It’s simple: If you want to live an exceptional life, you can’t behave like everyone else.

Everybody has their own definition of success. And most people probably would like to live an above-average life . But the reality is that the vast majority of people never do. Most people live ordinary, mediocre existences.

Hundreds of highly successful executives have shared with me the daily habits they say have helped them get ahead. And it's not rocket science. It's little things, like choosing to get up every day at 4 a.m. and exercise, or making meditation a ritual, or getting serious about to-do lists.

Here are a few other simple life choices you can make to radically alter your life.