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 From Life Hacks Why “Boring” Leads to Success It’s not sexy to sit at your computer or work overtime to finish a project. It’s not sexy to read for hours to gain new insights. It’s not sexy to jog for an hour on a cold day to do your exercise. We’d much rather enjoy the fruits of our success and live a lavish lifestyle (and show off to everyone else that we are, indeed, living said lavish lifestyle). Same with our routines. It might seem boring to have the same morning routine day in and day out. But we only have a finite amount of cognition per day. You don’t need to innovate things that don’t need innovation. For example, figuring out a new breakfast for each morning takes up lots of time, energy, and cognition — you’d probably benefit from eating the same thing at the same time every day. Ultimately, over time, those “boring” habits and rituals help inch you closer to your goals. They let you focus and express true creativity  on other things  because all the smaller parts of your

As the Chinese saying goes, 步步高升, or Every Step Go Higher, this is my wish for you in your career or business. We have to climb higher because Sun Tzu said in the 'Art of War' that a higher position gives us better view and safer protection from adversaries. But you need to be careful and not let your fear of heights freezes you, for instead of  步步高升, you'll end up with 步步惊心 (Every step in Fear).  There are 6 Ways that everyone can climb higher this year without fears: Start High .  That's right, start high and not start low.  Go to the highest point in your organization.  The highest point in this world is high moral grounds.  Don't stoop to low tricks, thinking that they are short cuts when in fact they cut short your success. Aim High .  Yes, aim for the stars and not the moon because in case you fall down, you'll land on the moon and not space! One Step at a Time .  Such lasting way leads to sustainable growth, the buzzword for today's corporate ex

A 2007 study by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning.  Woman may be surprised to know that:  Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set; such as, a kg a week, instead of saying "lose weight"),  While women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends. Quoting Frank Ra (author of the new year's resolution book "A course in happiness": "Resolutions are more sustainable when  Shared, both in terms of with whom you share the benefits of your resolution, and with whom you share the path of maintaining your resolution.  Peer-support makes a difference in success rate with new year's resolutions".  It is also noted that t

You've heard of Handshake to Success, but have you heard of "Headshake" to Success? In this rapid world of instant connectivity, we have to say No instead of yes if we too want to be successful. There are 5 things that we must say No to: Say No to Procrastination . Just do it now, and better still, do it yesterday. Napoleon Hill in his latest book "Outwitting the Devil" revealed that procrastination is the number one killer to success in this world. It doesn't matter that what you are not perfect, all it matters is that you start first and the rest will follow. Say No to Follow the Market.  Steve Jobs did not follow the market, he created the market. He also spoilt the market by giving customers more than what they asked for: instead of just a phone, he gave them an MP3, Video Player, Mini Computer, Camera, Video Camera and Photo Editor.  Say No to Dreaming.  Dreaming is having dreams with no timeline and action plan, a dream is a dream with timeline