The Other 7 Critical Things The Most Incredibly Successful People Do Every Day

(Part 2 of 2 – you can read Part 1 by clicking here.)

Based on interviews with over 200 ultra-successful people, including: 7 billionaires, 13 Olympians and a host of accomplished entrepreneurs; one of the most revealing sources of information came from their answers to a simple open-ended question:

 

“ What’s your number one secret to productivity? ”

 

Analysis of their responses yielded some fascinating suggestions.

Below are the remaining seven highlights from the findings, some of which might also surprise you.

The Other 7 Critical Things The Most Incredibly Successful People Do Every Day

8. They avoid meetings at all costs…

• When Mark Cuban was asked to give his best productivity advice, he quickly responded:

“Never take meetings unless someone is writing a cheque.”

• Meetings are notorious time killers; they start late, have the wrong people in them, meander around their topics, and run long.
• You should get out of meetings whenever you can and hold fewer of them yourself.
• If you do run a meeting, keep it short and to the point.

9. They say “No.” to almost everything…

• Warren Buffet once said,

“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.”

• And James Altucher colourfully gave this tip:

“If something is not a ‘Hell Yeah!’ then it’s a no.”

• Remember, you only have 1,440 minutes in a day. So… don’t give them away easily.

10. They follow the 80/20 rule…

• Known as the Pareto Principle (I know, you know); in most cases, 80% of results come from only 20% of activities.
• Ultra-productive people know which activities drive the greatest results. Focus on those and ignore the rest.

11. They delegate almost everything…

• Ultra-productive people don’t ask, “How can I do this task?”
• Instead, they ask, “How can this task get done?” They take the “I” out of it as much as possible.
• Ultra-productive people don’t have control issues, and they are not micro-managers.
• In many cases, good enough is, well, good enough.

12. They touch things only once…

• How many times have you opened a piece of regular mail – a bill perhaps – and then put it down, only to deal with it again later?
• How often do you read an e-mail and then close it and leave it in your inbox to deal with later?
• Ultra-productive people try to “touch it once.”
• If it takes less than five or ten minutes – whatever it is – they deal with it right then and there.
• It reduces stress, since it won’t be in the back of their minds, and it is more efficient, since they won’t have to re-read or re-evaluate the item again in the future.

13. They practice a consistent morning routine…

• The single greatest surprise while interviewing over 200 highly successful people was how many of them wanted to share their morning ritual…
• While he heard about a wide variety of habits, most nurtured their bodies in the morning with water, a healthy breakfast, and light exercise, and they nurtured their minds with meditation or prayer, inspirational reading, or journalling.

14. And finally… ENERGY is EVERYTHING!

• You can’t make more minutes in the day, but you can increase your energy to increase your attention, focus, and productivity.
• Highly successful people don’t skip meals, sleep, or breaks in the pursuit of more, more, more.
• Instead, they view food as fuel, sleep as recovery, and breaks as opportunities to recharge in order to get even more done and achieve even more.

So, eat well, sleep well and here’s to your ongoing and growing success.

Best

Simon

Simon Mackfall
DIRECTOR
Younion Consulting

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(and help you get a good night’s sleep more often…) please get in touch. simon.mackfall@younion.co.uk

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(acknowledgement and thanks again to Dr Travis Bradberry & Kevin Kruse for their help with this article.)