Rules of Living #1: Participate 100%

If you truly want to be successful in life, put in 100% in everything you do. When you set out to accomplish something, make sure you constantly reflect on what else needs to be done so that you can improve in your participation. In the area of building great relationships, did you participate fully in discussions? No, I don’t mean be intrusive, but really pay attention to the people who matter to you most? Or did you ignore them? When you are at the workplace, do you put in your best effort to get your work done on time? How about lending a helping hand to your colleagues, no matter how unappreciative they may or may not be? Did you reflect on your current level of participation and decide to improve? If you haven’t you ought to.

Most of my life I’ve been putting in about 60-70% in the things I did and I realized that that got me quite far. The rest of the time I really rested on my laurels. It was not a good thing to do. While I had the ability to do so much more, I really didn’t put in the effort and spend the time building the discipline to do so. As a result, my ability to generate wealth for myself, to have great health, to have great friends… and the fact is I do have a bit of them now, but I can only sit and regret what would have happened if I really did my best to focus on the areas that would matter to me and put in 100% for those things, I wonder how much further in life I would be now!

So, start applying this Rule of Living Life straight away. Simplistic, but effective!