HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK

HOW TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR

BY BRIAN SHER

HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

1. Know what they want to do, their purpose and mission

2. Have a burning desire to succeed

3. Committed to learning on what they want to succeed at and become expert at it – EVERYDAY

4. Take Action – the bigger the better

5. Make decisions quickly, with the understanding of the consequences and have a backup plan

7. Abundance mentality

8. Do every task as if it was urgent – moving fast and getting things done

9. Do what they love with passion, commitment and discipline

10. Constantly look for better ways of doing things and do not let limitations and barriers stand in their way

11. Have vision and share their goals and dreams with their people and they dream BIG

HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

12. Ignore the Dream Takers / negative noise

13. Surround themselves with Dream Builders

14. Have fun, take risks and get excited

15. Lease, rent or buy other’s credibility to fast track their own success

16. Never lose touch with their customers

17. No room for self doubt

18. Look for clues all the time in what is going on around them and analyze where the motivation is really coming from

19. Always seem interested in others

20. Changes in the world excite and interest them

21. Sharp, on the ball and don’t usually miss anything

22. Ask good questions and don’t miss a single opportunity

23. Inspire other to become more – especially when times are tough

HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

24. Handle problems well – mentally

25. Make praise and recognition a daily habit

26. Work on the business not in it – employ best people to operate the system

27. Work on the business not in it – employ best people to operate the system

28. Have real awareness of the roles of people they employ contributes to the success of the company

29. Know how to get the best out of their people – they unleash people power

30. Learn from failure and live to fight another day

31. Dream Seller and Dream Believer

32. Trust their instinct and take courage

33. Being humble

34. Knowing when to exit with exit strategy

HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

35. They expect more of themselves and have higher self-imposed standards than others

36. Protect their self-esteem like gold, and take time to feed and nurture it every day

37. They avoid negative people, negative environment and surround themselves with people who can help, nurture their thoughts and spirit

38. Square up to things, facing any problem, and going about fixing and learning from it, no matter how painful, embarrassing or expensive it might be

HABITS OF WORLD’S LEAST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

1. Are unsure what they want to do 2. Have no real passion 3. Fear failure 4. Procrastinate 5. Have no vision 6. Think small and are skeptical due to past failure 7. Sell their time 8. Underestimate their value 9. Demand respect 10. Are inconsiderate, don’t respect staff or customers 11. Don’t read or learn much 12. Don’t spend time or money on their education 12. Don’t spend time or money on their education 13. Don’t begin with the end of mind - or don’t even begin 14. Are poor communication 15. Undervalue and underestimate staff

HABITS OF WORLD’S LEAST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

16. Give poor recognition and rewards to staff 17. Don’t set goals 18. Are not discerning about whom they spend their time with

(positivity rubs off…so does negativity) 19. Undervalue their time 20. Don’t know their weaknesses 21. Criticize customers and staff in public 22. Lose composure at the first sign of problems 23. Let fear overcome their desire to succeed 24. Blame others when things go wrong 25. Work hard (and let everybody know it) and are not smart 26. Are poor leaders 27. Think they know it all because they’ve ‘been around’ 28. Are lone rangers – because everyone’s ‘incompetent’ 29. Hide their weaknesses by being brash, arrogant, dishonest,

deceitful, and not admitting to any weaknesses at all