Habit #1: Be proactive

I remember that my grandmother's favorite story was about how everything cost 5 dinars when she was young.

"But here today, every day it's getting more and more expensive and it's all because of the government, because of what else." Those fools didn't know how to check prices in time."

And whenever I had the chance to listen to her, her whining would never end. It took hours.

This is exactly what reactive people do. They are always focused on things they cannot control, like the world economy.

On the other hand, proactive people realize that while their whining may be objectively justified, it doesn't really help them.

Proactive people will focus to what they can control.

If a proactive person has his own business, where he sells a product, he will not focus on how people today do not know how to appreciate quality and how the government has terribly regulated obligations, but on the following:

"How can I?" improve to make your product so good that people need it?"

Do you notice how much responsibilities, how much dedication and serious work comes with this question?

Our brains are biologically programmed to choose the options that require the least energy, and that's why most people focus on things they can't control. It requires less mental energy.

Beat your brain, turn the game around.

Habit #2: Start at the end

Now imagine that you are at a funeral (a bit morbid, I know) but this is not just any funeral.. You are standing next to the casket and you see yourself.

What could you say about yourself?

This is one of the the most powerful questions which you can refer to yourself.

Are you able to say that you do things in life that help you be who you are do you want to be?

Will you be able to say that you were a good partner? Will you be able to say that you are someone who has left a mark in your community?

Or maybe you will have to admit failure and the fact that you accepted mediocrity instead of success?

All of us who ask ourselves these questions, and see that our answers are not exactly in accordance with our wishes, will have to change something.

We will have to we reduce our habits and behavior if we want to be successful in its domain.

Habit #3: Get your priorities in order

If I were to ask you: "What is it for you?" the most important thing?"

The most common answer would be a good relationship with a partner, a happy family, material well-being. I doubt that anyone would say that watching TV or doing paperwork is more important to them.

But how many of us actually often watch TV and do paperwork instead of e.g. do we play some sport or spend time with family, maybe make a healthier eating plan? Very little.

There is a big one compliance what we say we want and what we actually do. You will agree that it does not lead to results.

Align daily activities with goals.

Habit #4: No one has to lose

Now imagine that you are the author, and so am I. And we both write interesting books that are read by hundreds of thousands of people. I read your book and was delighted!

For this reason, I decide to share it with my readers. And as a result we get thousands more people buying your book and reading your ideas.

You see what I'm doing and you say, "Who is this guy? Let me read his book."

You start reading my book and realize that I also have valuable ideas. So decide to return the favor and share my book with your readership. As a result I also get thousands of new customers.

Now look at how much this is more beautiful and better but to spit on other people's work in the hope that someone's business will fail so that ours will grow?

No one has to lose for us to win (at least not in business).

Habit #5: Value first, then recognition

Let's say we want to get as many views as possible on YouTube.

Of course we're not going to go around shouting "Subscribe to my channel just because I've been diligent and spent hours creating my channel's content. Look at me!”

What do people care if we killed ourselves from work?

The real question is whether our work for them offers some value?

Before we demand to be recognized, we must make an effort to make our work useful therefore appreciated and recognized.

Habit #6: Synergy

Now imagine two people and a tree with five apples. Both men are not tall enough to reach the apples, but if they climbed on each other's shoulders, they would reach all five apples.

This is called cooperation or synergy. The whole is greater than its parts.

Of course, let's face it, synergy cannot be achieved with everyone. But we should always be looking for people we can be with we create synergy.

Every time through cooperation we can achieve much more but independently.

What would our people say: "Two heads are smarter than one."

Habit #7: Sharpen the axe

The man tried to cut down the tree for hours. The neighbor, who followed the whole process closely, seeing how this man was struggling, approached and advised that the ax should be sharpened so it would go faster.

But the man who was cutting the tree replied: "But it takes too long.."

You may find this story funny, but we all do it every day.

We can't find 30 minutes a day a couple of times a week to go to the gym, but we can after years of suffering with our health and visiting doctors. We don't have much time.

We can't take 15 minutes to read the user manual before use but can spend hours afterwards trying to correct the wrong moves?

Invest the time. Better to prevent than to treat, it is more efficient.

These 7 habits are important for achieving high efficiency in work, but also in everyday life.

The fact is that we do things that do not make us effective. Moreover, we often do what pushes us in the opposite direction. If we adopt at least half of the mentioned habits, there are great chances that we will increase our productivity by that much.

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Source: YouTube/FightMediocrity