These business beliefs from successful people are ideas that anybody can apply to their business to improve their practice. Compiled by Entrepreneur, these practices are not your typical ones but they surely are effective.
1) Everybody can succeed
“The point is this: When seen through the lens of technology, few resources are truly scarce; they’re mainly inaccessible [at this very moment.]” – Peter Diamandis, in Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
Don’t fear getting closed out and don’t fear your competition. “The most productive people have an ’abundance mentality.’ They know there are enough resources and opportunities for everyone to thrive.” This is because successful people realize that those who work hard will succeed in their own right. There is enough room for everybody to succeed merely because so many people just give up trying. Don’t give up. Think bigger and realize there are unlimited possibilities in your life.
2) Love being wrong
“[Being truly open-minded] demands that you get over your ego-driven desire to have whatever answer you happen to have in your head be right. Instead, you need to actively question all of your opinions and seek out the reasoning behind alternative points of view.” – Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates
You have to appreciate the problems and mistakes in your life because those are how you learn. “Anybody who takes too much pride in being right will miss out on opportunities to learn something new.” This is because they are missing out on the valuable lessons you learn during mistakes. These may sometimes be the harshest, but they are also oftentimes the most effective lessons you need to learn. Love being wrong because of what you learn from being wrong. Don’t resent it.
3) Value yourself
“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, and respect when you don’t even show that to yourself.” – Steve Maraboli, bestselling author and behavioral science academic
Here’s the bottom line with valuing yourself: you have to love and respect yourself before you can expect anybody else to value you. You don’t have to be self-deprecating in order to be successful. “Depleting yourself will prevent you from serving others at all.” So, you see, it is quite the opposite. Value yourself and remember your importance so that others can see it as well.
4) Be specific
“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” – Brian Tracy, bestselling author and entrepreneur
What this means is that you need to be specific about what you want to achieve before you can achieve it… and then you need to dedicate yourself to that path. “High achievers clearly envision their ’success paths.’ Other people stress about contingency planning and ‘escape routes.’” This will get you nowhere. You need to use your energies to be productive and think about your goals – otherwise, you’ll be focusing on your contingency plan and that will become your plan.
5) Less is more
“Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” – Tim Ferriss, bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek
People today have a habit of filling their time with anything that will make them seem busy. Being busy might seem important and productive, but being busy and being productive are not synonymous. “Busyness is not productivity; the most effective people know that sometimes the antidote to feeling overwhelmed is to stop and do nothing. Take a nap. Or go play….hit the reset button.” It is vital to your life and wellbeing, never mind your creativity and productiveness, that you hit that reset button every once in awhile. Take a break and remember to actually live your life and fill it with meaningful work instead of busy work.
6) Energy – not time
“Manage your energy, not your time. If you take a moment to think about it, you’ll probably realize that you are better at doing certain tasks at certain times.” – James Clear, entrepreneur and behavior science expert
Time management is not the same thing as energy management. Business beliefs from successful people focus on productivity. “They focus on maintaining and increasing their energy level.” This requires successful people to sit back and focus their attention as well as their energy. “They understand the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy and understand how to set up their environment to make success nearly inevitable.” Focus on your energy and how you spend your time, rather than on how much time you spend doing something.
7) Think smart
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.” – Stephen Covey, bestselling author and educator
The way you think is the way you live. You need to think positively and think about your successes. You need to think about what you want to do and how you are going to do it. Don’t daydream, but think of your plans and think of what you can do today to achieve your goals. This is going to be intrinsic to any successful person’s achievements because your thoughts are more likely to be actualized than anything else because they are your focus.
8) Be happy
“Research shows that when people work with a positive mind-set, performance on nearly every level – productivity, creativity, engagement – improves.” – Shawn Anchor, positive psychology researcher at Harvard
You truly need to focus on being happy so that you can become happy. People who are happy are more successful because they are focusing on their positive aspects of life rather than their negative. “Happiness only comes from within.” You have to create happiness yourself and focus on that so that you can beget happiness and success.
9) Choose your friends wisely
“Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.” – Jim Rohn, motivational speaker
If you are the smartest person around you there is no room for growth. You need to be around people who challenge you to become a better person so that you can work on your own future and improve that rather than slip backwards. Learn the value of challenges and friendships that are going to have high expectations for you so that you can live up to those expectations rather than follow the noise and blend in with the crowd. Successful people are set apart from the rest because they seek challenges in their daily life so that they are constantly improving.
Source:Ziglar Vault
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