a wrestler whom God, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck.’” This implacable attitude confounds most other people, and always attracts significant success over time.

People who automatically attract enormous success do so by making every obstacle an opportunity. It’s not enough to simply manage problems with a neutral, resigned attitude, either. In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins writes, “Managing your problems can only make things good while building your opportunities is the only way to make things great.” If you want to automatically attract enormous success, see every problem as an opportunity to learn.

A bonus tip for you my dear readers is "Teach Yourself the Skills You Never Thought You Could Learn", most people we both know have a lot of self-limiting believes, and they are very good at projecting it to others, you will hear often, oooh you, you can't even mix a smoothie how can you craft? or draw? and we tend to listen to those voices because they give us justification of what we can not do, but here is the secret, ignore those voices, learn something new that will accelerate towards your success, hence you will increase your scope of influence, your ability to converse with experts in different fields, and most importantly, your self-belief.

Learning the skills you always thought you couldn’t learn destroys the self-doubt and fear that prevents so many people from ever achieving greatness. “If you want enormous success, you must become more.” -Jim Rohn