Millionaires and highly successful people have several things in common…besides their money. Their lifestyle habits, the things they focus on daily, are key factors in reaching their biggest achievements. Fortunately for you, we made a compilation of the habits shared by prominent entrepreneurs and business people that are simple to adopt and are focused on boosting the health of both businesses and the people who run them.
1. Exercising
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It’s scientifically proven that exercise helps us release stress, have mental clarity and be more productive…it’s just a matter of doing it. For doing it, there are many options and each one of us adapts to different routines. We have three basic recommendations to adopt this habit:
- Start small. Set an easy to achieve goal that doesn't depend on other factors, like “walking 30 minutes a day”.
- Do it for a couple of months.
At first, it can be hard, but once you regularly do an exercise for this period of time, your body starts to adapt and instead of having a hard time, it will enjoy it. Naturally, you will want to do it. 1c) Entertainment while exercising. Take advantage of this moment to listen to podcasts related to work, news about your profession, or if you just want to disconnect, listen to really good music.
2. Waking up before Dawn
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There are many people who are night owls, and that’s fine. But the vast majority of millionaires are active even before dawn. If you are one of those who “work better at night”, consider changing your routine. There are many techniques to achieve this and in the business world, mornings are key.
The couple of extra hours you get from waking up early goes a long way for many things, especially for personal ones. Starting the day with activities that nurture us is of the utmost importance, it also fills us with energy and puts us in the right mood to make good decisions from the beginning of the working day.
3. Constantly grinding and learning
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Regardless of your expertise in one area or another, you can always be better. It’s important to constantly seek new knowledge. This can be done with courses, a master’s degree, doctorates and professional workshops, or simply by doing continuous research on the topics that interest us.
If you need help developing this habit, sites and apps like Coursera, Khan Academy, Peak, Lumosity, Gibbon, Duolingo, TED, and YouTube EDU are some examples that can be useful.
4. Practice Self-Reflection
It could be once a year, a month, a week, a day, or all the above, but it is necessary to make time for introspection. Continuously thinking about our personal and professional life will give us a better vision of what we want to achieve and what we are doing to reach it. It's good practice to set aside a couple of hours, possibly on the weekends, to clear your mind and self-reflect.
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