Knowing how successful people mentalities are important tools to be successful.
Be like them, act likes them and you will be them.
1. Goals are golden.
2. The future is more important than the present.
This concept, from a subjective standpoint, is debatable. You
could easily argue that living “in the moment” is more important than worrying
about the future, but people
who are future-oriented, that is to say, people who make decisions
based on future payoffs, are far more likely to be successful. Future-oriented people aren’t afraid to make
short-term sacrifices if it means a long-term gain, and they aren’t tempted to
engag5e in momentary pleasures that
would rob them of some future payoff. Their future selves are the main
priority.
3. Failure isn’t a bad thing.
The fear of failure permeates our society and it leads
millions to live their lives in complacency. For example, you’re working in a
job you hate with a pay and advancement ceiling. You have the option to quit
and start your own business, but you’re so afraid of failing that you never
give it a real shot. Failure is always a possibility and as a society we need
to stop decrying it. Successful people see
failure as a necessary step of the process and a valuable learning opportunity.1Moreover, few plans are
executed smoothly—how you handle them when they go wrong is more important than
when they go right.
4. Opportunities exist everywhere.
Opportunities arise when you least expect them.
They may take the form of hidden strengths in an idea you were about to toss,
or a potential partnership with a stranger you met in a coffee shop.2 When you adopt the mindset that opportunities
truly exist everywhere, in every moment of every day, you’ll be on
the lookout for them. By that virtue alone, you’ll discover more opportunities
for yourself, and you’ll end up earning far more value in your life.
5. Calculated risks are important.
Risks are scary, but without them, there’s substantially less
room to grow. Studies suggest that the wealthiest, most successful
professionals of our time are ones who weren’t
afraid to take a calculated risk—they went against the grain,
gambled on an idea they thought was worth the investment and weren’t afraid to
stake possible sacrifices. If you aren’t taking any risks, you aren’t making
the move toward possible rewards, and, of course, without the rewards, you’ll
never get anywhere.
6. Consistency is good, until it becomes prohibitive.
This is a complicated mental state to try and achieve, but
it’s an important one. For the most part, consistency is incredibly important.
For example, if one of your goals is to accrue wealth through investments, you
have to invest a certain amount of money every month or you’ll lose momentum.
However, there’s a point at which consistency does more harm than good—when it
starts to lead you down the wrong path, such as when you’ve developed a bad habit or an unproductive routine. It’s hard
to spot when these “bad” kinds of consistency crop up, but you’ll need to
closely watch for them.
7. Nothing is ever perfect.
Accepting the reality that nothing is perfect helps you in
countless areas. You won’t be as worried about taking risks. You won’t be as
hesitant about starting a new
project. You won’t be as deterred when something goes wrong, or when
you overlooked a major flaw. You won’t find yourself perpetually waiting for
the “perfect” time to launch a product, and you won’t abandon your goals just
because you didn’t achieve them in the way you first expected.
It’s not easy to achieve these mentalities. Don’t expect to
adopt them instantaneously. You’ll most likely have a hard time accepting some
of them, especially if they conflict with your inherent and learned views of
the world. But if you can slowly integrate them into your ongoing mental state
and accept their maxims as truth, you’ll start making
better decisions and
forming habits that will one day lead you to the success you’ve always dreamed
of. Remain patient and never stop moving forward.
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