Most and Least Habits of successful people

1. HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK
HOW TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR
BY BRIAN SHER

2. HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Know what they want to do, their purpose and mission
2. Have a burning desire to succeed
3. Committed to learning on what they want to succeed at and
become expert at it – EVERYDAY
4. Take Action – the bigger the better
5. Make decisions quickly, with the understanding of the
consequences and have a backup plan
7. Abundance mentality
8. Do every task as if it was urgent – moving fast and getting things
done
9. Do what they love with passion, commitment and discipline
10. Constantly look for better ways of doing things and do not let
limitations and barriers stand in their way
11. Have vision and share their goals and dreams with their people
and they dream BIG

3. HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
12. Ignore the Dream Takers / negative noise
13. Surround themselves with Dream Builders
14. Have fun, take risks and get excited
15. Lease, rent or buy other’s credibility to fast track their own success
16. Never lose touch with their customers
17. No room for self doubt
18. Look for clues all the time in what is going on around them and
analyze where the motivation is really coming from
19. Always seem interested in others
20. Changes in the world excite and interest them
21. Sharp, on the ball and don’t usually miss anything
22. Ask good questions and don’t miss a single opportunity
23. Inspire other to become more – especially when times are tough

4. HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
24. Handle problems well – mentally
25. Make praise and recognition a daily habit
26. Work on the business not in it – employ best people to operate
the system
27. Work on the business not in it – employ best people to operate
the system
28. Have real awareness of the roles of people they employ
contributes to the success of the company
29. Know how to get the best out of their people – they unleash
people power
30. Learn from failure and live to fight another day
31. Dream Seller and Dream Believer
32. Trust their instinct and take courage
33. Being humble
34. Knowing when to exit with exit strategy

5. HABITS OF WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
35. They expect more of themselves and have higher self-imposed
standards than others
36. Protect their self-esteem like gold, and take time to feed and
nurture it every day
37. They avoid negative people, negative environment and surround
themselves with people who can help, nurture their thoughts and
spirit
38. Square up to things, facing any problem, and going about fixing
and learning from it, no matter how painful, embarrassing or
expensive it might be

6. HABITS OF WORLD’S LEAST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Are unsure what they want to do
2. Have no real passion
3. Fear failure
4. Procrastinate
5. Have no vision
6. Think small and are skeptical due to past failure
7. Sell their time
8. Underestimate their value
9. Demand respect
10. Are inconsiderate, don’t respect staff or customers
11. Don’t read or learn much
12. Don’t spend time or money on their education
12. Don’t spend time or money on their education
13. Don’t begin with the end of mind - or don’t even begin
14. Are poor communication
15. Undervalue and underestimate staff

7. HABITS OF WORLD’S LEAST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
16. Give poor recognition and rewards to staff
17. Don’t set goals
18. Are not discerning about whom they spend their time with
(positivity rubs off…so does negativity)
19. Undervalue their time
20. Don’t know their weaknesses
21. Criticize customers and staff in public
22. Lose composure at the first sign of problems
23. Let fear overcome their desire to succeed
24. Blame others when things go wrong
25. Work hard (and let everybody know it) and are not smart
26. Are poor leaders
27. Think they know it all because they’ve ‘been around’
28. Are lone rangers – because everyone’s ‘incompetent’
29. Hide their weaknesses by being brash, arrogant, dishonest,
deceitful, and not admitting to any weaknesses at all