Develop the Habits to Create Opportunity Luck, Achieve Consistent Success, and Build Wealth
The wealthiest and most successful individuals share 4 common traits:
Did you know that our daily habits can turn genes on or off? It’s known as gene expression or epigentcis. Gene expression is a process in which certain genes are turned on or off during one’s lifetime. The human body contains approximately 100 trillion cells. Within each cell is the nucleus. Inside every nucleus of every cell are our genes. Experts estimate that the average human has over 20,000 genes. Some of these genes came from our mothers and some from our fathers.
Our daily behavior, our daily habits, can turn genes on or off. [Read more…]
In my five-year study of the daily habits of the rich and poor (Rich Habits Study – Background on Methodology) I discovered that there are two extreme types of relationships: Helpful Relationships and Toxic Relationships. Helpful Relationships help lift you up in life, are always happy, optimistic, grateful, enthusiastic, open-minded, life-long learner-types who help elevate your chances for success. Toxic Relationships drag you down in life, sabotaging any chance for success you might have. Toxic Relationships have certain unique characteristics that you should be on the look out for and avoid at all costs. [Read more…]
Want to get a good feel for how powerful our habits are? Here’s a very simple experiment I’d like you to try. If you wear a watch, take your watch off for just one day. Then keep a tally of how many times you glance at your wrist during the day, only to realize you aren’t wearing your watch. This little experiment will give you an idea how powerful habits are and how often we engage in habits on a daily basis. I’d like to hear from you how many times you glanced at your naked wrist.
In my five year study of the daily habits of the rich and poor one statistic that I found very interesting related to job satisfaction. 86% of the wealthy indicated that they liked their job, while 7% indicated that they loved their job. How about the poor? 97% of the poor indicated that they did not like their job and 58% indicated that they hated their job. [Read more…]
Those who accumulate enormous wealth in life ALL share one common trait ………. the just don’t quit. Persistence is the key to success. The rich persist in adhering to certain, specific good habits that enable them to achieve their goals and realize their dreams in life. Below are some of those persistence habits I uncovered in my five-year study on the daily habits of the rich: [Read more…]
Smoking cigarettes impairs brain function. It reduces the supply of oxygen to the brain and nicotine passes through the blood-brain barrier, which further reduces the flow of oxygen to the right side of the brain. Nicotine also reduces the metabolism of glucose. Glucose fuels brain cells. Nicotine passing into the brain means less fuel for the brain, which is a very bad thing.
One of the big differences between the rich and the poor, that I noticed in my five-year study of these two groups, is that the rich always seemed to be engaged in extracurricular growth activities. If they weren’t reading to learn something new, they were listening for new ideas in podcasts or attending seminars or speaking engagements. Conversely, the poor seemed intent on avoiding any learning at all, preferring T.V and Facebook to reading and other growth activities. In other words, poor people were like rocks, never changing, while rich people were like plants, continuously growing, evolving and changing. So which one are you? A rock or a plant?
The circumstances we are born into do not define us. We have the power to script our own lives. But this actually requires a script. You can’t wing it in life. You need to develop a blueprint of your future life. What is the perfect work you would like to do? How much money do you want to make? Describe your amazing house, the car you drive, the vacations you take with your family, the places you have traveled to. How much do you weigh in your ideal future life? What time do you wake up and go to bed? What books do you read? What type of people do you associate with? What does your neighborhood look like. What amazing dreams have you realized? What goals have you accomplished? How successful are you? What skills do you have in the future? What knowledge have you gained ten years from now? How many people have you helped thanks to your wealth and success?
Develop your blueprint today. When you iron out the details of your life, you remove all of the wrinkles.
Normally, when you think about the word disgust you associate it with negative feelings and emotions. But when it comes to habit change, disgust is one of the most powerful catalysts behind habit change. There are three levels of disgust: mild, moderate and extreme.
Habit change requires a long-term commitment. You must repeat the behavior or thinking enough times that a new neural connection (synapse) is created inside your brain. Depending on the complexity of the habit, this can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days. The greater your level of disgust, the greater your chances of effecting long-term habit change. The reason for this is that habit change requires willpower. There is a direct correlation between your level of disgust and your level of willpower. Extreme disgust provides the most potent level of willpower. The more willpower you have, the more you improve your chances of effecting long-term habit change.
