RIch Habits
/I recently heard an interview with Tom Corley, author of “Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals”, that I thought was fascinating. And while his focus is on the difference between the habits of the wealthy (people with annual gross income north of $160,000 and net liquid assets of $3.2 million or more) versus the poor (those with gross income of $35,000 or less and no more than $5,000 in liquid assets), I think we can apply what he calls “habits of the rich” in reality to what I’d suggest are simply “habits of the successful”.
He points out that the difference between the two lie in our daily habits. He implies that these subconscious, second-nature activities make up 40 percent of our waking hours. That means that two out of every five minutes, all day and every day, we operate on autopilot. So to be successful, we need to train our subconscious to operate in a productive manner. The way to do that is to develop the habits of these successful people that he studied. I found an article (the link is at the bottom) that details the habits. Listed below are his top 16. But I promise you it is worth the five minutes to read the article and see the statistics represented in several of the habits.
1. Live within your means.
2. Don’t gamble.
3. Read every day.
4. Forget the boob tube and spend less time surfing the Internet.
5. Control your emotions.
6. Network and volunteer regularly.
7. Go above and beyond in work and business.
8. Set goals, not wishes.
9. Avoid procrastination.
10. Talk less and listen more.
11. Avoid toxic people.
12. Don’t give up.
13. Set aside the self-limiting beliefs holding you back.
14. Get a mentor.
15. Eliminate “bad luck” from your vocabulary.
16. Know your main purpose.