We all want to succeed in life. But how do we define success?
Success in your personal life is connected to success in your business, and vice versa. It’s like having two containers that are connected together. Each one influences the other.
It’s hard to be energetic when you are haunted by negative emotions. It is also difficult to have positive relationships if you are constantly upset.
We only have a certain amount of energy. If we spend it on things that we can’t control, we can’t devote that energy to other people or projects. Every minute spent on something is a minute lost.
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You don’t have the luxury of spending your time and energy everywhere and anywhere.
Therefore, our lack of energy, internal dilemmas and unsolved conflicts will affect our ability to make good decisions. It will affect our productivity too, and ultimately it will affect our ability to be successful in life.
Indeed, the discipline to define success and to spend your energy wisely is even more important because you set the tone in your circles of influence.
According to some experts, six characteristics are the foundation for success in your life. As you develop these characteristics for success in your own life, you will also influence your team and family.
- Peace of mind, which involves freedom from anger, resentment, anxiety, hopelessness, shame and guilt. As a leader, remember that your emotions are highly contagious. You have a great impact on your team. Be sure to manage your emotions first. Inspire them. Be positively contagious.
- A high level of energy and health, which involves feeling that your body is in harmony with your spirit, and having the energy to invest in your goals. As a leader, you are a model. So be aware and encourage your team to adopt healthy habits. Everyone will win.
- Positive relationships, which involve developing and maintaining meaningful, positive and mature relationships with others. Leaders make positive environments a priority. Conflicts affect the wellbeing and productivity of everyone.
- Financial independence, which involves not feeling constantly worried about money, and also involves forming the right financial habits to feel safe and meet your needs. Your employees should also be able to meet their basic needs.
- Goals and ideals, which are demanding and challenging and give you a reason to get up in the morning and a place for you to invest your energy, time and money. Are you and your team stimulated by your responsibilities?
- Self-actualization, which involves feeling that you are reaching your potential, and that you are expressing and activating all your capacities. As a leader, try to set the conditions so that everyone is in the right place, “the good seed in the right soil.”
Do we need to have all of these characteristics to feel successful in life? Of course not. But the more we have, the more we benefit. We should not see these ideas as fully absent or present in our lives, but rather on a continuum. We can also see that we have great influence on the degree to which we exhibit these characteristics.
For example, it’s up to us to stop maintaining self-hatred. And this is also true for the rest of our emotions. We cannot control certain events in life, but we do have the power to choose our reactions. It is also up to us to make choices about our lifestyle, including diet, sleep and exercise. We can also make choices with the financial resources available, even if they are sometimes limited.
Finally, we can set goals and objectives that are stimulating and constructive. We must take the time to look at the resources we have and define what are realistic goals that suit us in different spheres of our lives (relationships, personal, family, business…).
How can we achieve this? Here are some tips: sharpen your sense of observation, be realistic about who you are now, have a clear picture of who you want to be, and understand that your actions, thoughts and feelings help or hinder your success.
Remember, as a leader, you can’t work directly on those six characteristics for others, but you can set work conditions that will influence them. Moreover, you are a model, like it or not. So remember that the way you act and react, and what you choose to do or not do and to say or not say will influence others. You can’t control anyone, but you can inspire many. It’s up to you.
