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13 Things the Top 1% Do (That Most People Never Figure Out)
Use these to your advantage to get ahead
I’ve noticed a recurring theme with the most successful people I’ve ever met. They’re not smarter than other people, they’re not special in any way.
But rather, they all seem to have a few things in common that mean they get ahead. And when I sat down and looked at those things, I realised, they’re not quite what you would think.
Here’s the list, so that you can use it to get ahead in your life.
1. Separation in chaos
When something hits you out of the blue (it’s gone completely wrong) and it feels like it’s spiralling out of control, the most successful people I’ve ever met, pause.
They take a deep breath, separate their immediate emotions (usually something like ‘arghghhhhghhg!!!’), move past that into, ‘what can I do?’
It’s this ability to separate their initial emotions that puts them ahead.
2. Lean into what feels easy
Someone once said to me: ‘We’re all 11/10 at something’.
The aim of the game is to find the thing we’re 11/10 at and lean in. To do it more, to embrace the fact that you’re really good at that…
