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Successful vs Unsuccessful – Which Are You?

We are almost a couple of months in to the new year; you now have had a chance to see how some of your New Year’s Resolutions are playing out. Are any of them still alive? If it takes 21 days to build something as a habit, then there has been ample time to develop at least one or two good habits.

Let’s identify the traits of the successful vs the unsuccessful person. Regardless of how these resolutions are shaping up, I want to encourage you to develop at least a few of the habits shared by so many successful men and women. Identify the traits below that you most closely identify with in your life.

Successful People

Compliment
Always have a sense of gratitude
Read everyday
Continuously learn
Keep a To-Do Project List
Keep a To-Be List
Set Goals and develop a life plan
Accept responsibilities for your failures
Keep a journal
Talk about ideas
Want others to succeed
Give others credit for their victories
Operate from a transformational perspective
Embrace Change
Forgive others

Unsuccessful People

Criticize
Have a sense of entitlement
Take all the credit for their victories
Watch TV everyday
Fear change
Fly by the seat of their pants
Talk about people
Horde information and data
Exude anger
Never set goals
Don’t know what they want to be
Secretly hope others fail
Operate from a transactional perspective
Think they know it all
Say they keep a journal but really don’t
Blame others for their failures
Hold a grudge

Clearly nobody sets out on the path to have the latter set of traits but commonly life circumstances can begin to transform you. Bad habits, like many of the characteristics listed above, have a way to slowly and unknowingly weave their way into your days, attitude and psyche. Be intentional to recognize them and rid them from your world.

My hope is that this list will help to identify traits that have crept into your life. Then with a sense of purpose and determination work to transform your life into the one that you desire. Let’s work this year to establish more habits from the Successful Person’s list above.

My prayers are with you!

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