How Successful People Think ?

Everyone has a different definition of success. Successful people prepare themselves mentally everyday so they are prepared to face the challenges in their lives that may arise..

    1. Move On: Fearless people, successful people, are not afraid to move on in life. They do not waste time feeling sorry for themselves, because they know it is not productive to their end goal. “They have learned to take responsibility for their actions and outcomes, Stop dwelling on the past and bounce back from mistakes faster. This allows them to be more successful in life because they do not waste time being upset about things they cannot change. Instead, they use that time to productively work on conquering new goals.
 

    2. Accept Change: “Mentally strong people embrace change and they welcome challenges.” In order to change yourself, you have to challenge and embrace change. If you are not challenging yourself, you are going to stay in the same spot for the rest of your life or ultimately begin to slip backwards.

 

    3. Remain Resilient: “Every failure is an opportunity to improve.” Successful people fail, too. The difference is that they get back up and keep fighting. No successful person is where they are today because they just slipped through life as casually as an afternoon breeze in the autumn.

    4. Take Calculated Risks: “A mentally strong person is willing to take calculated risks.” Successful people think that risks sometimes bring out the best results in life. They aren’t careless, but rather “weigh the risks and benefits thoroughly, and will fully assess the potential downsides and even the worst-case scenarios before they take action.”

    5. Applaud Others’ Successes: Jealousy and resentment are both emotions that can be incredibly prohibiting to one’s success. “It takes strength of character to feel genuine joy and excitement for other people’s success. Mentally strong people have this ability.” You only get what you work for in life.
 

    6. Own your success or failure: Successful people think in terms of earning potential. They do not “feel the world owes them anything. In order to be successful, it is vital that you think with a strong mind and work for your successes. Successful people think, and think correctly, that if they work hard enough they will eventually earn the wins they want in life. The world does not owe you anything, but the world is much more likely to give things if you work hard for them.

    7. Keep Their Power: “Mentally strong people avoid giving others the power to make them feel good or bad.” Rather than allowing the thoughts of the many different people they come across affect their way of thinking, successful people realize that everybody has the right to have different opinions and that not everybody’s opinions matter or should be taken personally.

ref: https://www.palmpartners.com/7-fearless-ways-successful-people-think/

Career Planning Adhoc Tips ..

1. Mantra to stay current and get ahead - Learn, Unlearn and Relearn 
2. Focus on Career goals(you do not have a way know what is your destination (or) measure success without SMART goals)
3. Being in your comfort zone will never take you in a nonlinear path; so move out of your comfort zone and make a difference. Plan & Execute ..
4. Do not explain to the people what you are planning to do; It's sheer waste of time; Just do it as everybody is interested in results not plans.
5. Stretch yourself and build new skills as you go along; Continuous learning is the key for great future.
6. Have someone(a devil's advocate) who can make you accountable and ask questions all the time - 
1. What, When, How & Why ???
2. What is your personal goal in next 10 years ?
3. What is your professional goal in next 10 years ?
4. What is your financial goal in next 10 years ?
5. Why did you take that decision 5 years back ?  Any specific reason ?
6. What you should have done better if given a chance to go back to the past ? Any constructive learnings ?
7. What did you do wrong ?
8. What you will do if you loose job tomorrow ? Do you have any other money generating ideas/business ?
9. What is the worst that can happen to you financially and what's the action plan when that happens ?
10. What will you do if you are bankrupted tomorrow ?
11. How is your life balance-sheet looking like ? success vs failures? energetic vs dull ? exciting vs monotonous ?
12. How is your financial balance-sheet looking like ? assets vs liabilities ?
13. Are you ready for drastic changes in life-style if something unexpected happens soon enough ?
7. Learn something out of your comfort zone (example: a techie learning sales/marketing which helps in influencing people)
8. Choose your priorities carefully; Deep vs broad knowledge
9. Focus on skills you need to differentiate yourself from others
10. Think of jobs that are interesting to you where you can make a difference ..
11. How can you add more value and maximize impact with whatever the resources you possess ?
12. Get biggest and ugliest job and get the job done and show the difference ..
13. Take temporary/short_time jobs out of your Comfort Zone and check how you are able to add value
14. Volunteer more work in your comfort-zone to create a brand for yourself
15. Talk to your manager about your aspirations and see where you can improve on and ask for help to prepare for future – positive collaborative work ; Make him an advocate for your work in your future endeavors.
16. Prepare for your next interview; Preparation is the key. You got to know your strengths and weakness and emphasize/focus on your strengths.
17. Step back and see what's your brand excluding your professional job; Find out the core work you did during specific job execution; Look at the big picture not specific area of work. example: You built a  whole new team in the project which when you generalize is equivalent to running a start-up company.
18. Get to know all your stakeholders and spend sometime with them and create bridges.
19. Find the people who can challenge you to stretch yourself which means coming out of your comfort zone and try something new that you are magically connected to. This personal should be a devil’s advocate and kill you with his questions which means Explore more of yourself meaning growth.
20. How to grow in your career -
1. Perform in your current job and there is no replacement for this ..
2. Have a Mentor (or) group of mentors
3. Your technical mentor
4. Your marketing/sales mentor
5. Your career mentor
6. Join Professional networks
7. Join  volunteer networks
8. Keep in touch with people & build relationships and maintain them ..
9. Professional networks & Personal networks
10. If you want to make a change in career (or) shift job -
1. Build right support system around you; It’s essential
2. Get a person who can make you accountable
3. Get a person who can ask all the difficult questions (like How you differentiate you from other ? what value you can add ?)
4. Is it your comfort zone ? (or) out of comfort zone ?
5. Is it helping in your broader skills of your future role/goal
6. You are never 100% ready but wherever there are more learning opportunities then go for it
21. Be ready for stretching more and steep learning curve and stressful times but that’s how we learn new stuff .. challenging ourselves.

3 decisions that may change your life ..

ref: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239312 (article by Tony Robbins)

Any permanent positive change is not going to be easy but it's going to be worth it !

Decision 1: Carefully choose what to focus on !

Where focus goes, energy flows. Do you tend to focus more on what you can control or what you can’t? If you focus on what you can’t control, you’ll have more stress in life. You can influence many aspects of your life but you usually can’t control them.


Decision 2: Figure out, What does this all mean ?

Ultimately, how you feel about your life has nothing to do with the events in it or with your financial condition or what has (or hasn't) happened to you. The quality of your life is controlled by the meaning you give to these events happening around you. Your life takes on whatever meaning you give it. 


Decision 3: What will you do ?

The actions you take are powerfully shaped by the emotional state you're in. If you're angry, you're going to behave quite differently than if you're feeling playful or outrageous. If you want to shape your actions, the fastest way is to change what you focus on and shift the meaning to be something more empowering. You can’t change your patterns if you’re not aware of them.

Any permanent positive change is not going to be easy but it's going to be worth it !