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Have you ever heard that to achieve success, you need to follow in the footsteps of those who already achieved success?
Successful people all over the world such as Richard Branson, Peng Joon and Tom Hopkins lead a whole different lifestyle in order to get to where they are right now.
You can follow them too, by implementing these 3 daily habits:
1) Always plan ahead
Have you ever wondered why most well-known people are always busy?
They are in fact so busy that they have their own agent or personal assistant to plan their meeting and time for them.
To be successful, you must always be doing something that will contribute to your future.
Because of that, you need to properly time ahead of the day what you will need to do so that you won’t lose time more than you need to.
You don’t have to get a personal assistant or anything, but organize your time in a way that each day you achieve something like 2 hours’ worth of reading.
This sounds easy so why should I do that?
It IS easy yes, but can you do that consistently, EVERY single day?
One of the greatest challenges that entrepreneurs face is the will to spend time doing the same thing over and over again like managing a business.
But if you persevere, after a while you will start to feel the pressure of wanting to discover a shorter and cleverer route to get your achievements which will be your key to success at that particular thing that you’re doing.
2) Mingle with successful people
This may sound selfish but sometimes your friends may be the one holding you back.
To achieve success, you will need to get yourself involved with successful people because through them, others will start seeing you as a successful person too.
Have you ever noticed that most businesses are just dying to get big people like artists or even the Prime Minister himself to collaborate with them?
This is because in the eyes of the customer, your business will be just like any others out there but supposing the president chooses your place instead, that shows that the service you provide DOES have a certain type of quality.
You instantly get a lot of customers because if a big person can trust you, so can them.
3) Consistency is key
Did you know that only 50% of businesses manage to survive after 5 years?
Studies show that many entrepreneurs have to close down their business few years after starting up, even though their businesses are running well.
The explanation for this is simple – consistency.
I know that you can put in all your hard work for one full day to achieve a goal, but can you do the same thing for a year?
Sometimes your will deteriorates and you will find yourself feeling lazy to do anything, especially when you’ve already reached your goal.
To counter this, you need to always find reasons to push yourself further, especially when you’re feeling too comfortable and lazy.
Anyone can achieve success, yes, but maintaining success is whole different thing.
Conclusion
Success doesn’t come to those who wait, it comes to those who chase after it.
Even if you are born with riches, you still need to take action to maintain your business because if you don’t your empire will fall.
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Riaz Shah
