Humans are creatures of habits. Habits transform our lives because we become what we repeatedly do, day after day. If you want to be achieve something in life, whether to become more mindful, to receive a promotion, to make a million dollars, to get better grades, etc, you can\u2019t simply do something out of the blue and expect to achieve your goal the next day. Likewise, becoming an exceptional person takes a consistent effort, and you can only do that by creating good daily habits.<\/p>\n
Without any future ado, let\u2019s look at these forty daily habits to make you an exceptional person.<\/p>\n
- Start your day early. If you have an early morning appointment, get up at least an hour before that.
\n- Bias towards action. When you\u2019re stuck, when you\u2019re given a new piece of information, or when you\u2019re feeling dissatisfied being in your comfort zone, take an action, however small that action may be.
\n- Practice critical thinking. Don\u2019t just take things on the surface value.
\n- Spend at least 15 mins reading about something that is related to your industry; a blog post, a few chapters of a book, a documentation, whatever it is.
\n- Set at least three micro goals a day and smash them. Examples of micro goals are sending an email, taking notes, or paying a bill.
\n- Review your schedule for the next two days.
\n- At the end of the day, before you clock off, make a mental note of at least one thing that you accomplished that day.
\n- Visualise your medium-term (3\u20135 years) goals.
\n- When making a decision, ask yourself if you will make the same decision in six months, a year and two years time. Then ask why or why not.
\n- Don\u2019t be afraid to say no.<\/p>\n