John Addison: 3 Daily Habits of Very Successful People

John Addison

 

July 25, 2016

I believe there are two things in life: results and crappy excuses for not achieving results. As a society, we’ve gotten really good at giving excuses and readily accepting them. I’m not vilifying our society—our days are more jam-packed than ever and it seems like we are constantly being pulled in a thousand different directions. I’ve worked with some very dedicated, talented people who have not been able to achieve the results they should have. It wasn’t for lack of trying; it was lack of good habits.

Related: The 5 Traits of Great Future Leaders

Your habits and patterns determine the direction of your life, so it should come as no surprise that successful people have successful habits. In my more than three decades in business, I’ve practiced three habits in particular that I think have played a huge role in my success and can help you maximize yours.

1. Winners get out of bed early.

I know the business trend right now is toward flexible schedules, but while you’re in bed sleeping, someone else is out working. And, the fact is, most CEOs aren’t sleeping until noon and rolling into the office midafternoon. They get up early and attack the day. In interview after interview, they say their routine starts with getting up around 5 or 6 a.m. and using the two or three hours before they get into the office to focus and prepare for the day ahead. That may mean exercise, meditation, catching up on current events pertinent to the business or any number of things, but when they do arrive at work, they are more productive and achieve more than most.

The old saying “the early bird gets the worm” came about for a reason. The people who are up and doing are the people who seize the opportunities first, so get up out of bed and put in the extra time and effort it takes to chase success. It’s not going to wait around for you.

2. Be a daily goal setter and a daily goal hitter.

There is nothing wrong with having long-range goals and dreams, but what you do today greatly affects whether or not you will achieve your future dreams. You have to intentionally design each and every day in a way that leads to getting things done that will maximize your results. That does not mean being busy every minute of the day just for the sake of being busy. That means knowing what is important and focusing on those things.

Related: 7 Daily Habits of Exceptionally Successful People

Every night, or in those early morning hours you are using to prepare for the day ahead, set your daily goals. Don’t make goals for the entire week. Just for the upcoming day. Ask yourself what you must get done each day that will produce the most results and only work on those things. And make setting those goals a daily habit.

3. Focus, focus, focus.

Even if you set the goals, if you aren’t focused—and by that I mean working on what’s important now—you won’t be successful. Successful people always know what is important in the moment, they are relentless in getting it done, and they don’t get distracted by unimportant stuff. They have the ability to stay focused when other people are unfocused, which is no easy feat the higher up you move in an organization, because everyone wants a piece of your attention.

If you want to be successful, you’ve got to develop the discipline not to let anything take your focus off the important things that will get results. Sure, it’s going to take a lot of practice to develop that discipline, but at the end of the day those results are going to totally be worth the hard work.

Look, I’m not going to lie to you: Winning and success is quite often boring. It’s doing the same successful thing over and over again. But there is a scoreboard in life and business, and establishing repetitive habits that lead to effective performance is the key to winning results—and results are what matters.

Happy New Year

Dear Readers ,
May this year be a special one for you and your family
 instead of just change of date & time .
Always With You Mahendra Srivastastava
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प्रिय साथियों,
  विदित हो कि डाइरैक्ट सेल्लिंग इंडस्ट्री के लिए कॉर्पोरेट अफएर्स मंत्रालय ने दिनांक 12/09/2016 को एक प्रेस विज्ञप्ति जारी कि है, यह विज्ञप्ति 12 पेज कि है , जिसमे विस्तार से पिरमिड स्कीम और डाइरैक्ट सेल्लिंग को अलग अलग कहा और परिभाषित किया गया है । 90 दिनों के भीतर यह कानून के रूप में पास हो जाएगा । मैं इसका अध्ययन कर रहा हूँ । शीघ्र ही आपको  ब्लॉग के माध्यम से मेरा विश्लेषण प्राप्त होगा । यदि कोई भी इस एक्ट को विस्तार से समझना चाहे तो दिनांक 20/09/2016 के बाद संपर्क करे ।
  तब तक के लिए अलविदा
स्वस्थ रहें, मस्त  रहें ।
आपका - महेंद्र श्रीवास्तव 

सवाल ...

गुरुगोबिंद सिंह जी ने अपने साथ बाज ही क्यों रखा कोई और पंछी क्यों   नही??

जवाब- 

गुरुगोबिन्द सिंह जी जो भी करते थे
उसके पीछे कौम के लिये कोई मैसेज जरूर होता था

इसके पीछे भी था

1 गुण )
बाज़ को कभी गुलाम नही रख सकते या तो वो पिंजरा तोड़ देगा या मर जायगा लेकिन गुलाम नही रहेगा

2 गुण )
बाज़ कभी किसी का किया हुआ शिकार नही खाता

3 गुण)
बाज़ बहुत ऊपर उड़ता है लेकिन इतना ऊपर उड़ने के बाद भी उसकी नज़र हमेशा ज़मीन पर ही होती है

4 गुण)
बाज़ सारी ज़िंदगि कभी अपने पास आलस नही आने देता

5 गुण,)
बाज़ कभी अपना घर या घोंसला नही बनाता 18 वीं सदी में सिक्ख भी ऐसा ही करते थे

6 गुण )
बाज़ दूसरे पंछियों के समान हवा के साथ नही उड़ता बल्कि हवा के विपरीत उड़ता है। 

गुरु साहब की सोच को शत शत प्रणाम 

प्रिय मित्रों , सहयोगियों व पारिवारिक सदस्यों ,
आप सभी को मेरे जन्मदिवस पर बधाई हेतु साधुवाद ।कल से आज तक सोशल मीडिया , व्यतिगत फोन द्वारा या अन्य मधायमों से आप सब ने कल का दिन मेरे लिए अतिविशिष्ठ बना दिया , यूं तो परम पिता परमेश्वर की अत्यंत स्नेह और कृपा मुझे प्राप्त है किन्तु अभी भी मुझे आप सबके प्रति व समक्ष स्वयं को काफी कुछ सिद्ध करना है, आशा है कि परम पिता परमेश्वर मुझे आप सबकी अपेक्षाओं के अनुसार अवश्य सक्षम करेंगे । समयाभाव के कारण व्यक्तिगत उत्तर व धन्यवाद नहीं दे पा रहा हूँ । आशा है कि, आप सभी मेरा साधुवाद सहृदय स्वीकार करेंगे । 
आपका – महेंद्र श्रीवास्तव (MS) 
Dear Friends, Family & Colleagues, 
Thanks for greetings on occasion of my Birthday wishes. Since yesterday, all of you make special on social media, via personal calls or via other communication source. By the way, I have a lot of grace & love of almighty god, but I will try to fulfill your expectations. Hopefully almighty will bless & empower me for same. Due to lack of time, I am unable to reply personally , Kindly accept my ‘Heartiest Thanks’. 
Yours- Mahendra Srivastava (MS)

अभाव मे खुशियाँ या संपन्नता में:- 
मुझे याद आता है अपना बचपन , कैसे गुजारा होता था, कैसे पढ़ाई हुयी, किस प्रकार हम त्यौहार मानते थे। जब भी हमें कुछ छोटी सी छोटी भी चीज़ मिलती थी तो हमसे बड़ा शहँशाह कोई नहीं होता था, तीन लोग 5-5 पैसे मिला कर एक समोसे के तीन हिस्से कर के खाना  और आनंदित होना, पड़ोसी के अमरूद के पेड़ से चुराकर अमरूद खाने का आनंद अपने आप में अतुलनीय होता था, परिवार के साथ रामलीला देखने जाना, शादी ब्याह और होली- दिवाली मे नए कपड़े मिलना, जिसमें हमारी choice  की कोई जगह नहीं होती थी, केवल झोले से सबके कपड़े ही निकलते थे, ब्राउन किसका, ग्रे किसका यही बताया जाता था उसमें भी आनंद की सीमा नहीं थी। गुरुवार का चित्रहार और , रविवार की मूवी ( उसमें भी , अल्बर्ट पिंटों को गुस्सा क्यों आता है और पार जैसी आर्ट मूवी भी शामिल है  देखना  ) का उत्साह ही कुछ और था ।  
  इसके परिपेक्ष में आज का जीवन बिलकुल भिन्न है , आज  बड़ी बड़ी फाइव स्टार होटल्स की पार्टियां भी फीकी लगती हैं, पिज्जा बर्गर पासता मे भी वो स्वाद और संतुष्टि , जिधर गए उधर कोई शर्ट ले लेना , मल्टीप्लेक्स मे मूवी भी वो आनंद नहीं देती । 
अतः यह तय करने मे जरा भी संदेह नहीं है कि अभाव में ही खुशियाँ ज्यादा थी । 
      शायद मेरे जैसी ही लगभग आपकी भी कहानी होगी । आप भी अपनी कोई ऐसी ही खुशी को याद करके हम सबको बताएं - 

Truth Behind Wor(l)d GN

After several questions  regarding WOR(L)D GN . i went through the website. I analyze following  WOR(L) GN PHONE
Android 4,1 Jelly Beans
ARM Cortex A9 Dual Core up to 1.6 GHz
GPU: Mali400 Quad Core
Open Gl/Open VG
9.7inch, 1024*768 pixels, LED backlight
Build in with GPS, G-Sensor, WIfi, Bluetooth
ROM+RAM: support DDR3 / LVDDR3 / LPDDR/LPDDR2 lG- 2G, MLC Nand Flash: (16GB)
SD / MMC / TF Card MAX support 64GB
Dual Camera: 5.0 MP back camera, 2.0MP
Support Multi-language
Poi Battery 5000 mAh
Size: 238X180X8 mmWhich are sourced from China for about $125 or so, wholesale. You can easily find makers here, even shows you the price:
http://www.made-in-china.com/productdirectory.do?subaction=hunt&mode=and&style=b&isOpenCorrection=1&word=Cortex+A9+9.7&comProvince=nolimit&code=0

Street price for such a tablet, even with 3G, is $250 So if they sell it at $465, they are marking it up 100%.

If you like paying 2x market rate for a no-name tablet, you shouldn’t join any MLM since you obviously have no business sense.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM BRAZIL 

Marcelo Duarte

Jul 25th, 2014 at 8:34 am  (Q)

Here in Brazil, the company is coming and attracting more people. The company said it had joined the DSA and show ua matter in the wall street journal, but just below the report warns in red letters have no involvement in the matter.

I am seriously studying, but here in Brazil we still have few references. The base according to them is that the company is 100% legal and registered in this DSA. I can not do research in depth about this record.

I know they are talking about that are in the stock market, but realize that the price is falling every day. On the unit, has some coming here in Brazil and I had no way to assess its functioning.
ANOTHER ONE 

Mr. Czech

Jul 25th, 2014 at 10:28 am  (Q)

Marcelo Duarte:
The company said it had joined the DSA

No. World is NOT a member of DSA.

You cannot find World in the list of DSA members:
dsa.org/forms/CompanyFormPublicMembers/search?action=find

World keep on saying they are a PENDING member of DSA. It means – they’ve might asked for membership, but it is not already processed. Question is: Will they be ever accepted? And have they really asked for the membership? There is no way to prove it online.

Moreover – Only VoIP telecommunication branch of their companies chain asked for DSA membership.

Anyway – even with DSA membership there is no guarantee they are OK. More questionable companies are DSA members (examples: Herbalife – now under FTC investigations, Talk Fusion – useless online video services and already crashed pyramid scheme in my country… etc.).