Every day I read 4 sheets of paper to myself. The first sheet is a list of my goals I am going to accomplish. The other 3 sheets are success rules I live my life by. I want to share some of those success rules with you. I hope they can help you as much as they have helped me. I have listed the success rules below exactly as I read them to myself. Use them as they may apply to your life.
Success Rules:
1. Knowledge is not power, only potential power. I may have many great ideas, but it is the implementation of the great ideas that makes money, not just the ideas alone. Take action and make sure my ideas are implemented.
2. Surround myself with forward moving people who take action and get things done.
3. Little things change everything.
4. Ponder more than party when I succeed. When people succeed they party and when they fail they ponder. I need to ponder more then I succeed.
5. I must focus on projects/goals without distractions.
6. My job in business is to give people what they want and need. Create things that add value.
7. Don't forget I have something unique to give.
8. Be happy with my success and failures in life they are shaping and molding me into a bigger and better person.
9. Don't ever give up, always stretch and grow yourself.
10. Walk away from thoughts that don't serve you.
11. To influence someone you need to know what matters most to them.
12. Step outside my comfort zone, this is the only way to grow as a person.
13. What matters most is how people feel, not what's right. "when negotiating"
14. Meaning equals emotion and emotion equals life. Give something a new meaning and it can change your life.
15. Focus on what works not what doesn't work.
16. Life supports what supports more of life.
17. Your intention is the most important thing in influencing someone. If you are judging them you can't influence them.
18. New choices create a new life.
19. Be nice to people. People don't always know what you know. Don't expect they do.
20. The actions you consistently take create the results of your life. Change your consistent actions and you change your life.
21. When something bad happens think, what else can this mean.
22. One deal can make or break you.
23. Success is the result of good judgement.
24. Your identity is shaped by how you leave a deal, now how you start it.
25. When negotiating know your best outcome and your minimum outcome.
26. Negotiation is rarely logical.
27. People are not their behavior
28. To influence someone say what they are thinking but may not say.
29. Whoever adds the most value in life wins
30. Don't negotiate with people you love.
31. Make other people feel important
32. Consistency makes the difference in achieving success.
33. Step away from the situation more often to think about things with a clear mind.
34. Proximity is power.
35. The more people you try to serve the more insight you will get.
36. I have outgrown my old choices I need new ones. My old choices will only get me what I have they will not get me anything more.
37. Your state influences your choices. Put yourself in a better state and you will make better choices.
38. I must consistently be making progress day to day. I must schedule my day out to ensure progress.
39. In the moment your state determines your outcome, long term your blueprint will determine your outcome.
40. The fastest way to change someone else's state is to change yours.
41. Make better decisions don't be influenced by business partners or friends, unless they are a good influence.
42. When talking to someone be 100% present with them and pay all my attention to them.
43. Ask yourself better questions and you will get better answers.
44. It's never a problem of resources, its always a problem of resourcefulness.
45. Make all important decisions on paper.
46. It's the little things that shape your results in life.
47. Always ask for more than you expect in a negotiation.
48. It is impossible to produce superior results unless you do something different from the majority. - "John Templeton"
49. Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having. - "Charlie Munger"
50. Spend at least 30 minutes per day working on a new company, 30 minutes on investing, and 30 minutes reading.
51. There is no wealth life health. The food you eat today make you what you'll be tomorrow. So if man makes it, don't eat it. And if it tastes good, spit it out. - "Jack LaLanne"
52. Put your best people on your highest potential projects.
53. Keep things simple
54. Find markets will already built in momentum.
54. The people who make the more money are not the ones who do the most work or have the best ideas, they are the ones who lead others with good ideas who do the work.
55. With eating healthy: Rather than trying to be perfect all the time, relax and give yourself some space. Aim for the best possible in the situation and treat yourself every now and then. It is better to be 80% 100% of the time rather than 100% for two days then quit.
I hope you are able to apply some of these rules for life and success in your life.
To Your Success,
Mark Jenney
Mark, this is a great list of rules. I especially like #42.
ReplyDeleteI think in our society multi-tasking and constant connection is often held above complete interpersonal interaction. Truly being with someone can make a huge impact on them.