‘Successful people formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.’
We’ve all heard this in different forms but I was struck by its simplicity – in understanding and application.
Let’s take a simple example with just 2 activities –
1. Reading
2. Exercising
They are not easy to do on an every day basis. We all are busy after all, aren’t we? How can we dig out 30 mins to an hour for reading? And the same holds true for exercising as well, of course.
What amazes me is that the most successful folks around have just made it a habit – exercising 30 mins to an hour every day (typically in the morning) and definitely 30 mins to an hour of reading.
These are simple examples – I, for one, am still struggling with making daily exercise a habit. I did it for a month in June and I could feel the difference getting up @ 530am in the morning and getting to exercise. But since then, the simple truth is that I’ve been making one excuse after another and I’ve been trying to justify (to myself) that exercising 3 times a week is not that bad. It probably isn’t.. but then again, I am missing the point.
A Bill Gates wouldn’t bother with that. He’s simply made a habit of doing this kind of thing..
That’s simply what defines great people – they live by doing. And then by doing more..
Live now, do now. Time to get back to daily exercise!
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Here’s a link to Albert Gray’s full speech – for those who are interested.
A Learning a Day 