Whether you're career-oriented working from home because of our current health crisis, building your business, or thinking of starting a home-based business, the goal is the same:  You want to be successful!

Successful people aren't born with “super-star genes.”

They simply have habits that contribute to their success.

In interviews of  successful people there are 3 things they almost always say:

1. Winners get out of bed early.

They credit an early start for their ability to achieve more than most people.

• Their routine starts with getting up around 5 or 6 a.m.
• Using the two or three hours before they get into the office to
• Focus, Prepare for the day ahead
• That could mean
• Exercise Meditation
• Catching up on current events pertinent to the business
• Get down to work
• More productive
• Achieve more than most

Getting up early is a hard one for me… I’m a real night owl!  Apparently, one way to adjust is to change your wake-up time in half-hour increments and adjust your time weekly. For example the first week you wake up a half-hour earlier, the next week you make it an hour earlier, etc.

2.  Be a daily goal setter and a daily goal hitter

Long-range goals and dreams are good

• But what you do today greatly affects whether or not you will achieve your future dreams. 
• Intentionally designing each and every day leads to
  • Getting things done
    • Maximizes your results
    • Not busywork
• Knowing what is important and focusing on those things
• Set your daily plan the night before or during early morning hours
• Don’t make goals for an entire week
  • Just day ahead
  • What must get done each day that will produce the most results
  • Only work on those things
• Make goal-setting a daily habit.

If setting goals is a little intimidating, here are a few ideas to help you simplify things and still get a lot done.

• Set 3 absolutely have to get done tasks each day
• Make a simple To-Do List prioritizing tasks by importance
• End your workday with a plan for the next day

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3.  Focus, focus, focus

Even with setting goals

• If you’re not focused – working on what’s important you won’t be successful
• Successful people know what’s important at the moment
• They are relentless about getting it done
• Don’t get distracted by unimportant stuff
• To be successful – you must develop discipline
• At the end of the day results will be worth it
• Discipline takes a lot of practice to develop
  • In life and business
• Repetitive habits that lead to effective performance
• Discipline key to winning results—and results are what matters.

So, get out of bed, have a plan, and FOCUS!

 from an article by John Addison – Leadership Editor  Success Magazine 3 Daily Habits of Very Successful People