One of the self-made millionaires told me that he did aerobic exercise for half-hour each day and that this one habit helped him develop complementary habits corresponding to maintaining a healthy diet, quitting his cigarette addiction, and moderating his alcohol consumption. It also gave him more energy through the day and made him more productive.
In 2008, at age 70, he sold his company for $4 million and retired with assets of about $17 million.
Many of the millionaires I interviewed also mentioned that they owed their success and wealth in life to their each day habits. Consistency appears to be a standard denominator between the successful and the rich.
Consistency separates the winners from the losers.
Consistency separates success from failure.
Consistency separates the wealthy from the poor.
Consistency separates the highest performers from the underperformers.
Consistency separates the healthy from the unhealthy.
Consistency separates the trustworthy from the unreliable
To program yourself for consistency, use the next success mantras:
“Every day (fill in the blank).”
Examples:
- I train for half-hour each day.
- I pursue my goals each day.
- I eat lower than 2,000 calories each day.
- I eat healthy each day.
- Every day I read for half-hour to learn.
- Every day I practice my most significant marketable skills.
- Every day I express my gratitude for 3 things that went right yesterday.
- Every day I tell those I like that I like you.
- I floss each day.
- Every day I drink 20 ounces of water
The reality is, we are usually not perfect. We are usually not machines. I actually have my very own Every Day list and if I complete 30% of my Every Days, I consider that day a hit.
Last time I checked, 30% is greater than 0%. And that 30% modified my life dramatically.
When I began my “every day” success mantras in July 2007, I weighed 210 kilos. Today I’m consistently between 185 and 195. In 2007 I had $1.8 million in debt, with a net value of possibly $100,000. Today, I still have debt, but it surely’s lower than $500,000 and my net value is about $2.6 million.
The success mantra works. If it may well work for me, a former janitor, it may well give you the results you want too.
