Why do the buttons on men’s clothes go on the right hand side, while the buttons on women’s clothes go on the left hand side? After all, 90% of men and women are right handed, and it’s easier to button from the right, so it stands to reason that it would be better to have the buttons on the right.
It all started because women had other women dress them and button their clothes and tight corsets in days gone by, and even though they generally don’t have maidservants dressing them anymore, old habits die hard. The same goes for the QWERTY keyboard on my computer – it doesn’t make sense to have the letters in this order, but we all resist change.
Success is the Result of Consistent Action
We know that success is the result of consistent, small, regular, good choices and actions, and that our habits make us or break us. We naturally resist change, get addicted to our comfort zones, and justify bad choices. When you mix with people who share the same bad, debilitating, limits that you have, you’re unlikely to break free from the herd mentality. So how do we go about creating new habits that will empower and free us?
The best way I have found to do this is to spend time with people whose success I wish to emulate in any given area. When your habits clash with the habits of those with whom you are spending time, something has to give. If you’re a stinky smoker, you’re going to feel uncomfortable with non smokers over a period of time. If you love trotting off to the junk food trough, and you’re a fatty like me, and your friends are all health food fanatics, there will be a spot of conflict, and you will start to modify your bad food habits.
Our habits are the staircase to our destinies.
Each step is a choice, and by consistently climbing in the same direction, whether up or down, your path and your destination are pretty plain to see to the objective observer. In business, it’s all about profit and time. If you want more profit with less time invested and less risk, you need to change your business philosophy, which will affect your habits and actions, and ultimately put you on the right path.
Stand back and take a good, hard look at your business. Are you heading up or down? Do you hide behind loser, has-been words like “Old school”, “Been there, done that”, “Laid Back”, “Experience has taught me”? Are you motivated to change? Have to reached your pain threshold? Can you overcome your ego? What habits have to be stopped or modified, and which new habits have to be instituted in your life? Read the books, “The War or Art” and “The Slight Edge” – they will help a lot.
The best system I have ever found to dramatically change your business to high profit, low risk, and little time, is Joint Ventures.
Robin J. Elliott
www.JVWisdom.com
