“Wealth is largely the result of habit” – John Jacob Astor It’s the little things in life that you do that lay the foundation for long-term success. The media loves to promote stories of the needles in the haystack – individuals who become overnight successes. But for 99.9% of the successful people out there, success is…
Have you ever run into an optimist? Most who do walk away are energized, enthusiastic, motivated, well optimistic. Now contrast that to pessimists. Pessimists sap you of your energy, enthusiasm, and motivation and drag you down in life. They push you away and make you want to run for the hills. By a wide margin, the…
Your daily habits are the reason you are rich, poor or stuck in the middle class. They are the reason you live in the house of your dreams or a shack. Forty per cent of all of your daily activities are habits. This means 40% of the time you’re on autopilot, every day. Habits save…
No one likes adversity. It’s disruptive, stressful and painful. But, without adversity, there would be no learning. Without learning there would be no growth. And without growth, there is no success. Those who survive adversity become stronger because of it. Surviving or overcoming adversity makes you more confident. Anxiety and fear are replaced by confidence. Confidence…
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” — Thomas Edison One of the things that stood out from my Rich Habits Study was how important thinking was to self-made millionaires. I tracked ten different types of thinking habits…
Since childhood, we are indoctrinated to avoid failure. It’s embedded into our education system. As a child, you experience failure for the first time when you fail a test. The teacher puts a big “F” on your test and immediately you learn that failure is bad. Our education system has been enormously successful in indoctrinating…
I spent five years studying the daily activities of wealthy individuals. I learned so many things that I’ve spent the better part of seven years sharing that information to help those who were struggling financially pull themselves out of the abyss that is poverty. I’d like to share some of the myth’s about money I…
When I travel the country speaking to high school and college students about exactly what they need to do to become financially successful in life, I always begin my presentation by asking three questions: “How many want to be financially successful in life?” “How many think they will be financially successful in life?” Almost every…
One of the things that stood out from my Rich Habits Study was how important thinking was to self-made millionaires. I tracked 10 different types of thinking habits these millionaires engaged infrequently, if not daily. From my research, it was so evident that thinking was fundamental to their success that I decided it needed to…
Any mental thought, often repeated, becomes a habit. Habitual thoughts lead to habitual behaviour. If those thinking Habits are good habits, they will lead to good behaviour. Good behaviour creates a good life. If those Thinking Habits are bad habits, they will lead to bad behaviour. Bad behaviour creates a bad life. So, your Habitual…
