Success can be tough to measure, and everybody has a different view of it, making it that much more difficult to calculate. Yet if you're looking to find a way to ensure success, here are some tips from an article on Entrepreneur.com (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/270541), that are backed by science.
2. Get up early
• Biologist Christoph Randler has pointed out that morning
people get better grades.!
• Morning people anticipate problems and tend to be more
proactive.
3. Take action
• According to the authors of “The
Confidence Code”, taking action bolsters
one’s belief in their ability to succeed.!
• Confidence helps you accomplish the
goals you set.
4. Be specific
• Specific goals (i.e. “lose 15 lbs.”) are much easier to
accomplish than just vague goals (i.e. “lose weight”).
5. Be smart and socially adept
• According to UC Santa
Barbara economist
Catherine Weinberger,
smarter and more socially
adept people earn more in
the current workforce.
6. Think positively
• Positive thinking will help you
see more opportunities, and
can help you develop essential
skills to improve your life and
become more successful.
7. Develop a “growth mindset”
• A growth mindset allows you to learn from
mistakes and realize that you have the potential to
achieve whatever goals are set.
8. Embrace meaningful
relationships
• A Harvard Grant Study followed 268 graduates from
the classes of 1938-1940 for 75 years, and found that
there were to “pillars of happiness”: love and finding
a way to cope with life that doesn’t push love away.