“The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.” -Dostoevsky

One of the main things that separates a successful person from an unsuccessful person are the habits they have developed. Successful people have developed the habits of hard work, discipline, and excellence. Unsuccessful people have developed the habit of laziness, doing the bare minimum, letting life happen to them, and making excuses.

Whether you succeed or fail in life will be largely determined by the habits you develop!

Below is a poem I heard recently that expresses the power of habit. After you read it, I would encourage you to examine the habits that you’ve developed in your life. What formed those habits? When did you form those habits? Are they good or bad habits? Decide which habits in your life need to go.

Then determine the habits you would like to develop in your life. To develop the habits required to be successful, find successful people that you admire and would like to be like. Find out what habits they have developed that make them successful. Then try to develop those habits in your own life.

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“Do one thing every day that scares you.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a confession to make. Some of you may be very surprise, others not so much. However, I have to come clean. Almost everything I do, I am scared to death. That’s right, it is very easy for me to let fear run my life. Most of my fear comes from caring too much about what people think.

Every time I write and publish a blog post I am scared people will think I’m just trying to promote myself. Every time I preach or teach, I’m afraid that I did a horrible job and people will think I wasted their time. Every job I have, I am afraid I’m not doing enough or doing well enough. I fear inadequacy. I fear failure. I fear rejection.

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“The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.” -Jim Rohn

Recently, I got promoted to a position that is going to be out of my comfort zone. I’ve never done anything like it before. While in the interview process, I was seeking the advice of people I respect as to whether or not to go for the opportunity, a mentor said to me, “Doug, take it. It’s an opportunity to put more tools in your tool box.”

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