“What simple things do you do every day that impact your life and income?”
“Please share the ones that absolutely help you enjoy life and work and improve your personal income.”
I recently asked the above questions to my clients and colleagues earning 6+ figures. While not a scientific survey, I’ve compiled the top and most common tips to share with you.
Why do so? To help you make 2014 a year of improved performance, higher earnings and, simply, more fun! Perhaps you too can adopt a few of the things that these highly productive, and happy, people find helpful.
Here are the results:
1. Maintain your health and care for yourself. Eat right, rest and exercise. Self-care, staying fit and maintaining your health adds to your wealth and well-being. This is a top tip on almost every list!
2. Know yourself and leverage your strengths. Performance and earnings increase when you do what you do best.
“Once I learned to stop focusing on and trying to fix weaknesses, my income jumped 26.5 %. What an impact that had on me and my family.” – DDA
3. Look ahead and set goals. Know where you want to be in a year, 5 years and 10 years from now.
4. Maintain personal discipline and be organized. The tips on this vary. While there is no one way to do this, each person queried stated that having a set of rules or guidelines for achieving tasks and goals is important. Whether lists, calendars or assistants, find your system and use it daily.
5. Read and continue to learn. Read books, newspapers and blogs. Read to your kids or family. Learn and stay current. Many shared they re-read books that impacted them. Odds are when you re-read a book, you will learn something new.
6. Market yourself and stay connected. One of my mentor says, “Not marketing yourself is selfish.” Share your talents and passions with everyone who needs to know — you never know when you can be of service.
7. Invest your time wisely. Time is the great equalizer. We all have the same amount of time each day. Think about, plan and invest your time wisely. Invest in yourself each day. If you don’t invest in yourself and think you are worth investing in — why would others take a risk on you?
8. Don’t fly by the seat of your pants. It is fine to take risks and to be spontaneous, but know the impact of what you are doing and then decide what you want to do. Don’t just allow things to happen. Make a decision.
9. Be personally responsible. Whether the outcome is good or not so good, own what you do. When you’ve made a mistake, own it, and figure out how to correct the action.
10. Be who you are. Be comfortable in your own skin. Know who you are and show and share it with the world!
Enjoy these tips. Adapt them to help you. Unleash your uniqueness, your energy and earn what you deserve this year.
Do you have a great tip? Post it below.
In late January, I am hosting a 3-part workshop: Identify, Leverage & Own Your Uniqueness. The workshop is designed to help you quickly identify your strengths and see how others view those strengths, so that you can stand out in the eyes of hiring managers.
If this opportunity speaks to you, drop me an email. I will send you the details and information on how to sign up for the workshop.
Have an amazing week!
Love your list Cindy! So many nuggets of gold in hear for pretty much anyone willing to be open to listening! ” Know yourself and leverage your strengths. Performance and earnings increase when you do what you do best.” Great one!
Wow, Cindy, love your list! This is a “printer-outer!” I love them all, but the one that spoke to me this most is “Time is the great equalizer.” Truly, we are all the same in the time we are given. Working all day can mean many things to many people. How can I be most efficient? I am going to focus on this question this week and see what I learn. Thank you so much!