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Book SynopsisDiscover the ultimate success habits for a healthy and prosperous life Whether we like it or not, a big part of what we do in life is governed by habits. Even more importantly, habits can lead us to think and feel in certain patterns. Since habits are so powerful, it's worth paying attention to the ones that are most effective. Inside, bestselling author Dirk Zeller provides tried-and-true advice on creating, building, and cultivating winning habits to achieve success. Success Habits For Dummies is a gold mine of startling insights and practical pointers on achieving success. No matter what your station in life, it can quickly put you on the road to the success you want and deserve. With wit, warmth, and loads of practical wisdom, Dirk Zeller helps you: Discover how habits determine 95% of a person's behaviorGet to know how the people who achieve most in life take deliberate steps to ensure their goals are metMake a practical plan to perform at your maximum potentialMaintain a growth m
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
About This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Principles and Formulas for Success 5
Chapter 1: Success is a Habit 7
What is Success? 8
What isn’t Success? 9
The Only Thing That’s Important: What Success is to You 9
The Different Categories of Success 11
Creating the Habit of Success 14
Establishing a Consistent Process of Success 16
Staying on Track to Your Success 20
Chapter 2: Success Leaves Clues 23
Ask a Successful Person to Be Your Mentor 25
Approaching Success Like Preparing a Recipe 28
Chapter 3: Discipline: The Magic Habit 35
Discipline is a Reward, Not a Punishment 36
Deciding Where to Focus Your Discipline 39
The Keys to Success 40
Mastering the Law of Sowing and Reaping 43
Part 2: Putting Together Your Success Plan 49
Chapter 4: Tapping into Personal Motivation 51
The Benefits of Being Motivated 52
What Motivates Most People 52
Personalizing Your Drivers 55
The Three Categories of Motivation 56
Diving Deeper into Your Behavioral Style 58
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Dominant 60
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as an Influencer 62
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Steady 64
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Compliant 66
Choosing Other Types of Motivation 67
Chapter 5: Goals: The Power Source of Achievement 73
Understanding the Power of Goals: We Become What We Think About 74
Overcoming the Barriers to Goal Setting 75
Harnessing the Power of Paper 77
Establishing Your Fabulous 50 79
Labeling and Balancing Your Fabulous 50 84
Creating Your Success Tournament 86
Increasing the Speed to Achievement 89
Pinpointing Your Resource Needs 92
Chapter 6: Dealing with Adversity and Setbacks 95
You Will Learn More from Your Failures than Success 96
The Power of Persistence 100
Protecting Your Attitude 105
Part 3: Achieving Optimum Health 109
Chapter 7: Here’s to Your Physical Health 111
We Only Get One to Live In 112
Creating Your Health Team 113
Taking Care of Your Mental Health 115
Dealing with Health Events 117
Eat for Success 120
Let’s Get Physical 124
Rest is Required 126
Chapter 8: Developing the Right Mental Attitude 129
Determining to Be Positive 130
Cultivating Your Self-Esteem 133
Comparison for Encouragement 136
Developing the Habit of Personal Reward 138
Chapter 9: Tapping into Your Spiritual Side 139
We are All Spiritual Beings 140
Improving Your Success by Developing Your Spirituality 143
Growing Spiritually 147
Part 4: Success Through Relationships 153
Chapter 10: Developing Valuable Friendships 155
What We Learned in Kindergarten Still Applies 156
Creating Friends through Personal Connection 158
Developing Your Likeability 163
When Disagreements Arise 166
Chapter 11: Developing Your Most Important Friendship 171
Committed Personal Relationships are Not Automatic 172
The Value of the Institution of Marriage 175
Commitment is the Key Ingredient 177
Communicating Creates Oneness 179
Compromise for Harmony 183
Cling to Commitment 185
Chapter 12: Having a Successful Family 189
Being a Successful Parent 190
Little Habits to Create Big Success 195
Building Your Child’s Character 201
Honoring Your Father and Mother 206
Chapter 13: Building High-Quality Business Relationships 211
Providing More Service Than You are Paid For 212
What Makes a Great Employee 215
What Makes a Great Employer 218
Building Customer and Client Relationships 223
Part 5: Success with Wealth and Money 227
Chapter 14: Achieving Financial Success 229
The Search for Financial Freedom 230
Wealthy People are Different 233
The First Step: Define Your Wealth Number 236
Understanding the Different Types of Wealth 244
Chapter 15: Becoming Master of the Board 249
Personal Wealth is the Board Game of Life 249
Debt: Your Foe or Friend? 255
Chapter 16: Crafting Your Wealth Plan 263
Realizing Your Market Value 264
Fighting Against Human Nature: Wants Become Needs 264
Pay the Most Important Person First: You 269
Guaranteeing Your Retirement Success 275
Part 6: The Time and Success Connection 283
Chapter 17: Setting Your Habits for Time Management Success 285
Getting to Know Yourself 286
Following a System 289
Overcoming Time-Management Obstacles 291
Secondary Defenses: Minimizing Damage When Calls Get Through 294
Maintaining Your Motivation as You Press Ahead 297
Making Decisions: Just Do it 298
Keeping Motivation High 304
Chapter 18: Time Equals Money 305
Why Your Hourly Rate is Important 306
Calculating Your Hourly Income 307
Boosting Your Hourly Value through Your Work Efforts 308
Making Value-Based Time Decisions in Your Personal Life 310
Chapter 19: Creating the Success Habit of Time-Blocking 315
Focusing Your Energy with the 80/20 Theory of Everything 316
Getting Down to Specifics: Daily Prioritization 323
Blocking Off Your Time and Plugging in Your To-Do Items 326
Assessing Your Progress and Adjusting Your Plan as Needed 331
Part 7: The Part of Tens 335
Chapter 20: Ten Personal Characteristics to Improve Success 337
Perseverance 338
Doing More than You are Paid For 338
Lifelong Learning 339
Gratitude 339
Positive Attitude 340
Integrity 340
Persuasion 341
Patience 341
Concentration 342
Self-Confidence 343
Chapter 21: Ten Measures and Models of Success 345
Playing Your Game 345
Keeping Up with Daily Habits 346
Staying on Top of Your Physical Health 347
Serving Others 347
Maintaining Business Savvy or Entrepreneurial Spirit 348
Working toward Security 348
Building Self-Confidence 349
Looking for Self-Improvement 350
Staying Mentally Tough 350
Creating a Legacy 350
Chapter 22: The Ten Biggest Wealth Success Mistakes 353
Starting Too Late or Not Early Enough 353
Lacking Clarity for Your Future 354
Not Having a Written Wealth Strategy Plan 354
Carrying High-Interest-Rate Consumer Debt 355
Not Using “Good Debt” Wisely 355
Not Having a Rainy-Day Fund 356
Poor Estate Planning 357
Going Alone without a Wealth Team 358
Being Timid When Opportunity Arrives 360
Not Remaining Married to Your First Spouse 361
Index 363
