It’s a simple fact: The habits of most millionaires differ from those of the average person. However, their habits are far from inaccessible; they improve one’s odds of finding success but can be adopted by just about anyone with a bit of concerted effort.
TO TAKE that idea one step further, once someone has become successful, how do they stay successful? Here, I’d like to take a slightly longer-sighted look at the habits of millionaires, focusing not just on the habits that make them successful but the ones that help them stay successful over time. By cultivating these habits in your own life, you’ll be investing in your own sustained success over time.
Here are six habits of longtime millionaires:
1. WAKING UP EARLY. What do lifestyle queen Oprah Winfrey, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Apple CEO Tim Cook have in common? They’re all up at or before 5am on a regular basis.
Driven people tend to wake up early. Since their days are packed with work and decisions, an early rise time allows them the luxury of some quiet time before it’s business as usual. They know that rising early can allow them preparation for the day ahead so that by the time everyone else is waking up, they’ve already hit the ground running.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 2018 من Entrepreneur Magazine South Africa.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 2018 من Entrepreneur Magazine South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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