Defining "Success"
“Success” isn’t just having lots of money.
Success is continuously improving who you are, how you live, how you serve, and how you relate.
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Think about what it is you want, and ask yourself this simple question:
What about ___________ is important to me?
Then put your answer into the same question. It’s good to go at least 7-questions deep into this exercise.
Mastery comes from embracing difficult emotions. You’ll face difficult emotions because, in order to gain true mastery, you must understand all sides of something.
You need to be able to integrate what you know with tons of new information and to be able to quickly connect your understanding with things from seemingly disconnected domains.
- Most people have a growth mindset about the learning style they are comfortable with: if you like math and learn in analytical ways, you probably believe you can get better at math and seek opportunities to do so.
- Most people have a fixed mindset about the learning styles that aren't comfortable with: if you don’t like writing, you probably believe you can’t get better at it.
Start the day with your #1 priority.
Getting up early isn’t enough. You need to put first things first. When you put your top priorities first, then you ensure they make it into the bucket of your day. After your main priorities have been completed, the rest will fill the gaps.
The success of your morning begins the night before.
All you have to do is spend a few minutes making FIRM decisions about what you’ll do when you first wake up. You don’t need a huge to-do list. You just need to know the FIRST thing you’re going to do.
You get in life what you expect you will. This theory is based on 3 things:
- How bad you want something
- How much you believe you can actually have/do what you want
- Your belief that the means by which you seek your goal will actually bring about the desired result
- People are getting more used to having everything at their fingertips
- People are getting used to having their needs met quickly, and cheap
- People are also lowering their standards for the quality of services they are getting (and information they are consuming), because so much stuff is now available for free
"The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person’s ability or skill to convert earned income into passive income and/or portfolio income.”
Why you should give to others:
- You genuinely want to help other people.
- You believe in humanity.
Why you shouldn't give to others:
- Don't give to boast.
- Don’t give to put others in debt to you.
- Don’t give to get ahead.
- Don’t give to make others feel inferior.
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“Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return.”
Only around 17 % of people are able to accurately estimate the passage of time.
Using the right tool can help by letting you know exactly how much time you spend on daily tasks, including social media, email, word processing, and apps.
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant lays out three key reciprocation styles found in the workplace:
- Takers see the world as a hypercompetitive rat race. Since they assume that no one else will look out for them, they place their own interests first and last.
- Matchers operate tit for tat. When people do them a favor, they repay in a capacity that is no more, no less. And when they help someone, they expect the same in return.
- Givers focus on others more than on themselves. They pay close attention to what people need from them, whether it’s time or ideas or mentorship. A rarity in the workplace.
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