20 Habits of Highly Successful and Effective Leaders
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2. Wake up at 5 a.m. 🌅
Once you wake up at 5 a.m., your
goal is to dedicate the first hour to
exercise, plan, study, or learn a new
skill.
- Robin Sharma
3. Euan Cameron
Start the day with
meditation 🧘♂️
Start your day with a quick
meditation using Headspace. You
can even do it while waiting in
line in the supermarket.
Laurel Farrer
Carve space for self-
care 💆♀️
Carve space for self-care like
eating healthy breakfast and
taking a break.
Successful Habits from Complish's Accomplished Peeps Interviews
Jamie North
Provide a personalized
well-being program 📺
Provide a personalized well-being
program for employees. Get them
their favorite subscription service
like Netflix or Headsdpace.
4. Listen to podcasts
or audiobooks 🎧
Laura Roeder, Edgar founder, and mom
entrepreneur kickstarts her day by listening
to podcasts while preparing her breakfast
or when she's doing the dishes.
5. Hillel Fuld
Write a gratitude list 🙏
Fuld lists ten things he is grateful
for, a practice he started at the
beginning of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Molly Mahoney
Exercise everyday 🏃♀️
If you can't commit to a 30-minute
exercise, try to do it for 10
minutes.
Aaron Krall
Help people 🙋♀️
Every entrepreneur should ask
this question: "What’s the biggest
thing you need the most help with
right now?"
6. Write a five-
minute journal ✍️
It’s a lovely way to start the
day and helps to ensure I’m
proactively shaping my day
ahead.
- Melanie Perkins
7. Lavinia Iosub
Set up virtual coffee time ☕
Use an app called Donut, which
randomly pairs two people
together for a virtual coffee.
Mike Weiss
Post consistently on LinkedIn 📝
Post on LinkedIn 3-4 times a week
where you share nuggets of
wisdom.
Marleen Reininger
Schedule regular check-ins ✅
Arranging 1:1 meetings with your
direct reports, whether they be via
video or conducted
asynchronously, is a must.
8. Be the last to speak 🗣️
The skill requires you to hold your
opinions to yourself until everyone
else in the room has already
spoken.
- Simon Sinek
9. Goldie Chan
Commit to one thing 📺
"Focus on one thing and do it
every day like posting a video."
Neil Patel
Schedule writing by energy ⚡
"Instead of writing at a particular
time, it’s better to write during
your “peak performance period.”
Ann Handley
Create a daily writing practice 📓
"Carve space and time each
day to write content that
matters. Writers are not born.
They are made."
10. Help your team
make their dreams
come true 🌟
Marie Forleo, the author of 'Everything is
Figureoutable', does a simple yet powerful
mental exercise with her team. She asks the
question: Wouldn't it be great if...?
11. Successful Habits from Complish Accomplished Peeps Interviews
Corine Tan
Have a wind-down routine
after work 🐢
"Most leaders invest in a morning
routine, but a wind-down routine
is just as important."
Ali Green
Try a “one spot, one goal”
ritual ⛳
"Assign one spot for a task. For
example, you might want to choose
a place solely for content creation
or for any other deep work."
Irene Chan
Turn insight into
action 💪
"After learning about people's
habits, try to take action right
away."
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