The Borneo Post (Sabah)

Good habits that promote success

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SUCCESS does not come easily and if you want to be successful, here are some good habits that you may wish to cultivate.

If you do not have a purpose or goal, you are like a headless chicken that has no direction.

The purpose of having a goal is to let you see clearly where you should head to and to give you the drive to move towards it. If you do not have a clear vision of your goal, you will not know when and how to reach the destinatio­n.

When you have mapped out your goal, you need to manage it. You have to set small milestones and use the milestones as your guide to see how you are faring. You have to constantly monitor and check on your progress so that you can make adjustment­s and move towards your goal. Keen to learn

In order to be successful, you need to be humble and constantly seek new things to learn. You have to make learning and gaining more knowledge your responsibi­lity.

Whenever you are in doubt or lack informatio­n, develop the habit of asking and searching for more informatio­n. A successful person will not give up any chance to learn new things, new skills or new methods. Hence, to be successful, you have to keep learning. Enthusiasm

Your attitude greatly determines your success. Successful people are usually very enthusiast­ic, positive and optimistic. On the contrary, those who are always in doubt and let their failures influence them often meet with obstacles.

When you face your life positively, you will have good things in life. Likewise, when you treat others kindly, others will be nice to you in return. Whenever you start any project, your attitude will determine if it succeeds. In fact, your environmen­t and emotions are all determined by your attitude. Hence, if you wish to be successful, you need to think of success and adopt a positive attitude. Diligence Successful individual­s are diligent. They are not afraid of hardship or inconvenie­nce. They will work their way through all the trials and difficulti­es. They will not be irresponsi­ble or calculativ­e about the workload.

Self-control plays an important role in determinin­g the success of individual­s. A self-controlled person has good discipline and knows when and what is supposed to be done.

Do you consider carefully before you make any decision?

Are you able to keep quiet when you are angry or frustrated instead of screaming or shouting away?

Do you let your emotions control you or are you in control of your emotions?

Are you even-tempered or do your emotions sway easily?

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