Dan Penas 10 habits to super success
2 min readMar 15, 2019
- Practice daily affirmations, some people do it several times per day, I would adapt and add them as you see fit if it doesn’t feel like your lying, your not bending yourself into the right direction imo
- Measure what you do and improve, I use journals, checklists and points systems, other people can do it by measuring growth, views, milestones.
- Success leaves clues, you can learn from many successful people, too often people do not learn from others, ask questions or watch what they do, absorbing someone's mindset is a good start.
- “Smell the leather” I brought myself expensive cars which made me feel good, made me work harder, gave me some extra anxiety and made me feel more sure of myself, if you can’t afford it, you can still go to car showrooms to tease yourself, its great motivation.
- Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong, I had to go against the grain growing my business, everyone was telling me to stop, what I was doing was wrong they said, if it was obvious, everyone would have to do it! If you are growing a business and everyone thinks you are doing the right thing, then you should worry. He's not talking about the product or service itself, he's talking about the process, the business, the growth, the plan etc
- Get out of your comfort zone — you cannot grow without pain and discomfort if you aren't fearful or feeling sick or anxious, its not big enough imo
- Have laser beam focus — you need full attention, full focus, you need to believe in your dream, no one wants to invest in someone that isn't committed to their idea, committed people will do what it takes to get the job done
- Don’t give a f*** about what they think about you, we have all been victims of not doing things because of the haters or criticisers, I see so many opportunities passed by because people tell you to fly under the radar to avoid attacks. Not doing stuff can cost you millions that you will never get because some loser abuses your content or speaks bad about your actions.
- Surround yourself with successful people — you are the average of the people you hang around with, just following successful people online is enough, measure yourself against them, get targets just as big, compete with them and think as big as they do.
- Take action — this is the key ingredient that many people are missing, on my daily checklist it's written that I write an article every day, I don’t do it every day due to other responsibilities, but I am doing it most days!
