Good To Great: Creating Good Habits

Success isn’t so much about your goals, but creating the habits/systems you'll do every day. (Remember this, how we live our days is how we live our lives.) Writing down your goal is great, but even better is to write down what system you'll use to accomplish that goal (e.g. “I will do this X times a day for each day in the year and keep the checklist on my desk.”). Have a routine you do no matter what. Create good habits that will add up over time. That also means identifying which habit will do you the most good. As mentioned in the book, The ONE Thing, you should identify that one thing that gives you the greatest return on investment for your time. This is similar to the 80/20 (80% of your results come from 20% of your activities) or the Pareto principle but more extreme (and thus more effective). That also means identifying what is really important in your life. As you can …show more content…
In the book, Good to Great, it was identified that the great companies focus on who then what. In other words, they focused first on finding the right people (and getting rid of the wrong ones), then figuring out what to do for a business. Many self-help people might disagree with what I'm about to say (as they'll emphasize the importance of always following your passion), but I think you should do the same with your life. Focus on finding the right people first then figure out what to do with your life. That's how important I think this law is. But if you already have a passion, then surround yourself with people who are already doing, or better at, what you are trying to do. Even if you are all beginners, you'll push each other to do more. There are plenty of groups to join for this. But remember, happiness is more important than success (and success often comes with happiness). Thus, concern yourself with surrounding yourself with good, happy people rather than people who you think will bring you