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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Guest post by: Jeff Ogden

Article Overview: Found this great post at The Harvard Business Review Blog. Here are the 9 things successful people do differently. I summarize very briefly below, but you have to go to the original article to real the full thing.

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

B2B demand generation | What Successful People Do Differently This great article on what makes people successful is brought to you by the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers. To read the full article, please visit Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

1. Get Specific
   
   Be honest and regularly measure progress
2. Seize the moment to act on your goals
   
   Be specific. Pick an exact time.
3. Know exactly how far you have left to go
   
   Honest and regular monitoring of progress
4. Be a realistic optimist
   
   Believe, really believe that you will be successful
5. Focus on getting better, rather than being good
   
   Most think abilities are fixed, the the research shows otherwise. The brain is a muscle. It needs exercise and training.
6. Have grit
   
   Gritty people don’t give in to failure.
7. Build your willpower muscle
   
   Push yourself to do things you would not normally do.
8. Don’t tempt fate
   
   Stay focused and don’t try to achieve multiple goals at once.
9. Focus on what you will do and not what you won’t do
   
   Focus on good habits you want to achieve rather than bad habits (e.g. smoking) that you want to give up.

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. is a motivational psychologist, and author of the new book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals (Hudson Street Press, 2011). She is also an expert blogger on motivation and leadership for Fast Company and Psychology Today. Her personal blog, The Science of Success, can be found at www.heidigranthalvorson.com. Follow her on Twitter @hghalvorson

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