10 High Performance Habits That Lead To Success
You can’t expect to get the
results high performers do, if you don’t adopt the habits high
performers have. When you look at the successful
people of the world, don’t neglect to consider the hours of work,
the multiple failures, and the daily sacrifices they made to get there. If
you are serious about taking your performance to the next level you’ve got to
leave the ways of mediocrity behind to develop a new and improved you.
Here are 10 high performance habits that
may require you to go against the grain but will aid you in reaching success
like the pros:
1. Win the Morning
While the world sleeps, the high
performer works. Could you imagine if you woke up on purpose, with purpose
every day? How can you expect to achieve excellence when the first decision you
make on a daily basis is to procrastinate the day by hitting the snooze button?
Win the morning by waking up earlier
than you normally do to get a workout in, feed your mind with good books, and
fuel your body with a good breakfast—all before the rest of the world is
deciding whether to get up or not. Win the morning.
2. Do Hard Things
We are surrounded by people who want
the fastest and easiest path to success, but not you—not anymore. Rather than
run from the challenge that is keeping you from doing what you want, stare it
in the face; learn about it; and embrace it.
“The road to greatness is easy”,
said “no one ever”.
Doing hard things will teach you
lessons you wouldn’t learn otherwise, and will make you stronger than you
thought possible.
You can do hard things.
3. Embrace feedback
The average person hates to be told
what they are doing wrong or what they can do better. Learning to accept
feedback is not easy, but once you decide to seek it out and act on ways you
can improve, you will dramatically improve your progress.
Embracing feedback doesn’t mean to
do what everyone tells you; identify key mentors or coaches who are great at
what they do and more importantly, who care about your future, then allow them
to take you places you wouldn’t have gone otherwise.
4. Learn from Failure
No one likes to fail, lose, or mess
up; but high performers use adversity to learn lessons, and refuse to allow
them to disable them emotionally. When you fail, identify what you did well,
what you can do better, and what you are going to do about it right now.
5. Choose your attitude
One of the most important decisions
you make every day is the attitude you are going to have when you walk out your
door. Don’t take your attitude for granted or it will get the best of you.
6. Do one more
As an athlete, you can do 10 reps in
the weight room, or you can do 11. As a sales rep you can choose to make
15 calls or choose to do 16. One of the best ways to build mental strength is
to do something you might not want to do, but you know will help you.
Do one more—because the average
person won’t.
7. Have a purpose
The clearer you can see your target,
the more likely you are to hit it. High performers don’t do things “just
because”, as mentioned earlier, they do things on purpose, with purpose.
When you know why you do what you do, you’ll have more power to do it.
8. Recommit every single day
One reason the average person
doesn’t achieve their goals is because life catches up to them and they allow
the things that they have to do blind them from the things they want
to do. Every day, recommit to the things that matter most.
You empower yourself when your
priorities are in line.
9. Be patient
Success is made in a slow-cooker,
not a microwave. High performers understand that overnight success comes after
years of hard work. Be patient with yourself, keep your eyes on the prize and
focus on the process, the results will take care of themselves.
10. Fear no one
Refuse to allow people to intimidate
you. You don’t need anyone’s permission to do something great. Putting others
on a pedestal because of their talent, experience, and or accolades makes you
susceptible to beating up on yourself because you feel that you’re not as good
as they are. Anyone can be beat, including you; so respect your
competition but refuse to fear them—who
knows, they may fear you.
