20 Success Habits

I really enjoyed reading through these 20 habits. I think the "Take No Days Off (Completely)" is something I wouldn't necessarily thought of as a successful habit. However reading this made me realize that a lot of the successful leaders that I know at my own company are always working and discussing business even while they are on vacation or out at events. It translate into passion and dedication to their work. If you want something bad enough and you work hard for it, you are very likely to succeed. Another habit that stood out to me was the "Surround Yourself With Better People." I have experienced some companies that actually looked at the people you socialized with and how you interacted with managers, directors and executives above you. They like to see confidence and a desire to climb the ladder and better yourself by being around those that may be more knowleagable or experience than yourself.

These 10 tips are great examples of how to make the most out of any career you may find yourself in, not just in advertising.  From believing in yourself to accepting your mistakes, this post gives you an all around how-to guide to be a great success.  I think it is interesting reading others views on success an comparing them with my own.  Seeing the same values that i hold close to success is reassuring that I am on the right path and that I have a good idea of what success looks like.

I have really enjoyed learning about digital marketing this semester.  So far, I have been able to take the information directly from the class and put it right into my projects.  I loved the 1st point Brinson makes in this article, "Invest in yourself".  The only way to get better is to constantly make yourself better.   

Honestly, I love learning form other people. I feel like an internship where you can learn from other people's experience may be more beneficial than sitting in a classroom. I look up to my Dad a lot because he is a business man and he has a tremendous amount of experience. On a more personal note, the internship I have this summer is a lot of sitting around and getting coffee and at first, I was really disappointed with the way things were going, but after asking what I could do to help and learning from my boss (who is a millionaire), I feel like I am getting a lot out of the internship! My boss is a very successful man and he has a lot of knowledge to give off. 

This article seems to be a great self-promotion for Paul C. Brunson.  I'm not saying anything bad about promoting oneself, but not everyone is able to follow these tips to the extreme.  As a package, these habits seem great for those who already have money. But, what about the rest of us?  Can I really never take a day off?  And when I never take a day off, how am I supposed to invest in myself?

Let's not kid ourselves.  Oprah and Enver have the time and money to do as they please.  They can learn languages, travel, excercise, etc. Of course they have to work, but their leisure time far exceeds mine.  The main point to take from this article is that educating oneself through experiences - with people, places, food and strategies, for example - can help propel you in the direction of success.

I really enjoy point number 3, surround yourself with better people.  To be great, you need people around you who inspire you and motivate you to innovate and grow.  You're only as strong as your weakest link, so to be successful you need to surround yourself with people who invest enough time into themselves and their craft to also be successful.  This is great advice, and these statements remind me of things I know I should be doing, but that are easy to forget. 

This article has great tips. My favorite is “Connect with People Outside Your Community”. Networking is such a powerful thing. I’ve learned this throughout my years in college. 

This article is a great and insightful read. A lot of factors they highlight in this article are extremely relevant to my life because I am currently creating my own app and hope that it can blossom into my own business some day. These tips are great for me to read and get a better grasp on as I start my journey towards business ownership. I feel that by following and implementing some of these ideas, I can make faster and more efficient progress towards my lifelong goal. I am a big believer that formal education can only teach you so much and take you so far in the world.

I feel that ultimately it is up to you as an individual to decipher what you want out of life and figure out the best way to accomplish it. I believe that is also important to keep and open mind and try to soak up as much knowledge as you can from others because to admit you don't have all the answers can be the first step towards bettering yourself and making your dreams become a reality. I want to keep learning far after college and hope that by putting myself in unfamiliar situations, I can learn more and become better at everything I do. 

The article is a fascinating read. A lot of what's been listed is something that I want to be relevant to my life as my eventual goal in life is to start a business of my own. But knowing these few tips and implementing them in our lives can make such a huge difference in the kind of progress one makes in their career. In the end you can only learn so much from your education but what matters most is the experience you gain from your career but moreover the knowledge you gain by communicating with those experienced and better in many ways. It's important to consistently trying to learn from your betters cause one doesn't have answers to everything and so learning from others can make so much difference. Great article, I'll try to keep these pointers in mind and challenge myself to inculcate them in my life.

I agree the 20 habits are truely helpful for us. I had a lesson from my ex-commander when I was in military in Korea. There are three types of people: people who repeat the same mistake that they made, people who do not repeat the same mistake that they once made, and people who never make the same mistake by examining others' one. Your saying "life is a journey and learning from the experiences of others" reminded me of the lesson. I think they are in the same logic. There are billions of people in the world. I am sure each person has something special enough to learn. That is why we must not stop learning from others. Today, I learned more, thanks to you, sir!

I personally thought this was a great article I think all 20 of his tips can be very helpful. "The key is not just having the stomach for failure, but having the strength to face what feels like an endless amount of resistance… and still move forward." I really liked this quote because most people do not get to success on their first try and I bet Oprah and Enver failed many times on their journey to becoming billionaires.

I really liked Paul C. Brunson’s post, 20 successful Habits I Learned Working for Two Billionaires. It was very inspiring to me and demonstrated very valid points. I like that everything stated was from personal experience. I think it also showed that you learn the most when you are actually in the work force rather than learning in a classroom.

The one point that stood out to be was, Take No Days Off (completely). I think this point stood out because my mom has lived by this her whole life. Even when she is on vacation she is working and to my family it has always been extremely annoying. After starting college and learning about the business world I understand better that if she did not do this she would not be the CFO of her company and we would not have the lives that we have. Even though some days I do think it is okay to take a break and enjoy life. Life is about something bigger than working; that should only be a fraction of what goes on in your life. Some people make work their life and I do not agree with that. 

My favorite part of the post is from Part 2. Connect with people outside your community.

I love the way the Paul puts it "They spend a disproportionate amount of their time gathering information from communities of people outside of their core (different age groups, different social class, different ethnicity, different education levels, different careers, etc) and then they share that information within their community. This is where their ability to influence and have power comes from."

I feel like this sentiment should proliferate all attitudes and cultures. Gaining a firm understandning of the world outside yourself is such a rewarding, educating, and fulfilling experience. It's great to see this in a post about being successful in business.

I thought this article had some extremely valid points. One of the main themes that I really agreed with is surrounding yourself with others that better you. A person comes into contact with many people during their lifetime and it’s all about knowing who to build a positive and healthy relationship with and which “bad apples” to distance from. Although I think personal success comes from the inside out, I think a lot of who you are stems from the people you surround yourself with. In this article he quotes Jim Rohn and says “You are the 5 people you spend the most time with.” I completely agree with this statement and I think your path to success can be positively or negatively altered by who you are surrounded by. 

The 20 successful habits in this article are really inspiring to me. I agree with the tips because most of them are identical to the features of successful person that I imagine. While I worked in my country, I learned the importance of many of those tips. I had a couple of good bosses and they were very curious about various kinds of things and had tons of trivia. That capability actually attracts people and thereby may lead to good works. When I first had a junior, I remember that one of my former bosses told me that I had to let my tasks go. I tend to do every task by myself because I can grasp whole parts of the tasks easily and also losing part of the job was kind of fear at first. However, after I gave some of my tasks to the junior, I could expand and deepen my specialties and concentrate on them. To have better people around is really motivational, which I continuously try to do. Better people inspire me and give opportunities but first I have to do is being an attractive person for them.

Some of the habits are hard to implement and achieve. Taking enormous risks and having thick skin are not easy for me. By experiencing lots of challenges and failures and achieving something after that would make people have confidence. 

My favorite tip from the article is to surround yourself with better people. People like to do what their friends are doing, making this tip valid. It can be easy just to go with the flow of your surroundings, so why not make your surroundings full of great people?  If you're surrounded by motivated people, you can become more motivated yourself, increasing your own productivity. My second favorite tip is to take responsibility for your mistakes/losses. People like when people take initiative to fix things - even if it may not be directly their fault. It's important to admit when you make a mistake and to figure out how to fix it. Showing that iniative allows people to trust you and your future success. It shows that you are not willing to take failure as an option.

The tips Paul C. Brunson gave in this article were very interesting. Some I feel like I have already began to do but others were an eye opener and made me realize I can really push myself to be better if I follow more of these tips. The tip I can relate to most right now in my life is surrounding yourself with better people because that is what I have done lately. I have realized it's not about the number of friends you have but the few people who care the most. I have been focusing on talking and hanging out with people who help make me a better person and it has been really great. I know I need to work on taking risks beacuse I usually like to go with the flow and not put myself in a situation where something could go wrong. Overall, I think these tips are great and good ways to help people live a better life. 

I thought this post was very insightful and relatable. I think most students can attest that the concepts and vocabulary we learn in class is easily forgotten and less significant than the hands-on experiences from jobs, internships, and life events. A lot of this advice seems like common sense and old news, but as people begin to realize, common sense is actually not all that common. What made this piece stick out to me was the thoughtfulness of it. You don't necessarily need to be the smartest person in the room but with hard work and dedication you can find success.

I love this article and I completely agree with all of these tips. I would have to say the biggest on I can apply to my life is "Focus on experiences vs material possessions." Memories are priceless and you can't buy more time. It is important to make memories, experiences and connections because those will take you farther than material objects. Another one I really connected with was "Dont go at it alone." I really like this one because I have always felt that two heads are better than one. Even if intially you cant agree on how to do something, I always think it is so important to brainstorm with others because you can take a good idea and make it better. Others can often think of something that you might've missed, especially when you surround yourself with better people and can learn from them. 

Thank you for sharing this article! This struck a chord with me since I'm thinking about my professional career more and more each day. I too often do not invest in myself. On Sundays I do a lot of reflection on my week at work, those who I spend my time with, and what I spend my free time on. I'm quickly realizing I'm a "People Pleaser". There are good and bad things about being a people pleaser, however I need to work on investing in myself. I want to get up earlier and read an article or two, and when I come home, devot myself to running and staying organized. I need to priortize things for myself so that in the future they will transfer to my professional career. Many of the points on this list are the things I want to keep in my mind as I enter the last half of my internship and start the full-time job search.

Paul C. Brunson was able to work alongside two amazing, successful and inspiring billionaires. It is refreshing to hear his point insights on the most successful habbits of both Oprah Winfrey and Enver Yucel. I agree with a lot of the habits that were written about. Many of them are things that should be thought about and practiced daily. Some of these habits I have heard before either by listening to guest speakers at events or by reading articles online. It is refreshing to see a lof of the information I have heard before cross over with the information Brunson gave. Both Oprah and Enver are highly successful individuals, it is inspirational to read the article that was written because obviously they are doing something right. 

I think it is vitally important to remember step 10: don't go at it alone. Paul said it perfectly, nothing great in life is achieved alone. At times, it is hard for us to lean on someone else to help us long the way. As humans, we can be full of pride and stubborn resisting asking for help and it can be our undoing or where many mistakes are made. 

This post was very intriguing and motivational to say the least. I appreciated Paul C. Brunson’s sincerity, honesty and genuine care for others’ success. Since day one, humans have learned from other humans. For example, way back when, humans would communicate to their tribe members where the best food sources were or the locations of water supplies. Information is power and the more we are educated, the more we can mimic our role models and have success stories of our own.

Knowing the authors background made these tips authentic. Despite other’s beliefs, he went to college and founded his own company. He worked hard to make his dreams a reality even when no one else besides his girlfriend believed in him. If you don’t have faith in yourself, no one else will. It’s clear that he portrays these habits and lives by the words he teaches. His journey proves that you must invest in yourself before anything else, be curious, surround yourself with better people, not eat alone, take responsibility for your losses, understand leveraging, take no breaks, focus on experiences over materials, take risks and go together to be successful.

I think the ‘never eat alone’ idea in this post is interesting. I’ve never really thought of how much information you gain from passive conversation with people. I don’t know how practical it is to always eat with someone who’s going to give you an interesting conversation, but I think it is a good idea and makes me value the conversations I have with people more than I did before.

In this post, Paul C. Brunson made some really great points. I especially agree with the part where he talks about investing in yourself. Taking the time to make yourself a better person will only make you better and more able to do what you do best. I also like that he pointed out that it is important to leverage the things that you are not amazing at to someone who is an expert in those areas. This article was a great read! Thanks for sharing!

I am always conflicted when it comes to posts like this, as I tend to be defensive when people tell me how to live and often times posts like "x habits of successful people" or "x things I'm going to teach my daughter" come off preachy and hypocritical. 

Luckily this was not the case with this article. Paul Brunson gives excellent advice with clear meaning and no contradictions. I was also a fan of the sound bytes to sum up each short paragraph (made Tweetable - so smart!). Having seen so many of these types of articles I was really pleased that some of his tips were novel to me, such as never eating alone. The very last tip is the only thing I could pick on. I don't follow any faith in particular. I was raised in religion but it didn't follow me into adulthood. That being said, I still do follow some "higher power" (mostly karma) so I can see its universal application, even if he did want to reference religion in particular. All in all I do feel enlightened by his advice and enjoyed reading his article. I will absolutely take these tips under advisement!

This article is so inspiring to me.  As I move on in my career as a student and am slowly pulling my freelance career along with it, I'm finding more and more areas for me to expand into.  There are actually quite a few on his lists that I already have put into action.  I never take a break fully (#7 in part 1), I'm always thinking about where I want to go, networking and planning out the next step.  I'm also lucky enough to not be "going it alone" (#10 in part 1), I have an amazing support group of friends and family that are my cheerleaders and biggest fans.  The tips that Paul points out are just great advice for life in general. 

It is important to learn from the experiences of others.  It helps us to avoid mistakes and anticipate things that we may never have thought that would land us in a bad spot.  Thankfully, we have the internet to share some of these stories and help each other.  The global community and the amount of information that you can glean from others is amazing - sorting through it may not be the easiest, but picking up gems like Brunson's article can really give you the push you need to get to the next level.

I absolutely LOVED these "tips" that Paul C. Brunson created for people to see. Oprah Winfrey is such an influential woman, and seeing what she does "behind the scenes" from someone who worked for her was pretty awesome to see. The three things that stuck out to me is having a thick skin, taking chances and starting simple. If you're worried about what people say about you, you'll never have confidence in yourself (thick skin). If you don't take a chance on something, a big chance at that, you never know how it will turn out. Playing it safe will not get you far in life. As for starting simple, people don't realize how simple they can start off before they hit it big. Having a good idea can get them somewhere, then they can add as they go along to make it more "complicated."

It was awesome seeing the perspective of a person who has worked for the big shots in the industries. He brought up a lot of good points, and I was glad to see it all in one place to look at.

This sharing is very useful and amazing! Actually,when we summarize the reasons or features of successful persons,we could find so many common things about their lives or careers.Although we could not copy other's success, we could really learn some things from these amazing experiences.

As for me, I find that almost every extraordinary people has passion to do everything in every day.They sleep a little and keep full of energy. They love what they do and make it part of their life. In other words, they seems like never being exhausted. Further, the successful people always keep creative and never stop learning.As we all know that, our modern society changes so fast, if you could not catch up with the trend of new things, you may be left by the time. What's more, most of these persons are always patient and like to take the risk. Eeveyone may have the experience of failure, but winner  never gives up and keeps trying until reaches the goal. Last but not the least, they really do it rather than think or say it. Put your plan into practice is the key of success. Never ever wait but do it.

From these suggestions, I believe everyone could learn more or less. So, just begin today!

I think this post started off very interesting and of course before I started reading in-depth I skimmed through the titles and those were intriguing.  They made me curious to read further.  

First off, the first habit 1) invest in yourself is such a good habit for people to make.  They need to find time for themselves even if they have such busy lives always find a little time to better yourself.  Habit 3) Surround yourself with "better" people, is so true.  If you want to be a good person you need to only have good people in your life, you learn from the people you are surrounded by and you spend most of your time with these people why not make them be a select individuals that make you a better person.  Finally, habit 8) focus on experiences vs. material possession.  This was my favorite habit.  I think if someone bases their life on the amounts of things they have that does not stay with you forever but if you focus more solely on the experiences you have with people and with yourself those memories are more likely to stay with you for as long as you live.  Experiences and memories should matter an extreme amount more to people than material possessions that are typically pointless.  

This post was something very intriguing and interesting to read, its amazing that billionaires to make time for themselves and they make sure to surround themself by people they enjoy to be around.  They make their life worth it and make a nice amount of money with it.

This post is really amazing and inspiration. From reading those two parts, I learned a lot. And I want to share some of my same feelings here.

When I read “Never eat alone” and “Communicate with people outside your community”, it reminds me of an experience with my friend. That was a summer break. I really enjoyed staying at home with the air conditioning and have some cold drink. I barely did nothing everyday but laying in bed watching some drama or TV shows. That had been almost a week before one of my friends asked me to go have a cup of coffee. He asked me what I was doing those days, I said nothing and then asked him the same question. Then he said he was planning to have his own bar and doing stuff around that all day. He also told me some of his future version of this bar and some marketing issues. He did some research by traveling around cities and get some ideas from the local bars. I was shocked by his ideas and thoughts, because we were only 19 years old that time and I was doing nothing and had nothing in my mind about opening a business for myself. After giving him some suggestions about decoration he asked, I went home and did some rethink about my life.

The talk with my friend that day really reminded me never stay in my comfortable zone. We need to go outside and talk to people, no one knows when we can get valuable ideas from a friend or even from a stranger on the street. Now my friend has opened his second bar. Turns out he wasn’t wasting money of his parents’ at all. I really got inspiration from him. Now, I usually ask my friends out and talk, get to know what they are doing recently. Doing this kind of thing really riches my thoughts and life.