How to Hit Your Business, Personal, and Financial Targets with Absolute Certainty
Each day, you get up and brush your teeth. Take a shower. Get dressed. Chances are, if you’re a creature of habit, you don’t spend hours deliberating over how to do these things. They’re ingrained in your daily routine, so it just happens.
Since these behaviors are habits and you don’t have to waste time thinking about how to do them, you have more time to focus on more important matters. Other habits, on the other hand, can hold you back from achieving your goals. Some bad habits, like frequently misplacing your car keys, have immediate consequences. The long-term effects of others, such as lack of sleep or eating too much fast food, might not appear until later.
Either way, your habits today will define your quality of life in the future. And one effective way to improve your prospects is to convert your bad habits into successful habits.
The key message here is: To become more productive, establish successful habits.
No matter who you are, productive habits will help you get the most out of your day. To develop some, or add to those you already have, try adapting the Successful Habits Formula to suit your needs.
Before creating productive habits, you first have to identify which unproductive habits you already have. These might include being late for meetings, wasting time on the web, or snoozing your alarm in the morning. Ask friends or family for feedback. If several people say you don’t respond to emails on time, then that's probably one of your bad habits.
So let’s say you’re in the habit of falling for very risky investments or get-rich-quick schemes. What could the future consequences be? Well, it’ll probably cause your net worth to decrease. You’ll also have some embarrassment, stress at home, and extra work to make up for the lost money.
Next, it’s time to change this bad habit into a productive habit. If you’re stuck, look to others for inspiration. Successful people nearly always have successful habits. So by studying the habits of successful people, you’ll gain better insight into the most effective types of habits. To tackle your weakness for foolish investment opportunities, make it a goal to only invest in areas or companies you already know well. Write out the benefits of changing this habit. For example, that might mean financial security, better concentration, and less stress at home.
Last, create a three-step action plan to make your goal a reality. It might look like this: hire a trustworthy financial mentor; design a financial plan that matches your desired risk level; and program your bank account to automatically save or invest 10 percent of your monthly income.
The Power of Focus (2001) provides readers with the tools to focus their lives and work in a direction that fulfills their life purpose and brings financial success to their business ventures. Packed with practical exercises, the authors demonstrate the importance of successful habits, overcoming setbacks, maintaining win-win relationships, and asking the right questions.
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