7 habits that changed me

Have you ever wondered about the habits of the outstanding people in the world? How are they doing things differently than you that will inspire you too? If you have this curiosity about the habits of the highly effective people then you have to read the self-help book – The seven Habits of highly Effective People by Stephen R.W. Covey. I own a copy of this and it is one of the books that I do not plan to give away or recycle.
However I am not reviewing the book here, but I am taking a slight twist to the title of this book and listing the 7 habits that have influenced me thus changing my lifestyle. I hope you will enjoy reading it and I also hope that you will share some of the habits or thoughts that have changed your life.

Do it now: There is nothing as bad and negative as procrastination. Procrastination will make things just harder. Tomorrow never comes as it always transforms to now. If we have this approach in our minds and act accordingly, we will be surprised how we will be getting things done around us.

Simple Thinking: The key to getting things done around us is also keeping it simple. Once we start thinking simple we will not waste time thinking too hard. If we follow the rules of simplicity we will be surprised how the task that seemed so daunting once could be easily done. I always try to remember the KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) approach before I take on any task and it has helped me a lot to reach the goal.

Perseverance: Try, try until you succeed. If we have faith in what we are doing, our endurance power will build up. Perseverance and failures can never co-exist, so as long as we try to accomplish our job with perseverance the negative thought of failures will automatically get shut out from our mind.

Build your listening habit: The power of communication is beyond listening and writing. The most important aspect of communication is power of listening. The more we listen to people we understand and learn more from them.

Be optimistic: Two thieves looked out of the prison window one saw stars and one saw mud, now it is our choice which thief we want to be. Hope is a powerful thing and I think hope and optimism co-exist, hope guides us to optimism and again optimism is a great achievement that can guide us to being successful.

Learn to say no: It is important to know our limits and boundaries. We cannot make everyone happy because there will be times when you have to say No to people, to habits and stick to our guns. We should not be afraid to say No, learning to say NO is an important quality for self improvement.

De-clutter: We need to de-Clutter our space, mind. This will increase our well being and makes us more organized.