Here are some of the best habits of the most successful people!
9 - Richard Branson To many people, exercise is an essential.
Being active almost every day of the week is a ritual for gym rats out there.
The release of endorphins is truly beneficial for anyone trying to improve their quality
of work and quality of life in general.
This is especially true if you're a billionaire with a bunch of businesses to run.
Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is popularly known for his vivacious personality
and also for being a little bit of a daredevil.
But that didn't happen just by chance.
Branson has rigorous morning rituals that have helped him become the successful person
he is today.
One of them being his daily morning workout.
This British mogul swears by it, claiming that the secret to his productivity is a good
amount of exercise as part of his morning routine.
Not only does exercise create healthier habits, but it also allows your body to get a boost
of necessary energy.
And let’s not forget that regular exercise improves your mental capacity by improving
your memory and creativity.
And because we're talking about Richard Branson, you couldn't expect anything less than a morning
session of kitesurfing, tennis, or swimming.
Coming from a man known for his creative and sometimes risky ideas, exercising is a habit
we can learn from Branson, and of course many other gym rats, that we should all be putting
into practice!
8 - Benjamin Franklin Yeah, you guys didn’t think good ol’ Ben
Franklin would be on this list would you?!
But, we can learn a lot from the guy who’s the face of the hundred dollar bill.
Being a founding father of the United States of America wasn’t an easy job; it required
a lot of knowledge and determination…...annnnd also waking up early.
Regarded as one of the most respected great thinkers of his time, Benjamin Franklin developed
an obsession for planning ahead.
According to many sources, the inventor of bifocal glasses was a meticulous planner.
Not only did he wake up early, but he made sure he would start his day with lots of tasks,
so he would have a busy day ahead.
His days started at 4:00 am –which seems to have become the standard time many CEOs
wake up now– and from then he would created a detailed plan of what he would do.
Specificity is the key here.
Franklin would set precise goals to achieve during the day, which is something modern
experts have concluded is incredibly beneficial for anyone's productivity.
The list of inventions and accolades Ben Franklin received during his life are more than a confirmation
that this little habit was really effective.
7 - Steve Jobs Carpe diem is a popular phrase that’s been
used to inspire people to make the most of their time.
But how many of us really make each day count?
If there were ever a person that can talk the talk and walk the walk, it's definitely
Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was known for his driven character, a trait that sometimes didn’t make him many
friends.
But did you know his determined attitude originated from a very particular morning ritual?
He would look at himself in the mirror and ask if he was happy with what he was doing–
he contemplated whether or not his life would've been worth it if he lied that day.
A simple yet introspective question that, according to many people, changed his attitude
daily.
Not only did this make him change his actions, but it created a mindset that allowed him
to be as great as he could be.
Considering the struggles he went through with his businesses, and all the success Apple
was able to achieve after Steve Jobs became CEO, it seems that this little pep talk turned
out to be quite effective.
6 - Jeff Bezos Have any of you guys ever heard of the two
pizza rule?
Well this rule isn’t literally about pizza, but to be honest, any time a rule strictly
involving pizza is cool in my book!
Anyways, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has built a modern-day empire based on his ability to
take calculated risks that translated into not only profits, but respect from his employees.
One of the things he firmly believes in is not wasting time.
And he believes that most meetings are unnecessary.
Jeff Bezos has a very particular kind of habit he’s been practicing whenever he isn’t
able to avoid a meeting.
If a meeting is necessary, he developed what he’s called the “two pizza rule”.
This rule essentially states that the number of people in attendance should be enough to
be fed by only two pizzas.
Jeff Bezos believes that if there are too many people in a meeting, the meeting becomes
boring and unproductive.
Many people apparently have backed Bezos' belief, saying that a reduced number of participants
is likely to increase productivity during a meeting.
Bezos also makes sure to everyone knows exactly the main points that will be discussed in
the meeting, to keep the meeting efficient and everyone on point.
5 - Elon Musk Consistent improvement has never hurt anyone,
and this is especially true if you currently manage some of the most cutting edge business
ventures in the world.
Elon Musk is one of the smartest entrepreneurs in the world, and he’s somehow able to implement
most, if not all, of his daring ideas through efficiency and time management.
First of all, he's a firm believer in schedules.
His schedule is supposedly broken down into 5 minute slots!
That’s a little bit insane to me, but hey, whatever works.
Second of all, he’s really into email.
He prides himself on getting things done via email, and it’s the most important communication
tool for him.
However, what’s the one habit that really helps him with his creativity?
Well, it seems that there’s one little question that’s consistently challenging him.
Elon Musk is constantly asking himself “what can I improve to be better?”.
This small question has an enormous impact on his mindset, allowing him to always be
open for change and search for alternatives.
This is something that we can all be asking ourselves, and even the smallest improvements
can make a difference.
While we may not all be starting electric car companies, but improving our personal
efficiency is exactly what would make the biggest impact in our own lives.
4 - Tony Hsieh Tony Hsieh is the the founder of Zappos, one
of the leading e-commerce platforms for shoes and apparel.
However, to his employees, he’s known as someone who likes to think outside the box.
He’s the creator of numerous interesting initiatives at Zappos.
For example, he started a “no title” kind of management, in which all managers and titles
were eliminated.
He wanted to create an equal ground for all collaborators to participate in something
known as a Holacracy.
However, he’s still as busy and efficient as any other CEO.
When it comes to emails, it’s of course never ending for him, a feeling that a lot
of us can probably relate to.
Hsieh came up with an email system called Yesterbox in 2012, when he felt his emails
getting out of control.
One of the biggest reasons?
As soon as he replied to an email, he’d just get an immediate response to the email
he just sent.
So in order to limit the amount of emails he gets each day, Hsieh only deals with yesterday’s
emails!
Hsieh first replies to 10 emails from the day before, before looking at any new emails
from that day.
After he’s processed 10 emails, meaning that he’s removed them from yesterday’s
inbox either by replying, filing, deleting, or setting up an appointment to reply to emails
he knows that’s going to take a long time, then his “reward” is getting to read the
new emails that have come in!
Hsieh set up this system because he felt his inbox was a never-ending treadmill.
A lot of his important emails would actually end up never getting replies because he would
just end up procrastinating.
With this system, he’s forcing himself to deal with those emails that he doesn’t want
to reply to, AND he sets himself a limit on the emails that he’s willing to deal with
that day!
3 - Naval Ravikant Being successful in business and making millions
of dollars isn’t the secret to happiness, according to Naval Ravikant.
He co-founded AngelList, a website where investors, founders, and people looking to work in startups
meet.
AngelList has allowed Naval Ravikant to invest in many successful companies such as Uber
and LinkedIn.
However, when it comes to happiness, Naval’s found that attaining a lot of the typical
definitions of success didn’t contribute much to his happiness.
Naval says the most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a skill
that you develop and a CHOICE that you make.
You have to work at it, just like building muscles or losing weight.
You decide it’s important to you and you have to prioritize it above everything else.
He actually thinks that what we think of happiness is just pleasure.
According to Naval, true happiness comes out of peace.
Peace comes out of many things, but it comes from fundamentally understanding yourself.
It comes from looking inside yourself and seeing how much of what you’re reacting
to are emotional reactions or attachment.
Essentially self-inflicted suffering, where it’s a desire for things that we probably
shouldn’t care that much about.
Naval goes on to say that the modern world is full of distractions.
Things like Twitter and Facebook are not making people happy.
People are essentially playing a game that’s created by the creators of those systems,
and it’s only a useful game once in a blue moon.
Most people are just engaged in dispute, resentment, comparison, jealousy, and anger about things
that frankly just don’t matter.
And to be honest…..I can’t disagree with Naval on much.
I 100% agree that we can decide the thoughts that go on in our head that ultimately affect
how we feel.
2 - Warren Buffett Some successful businessmen serve as an example
that we all need to have an interesting personality.
As rich as he is, Warren Buffet has found time within his busy schedule to have a hobby
or two.
One of them being the ukulele.
Named the second richest person in the world in 2017 by Forbes, Buffet has managed to build
his fortune by investing in companies he obviously felt were the best bets.
But he also makes sure he has time off to work on his hobby of playing the ukulele.
Buffett has said that the advantages of playing the ukulele are numerous.
It’s sparked his creativity and allowed him to unwind from the relentless pace of
the business world.
Buffett firmly believes that having a hobby that you get to practice outside of your work
life creates a balance.
Having a hobby is therapeutic and almost meditative, because devoting time to that hobby provides
creative solutions to everyday problems, as Warren Buffett can attest.
Making sure to have time for yourself allows your brain to relax.
As for Warren Buffett, it's probably also quite the handy party trick in addition to
being his outlet for relaxation!
1 - Bill Gates reads 50 books a year Finding time to read seems to be the common
thread of highly successful people.
And Bill Gates is no exception to this rule.
Gates has been a voracious reader since he was young.
He’s said that he’s read a book a week from an early age.
Although his free time had gotten less and less throughout his life, that hadn’t stopped
his desire to learn, as he still reads around 50 books a year.
Gates says he make times for it, even in his busiest weeks.
Most of what he reads is nonfiction that explains something about how the world works.
Much research have shown that people who read a lot often have a lower decline in memory
versus those who don’t.
Reading is still the main way that Bill Gates learns new things and tests his understanding
of a topic.
As he says, reading still seems to be the best way to learn about any topic.
With pretty much anything we want to learn has been put in print, I’m not gonna argue
against reading to learn as much as possible.
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