17 Habits of successful people(WOW)
Tags: Personal Growth, Personal Development, Habits, Outstandingprog

I have always been challenged by observing people who have results, who have moments of brilliance, people who are able to produce value wherever they are. When you notice enough people, you will automatically notice patterns (I will use more of the word pattern in this article), common things you see in a group of people.

Patterns, however, do not explain 100% what these people do to be productive, inspirational, professional, innovative, but at least they give you clues that can help you become a little better.

WOW people are the ones who raise the IQ of a room full of people as soon as they walk in the door. WOW people are the ones who provide you with ideas from ordinary discussions. WOW people are possible role models or are people who could provoke a positive revolution, from which everyone has something to gain.

WOW people are skilled in one or more areas and have the ability to learn very quickly. There is a lot to say about WOW people, but I would prefer to focus on 17 habits that I have observed over time in these people. Some habits can come together and become complex skills or abilities, but I prefer to separate them into habits, because they are things that these people do repeatedly and regularly in order to generate WOW in the environment in which they spend their time. This article is quite long, but it will definitely be worth it, especially if you are interested in discovering similarities and differences between you (or friends of yours) and these WOW people I’m talking about.

Habit # 1: They are results oriented.

WOW people really like to create things or bring things to an end. This focus on results brings them even more WOW and gives them confidence in their own strengths. Many are considered WOW people just because they carry one thing to the end. The fact that they are results-oriented does not mean that they do not fail, it simply means that they see the end more clearly or they are end-oriented.

Habit # 2: They are proactive.

WOW people have this quality of being proactive. In an environment where they are surrounded by people who indulge or complain about external causes, WOW people have initiative and get involved. They make boring tasks — meaningful tasks. A trivial presentation becomes a best practical case of public speaking. Boring training becomes the most interesting preparation. It proactively converts from “meh” to “WOW”. Most often their proactivity translates into optimism or action.

Habit # 3: They are productive.

Being results-oriented. For WOW people it matters to produce something. The result is not always positive, but the feeling of completing something and producing something that can be useful gives them the status of WOW people. These people produce more than average, not being mediocre. WOW people also have bad days, but being proactive they change their mood from “meh” to WOW. They use time to their advantage and view it as a resource, not as a time bomb. Being friends with time, they consume their time efficiently, at the end of the day, achieving more than they set out to do at the beginning of the day.

Habit # 4: They do things with pleasure and/or passion.

Passion and pleasure can be considered 2 values ​​related to work. When WOW people do things that don’t respect the 2 values, they feel like meh, they don’t feel like they are doing something WOW. They do not feel challenged, they do not feel stimulated, they do not feel involved. But when they respect WOW values, that is, passion and pleasure, everything makes sense. They manage to answer the question “why do I do what I do?”, And what I do comes out WOW, no matter how trivial everything would be at first sight.

Habit # 5: Educate yourself continuously.

They are always looking for WOW knowledge, knowledge that makes them smarter, better, better prepared. Many WOW people have the habit of reading more often than the average, at the same time they have the habit of trying / testing what they study. It often happens that WOW people do not know the theory, but can empirically prove what they know. If you’ve heard of Maslow’s pyramid so far, the last stage of needs, the stage of self-actualization, is of major importance in the lives of WOW people.

Habit # 6: They are generous.

What the world has misunderstood about WOW people is that they do not measure their generosity in material things. Being contribution-oriented, they see things differently. They are willing to give of their time, to offer free services, advice, help, creative support, things that they know are more useful in the long run. They do not fish for the fish you want to eat, they teach you to fish.

In the long run, WOW people are the most generous people. The best way to repay a “WOW loan” is to become WOW in return and return the favor at the right time.

Habit # 7: Pay attention to the details that matter.

Details matter, but only those details that really matter also matter to WOW people. WOW people take into account the 80/20 rule, but they have their moments of perfectionism. They adjust details where details are needed. WOW people understand the usefulness of details in the end result, but often disagree with those around them, who criticize them for various unfinished things. WOW people are concerned with WOW details, which usually make it a trivial thing, something worth mentioning, a remarkable thing. If a detail does not make a significant contribution to the end result, then it is not a WOW detail and all WOW people know that.

Habit # 8: Frequently expand your comfort zone.

The comfort zone for WOW people is a thin edge, which they are constantly concerned with to move it further. In order to increase their comfort zone, WOW people take on impossible challenges, learn new things or do everything from scratch. Innovation is also a way of manifestation, but innovation is not necessarily the preferred method of WOW people, because the feeling of contribution is not so great. The exception is if innovation is a strategic weapon . The comfort zone practically becomes an ally in the development of WOW people and not a limit that restricts their perspective. The perspective widens as the person who wants to become WOW or is already WOW comes across new ideas, ways of thinking or changes the cultural context in which he finds himself.

Habit # 9: Explore themselves.

The spirituality of WOW people is not necessarily related to belonging to a religion. It is rather belonging to a greater purpose than the WOW man himself. On Maslow’s pyramid, the need for spirituality is at the top of the hierarchy and is one of the highest states that the WOW man is trying to reach. This exploration causes changes in values ​​and principles and influences the lifestyle of the WOW man. The WOW man feels that he has a lot to learn about himself, so from time to time he has days or hours dedicated to self-exploration.

Habit # 10: Continuously simplify what we do / what we do.

The highest level of complexity is simplicity. To make it a simple thing, a complicated task is extremely easy. To make it a complicated thing, a simple task, is extremely difficult. That’s why we manage to look at WOW people with admiration, they simplify things for us. It simplifies our lives, what we learn, what we should know, what we should do, what we should use. WOW people have the gift of simplifying our lives and seeing things from a new, realistic and easy to approach point of view.

Habit # 11: They are strategic.

Being results-oriented, proactive, productive and contribution-oriented, these habits create a more complex habit (as a way of thinking). The habit of being strategic is an extremely high habit of WOW people. And this can be seen best in the cordoning of a team. Is the team driven towards a visible result or is it too busy to solve their problems? WOW and strategic people are concerned with creating the conditions for a positive revolution, for “disruptive” technologies, which change the rules of the market or rather the game. WOW people create long-term directions and are focused on major benefits that can be created from the strategy. There are few strategic people and I think this is best seen around us.

Habit # 12: Self-assess and self-motivate.

Being proactive, he doesn’t complain too much about his condition. WOW people realize what they are doing wrong with periodic self-assessment. Even if this does not happen in a formal way, as the whole evaluation process can take place in the mind of the WOW man, it does happen. It is a process that gives man WOW insight and new ideas that he can test. Self-motivation is like a tick that the WOW person gives to what he is already doing. He has an intrinsic drive, extrinsic motivations cover his basic needs (the first 2 levels of Maslow’s pyramid), giving him material support. Emotional intelligence makes its presence felt here and gives it an emotional advantage over others and over the challenges it faces.

Habit # 13: Create a valuable entourage.

Whoever sows gathers. 4 words that mean so much. The entourage can make you WOW or you can make the entourage WOW. Being very concerned with WOW man’s own education, he also cares about educating others around him. Being a WOW man knows that the secret of WOW people is continuing education, and his friends should not be too

As a WOW person, he knows that the secret of WOW people is continuing education, and his friends must not be inferior to this judgment. For this reason you see entrepreneurs walking in groups with other entrepreneurs or artists walking in groups with other artists. But WOW people see one more thing, the creation of complementarity within the group. Occasionally, you may introduce people to the group who complete the group and make it much stronger. WOW people walk in WOW groups and use their entourage, as if it were a resource and a network.

Habit # 14: I’m constantly looking for balance.

The WOW man does not forget that he is a man and is looking for people to balance their lifestyle. WOW people fall in love, get involved in relationships and develop them. Those who avoid looking for people to balance their lifestyle are not WOW people because they do not expand their comfort zone, they do not think about the idea of ​​balance, but about the idea of ​​infinite accelerated growth. If you are not looking for balance and you are looking to grow continuously, from a WOW man you can become a single man, because you leave everyone else behind. We are devoid of WOW without people around us. Who would listen to the WOW man if no one understands him?

Habit # 15: Give up doing things I know will never be very good.

WOW people are just as proud of the things they don’t do as they are of the things they do. That’s why WOW people may seem arrogant / selfish because of the things they choose not to get involved in, because they know they won’t make a contribution or help. Ogilvy had a very good word “I am totally incompetent in any other field except advertising”. The things that make you incompetent are things you can give up. Another word that tells the truth is: “in a hierarchy people are advanced to their level of incompetence.” It is OK to be incompetent as long as you are willing to give up things that make you incompetent. The WOW man does not do them all, but he does WOW.

Habit # 16: Have a muse (or even several muses).

WOW people are full of ideas and full of inspiration. But they have some secret resources called muses. Muses don’t necessarily give them ideas on the tray, but they do give them the context in which WOW people can think of new things. Muses listen, ask or most of the time, they are just there. A muse can give you ideas just by thinking about it. A muse can be a person, an object, a place, a building, anything. I don’t know why muses work, but what I can say is that they exist. WOW people have muses.

Habit # 17: Work hard.

Although due to previous habits he might find ways to do everything faster, better and more, the WOW man works hard. He knows that if he wants to get where he wants to go, he has to beat the bone. Although he is strategic, it does not mean that he loses his operational skills, he is still connected to the details of his work and can do some of his own powers at the same quality that his expert colleagues achieve but without a strategic look. Hard work is the method of controlling the WOW man and the method that makes him still modest and reserved. Without work, the WOW man knows that he can’t get anywhere, he understands that work is what lifts a person and strengthens him for the future.

Conclusion:

WOW people are already among us, many of them do not show up, because they are not necessarily the most popular people. And you can become WOW, as you can see it’s a matter of habit. I know that the article is quite long, so I recommend you read it as long as possible or with a pen and a sheet next to you. I am concerned with studying WOW people and if this article has been helpful, I will write more about ways to become a WOW person.