The Rich Don’t Get Lucky — They Practice These 20 Entrepreneur Habits

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According to the author in his Rich Habits Study, he examined the daily habits of self-made millionaires. What he found was simple but powerful: these individuals didn’t succeed by accident. Their success and wealth were built through consistent habits practiced over time.  The study revealed four distinct “Paths to Wealth,” each with its own set of habits. One of those paths is the Dreamer-Entrepreneur Path — followed by people who turned ideas into businesses and businesses into lasting wealth.

Below are twenty core habits that every successful entrepreneur in the study shared and built into their daily lives.

1. I will forge success habits around my goals.  As a general rule, entrepreneurs are forced to adopt good habits. Their dreams and goals force them to acquire specific habits that enable them to grow, stay healthy, build relationships and acquire knowledge and/or skills that enable them to succeed.
2. I will build strong relationships with influencers.  Entrepreneurs devote more time to building and maintaining relationships with powerful influencers than any other category of self-made millionaire. For entrepreneurs, power relationships are their currency. Forging and maintaining power relationships is, second only to persistence, one of the main drivers of their success.
3. I will dream-set.  Entrepreneurs follow a clear vision that they mapped out long before becoming wealthy. Through that vision, they pursue success — relentlessly. Their vision gives them the passion and persistence to keep going when the going gets tough, which is often, especially in the early stages of their entrepreneurial journey.
4. I will do work that I love.  Most entrepreneurs become entrepreneurs because they are pursuing a dream they are passionate about. Because they like or love their work, they are willing to walk through hardship in achieving their dreams and goals.
5. I will forge daily goal habits.  Entrepreneurs pursue their goals every day. The pursuit of these goals is part of their daily priority list. They continuously tweak their goals as they are forced to navigate around unexpected problems, mistakes, failures and obstacles.
6. I will forge good health habits.  Most entrepreneurs in the author’s study were avid exercisers. They understood that exercise, especially aerobic exercise, helped boost brain performance and their energy levels, allowing them to weather those long work days.

The others are:  I will maintain a positive mental outlook.  I will control my words and emotions.  I will never quit on my dreams.  I will eliminate negative beliefs.  I will seek out mentors.  I will take calculated risks.  I will create multiple streams of income.  I will use the power of leverage.  I will not let fear keep me from my goals and dreams.  I will seek feedback from others.  I will ask for what I want or need.  I will create priority lists.  I will ask many questions.  And I will seek to add value to the lives of others.