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by Dirk Zeller
Success Habits For Dummies
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Principles and Formulas for Success
Chapter 1: Success Is a Habit
What Is Success?
What Isn’t Success?
The Only Thing That’s Important: What Success Is to You
The Different Categories of Success
Creating the Habit of Success
Establishing a Consistent Process of Success
Staying on Track to Your Success
Chapter 2: Success Leaves Clues
Ask a Successful Person to Be Your Mentor
Approaching Success Like Preparing a Recipe
Chapter 3: Discipline: The Magic Habit
Discipline Is a Reward, Not a Punishment
The Keys to Success
Mastering the Law of Sowing and Reaping
Part 2: Putting Together Your Success Plan
Chapter 4: Tapping into Personal Motivation
The Benefits of Being Motivated
What Motivates Most People
Personalizing Your Drivers
The Three Categories of Motivation
Diving Deeper into Your Behavioral Style
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Dominant
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as an Influencer
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Steady
Understanding and Motivating Yourself as a Compliant
Choosing Other Types of Motivation
Chapter 5: Goals: The Power Source of Achievement
Understanding the Power of Goals: We Become What We Think About
Overcoming the Barriers to Goal Setting
Harnessing the Power of Paper
Establishing Your Fabulous 50
Labeling and Balancing Your Fabulous 50
Creating Your Success Tournament
Increasing the Speed to Achievement
Pinpointing Your Resource Needs
Chapter 6: Dealing with Adversity and Setbacks
You Will Learn More from Your Failures than Success
The Power of Persistence
Protecting Your Attitude
Part 3: Achieving Optimum Health
Chapter 7: Here’s to Your Physical Health
We Only Get One to Live In
Creating Your Health Team
Taking Care of Your Mental Health
Dealing with Health Events
Eat for Success
Let’s Get Physical
Rest Is Required
Chapter 8: Developing the Right Mental Attitude
Determining to Be Positive
Cultivating Your Self-Esteem
Comparison for Encouragement
Developing the Habit of Personal Reward
Chapter 9: Tapping into Your Spiritual Side
We Are All Spiritual Beings
Improving Your Success by Developing Your Spirituality
Growing Spiritually
Part 4: Success Through Relationships
Chapter 10: Developing Valuable Friendships
What We Learned in Kindergarten Still Applies
Creating Friends through Personal Connection
Developing Your Likeability
When Disagreements Arise
Chapter 11: Developing Your Most Important Friendship
Committed Personal Relationships Are Not Automatic
The Value of the Institution of Marriage
Commitment Is the Key Ingredient
Communicating Creates Oneness
Compromise for Harmony
Cling to Commitment
Chapter 12: Having a Successful Family
Being a Successful Parent
Little Habits to Create Big Success
Building Your Child’s Character
Honoring Your Father and Mother
Chapter 13: Building High-Quality Business Relationships
Providing More Service Than You Are Paid For
What Makes a Great Employee
What Makes a Great Employer
Building Customer and Client Relationships
Part 5: Success with Wealth and Money
Chapter 14: Achieving Financial Success
The Search for Financial Freedom
Wealthy People Are Different
The First Step: Define Your Wealth Number
Understanding the Different Types of Wealth
Chapter 15: Becoming Master of the Board
Personal Wealth Is the Board Game of Life
Debt: Your Foe or Friend?
Chapter 16: Crafting Your Wealth Plan
Realizing Your Market Value
Fighting Against Human Nature: Wants Become Needs
Pay the Most Important Person First: You
Guaranteeing Your Retirement Success
Part 6: The Time and Success Connection
Chapter 17: Setting Your Habits for Time Management Success
Getting to Know Yourself
Following a System
Overcoming Time-Management Obstacles
Secondary Defenses: Minimizing Damage When Calls Get Through
Maintaining Your Motivation as You Press Ahead
Making Decisions: Just Do It
Keeping Motivation High
Chapter 18: Time Equals Money
Why Your Hourly Rate Is Important
Calculating Your Hourly Income
Boosting Your Hourly Value through Your Work Efforts
Making Value-Based Time Decisions in Your Personal Life
Chapter 19: Creating the Success Habit of Time-Blocking
Focusing Your Energy with the 80/20 Theory of Everything
Getting Down to Specifics: Daily Prioritization
Blocking Off Your Time and Plugging in Your To-Do Items
Assessing Your Progress and Adjusting Your Plan as Needed
Part 7: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Personal Characteristics to Improve Success
Perseverance
Doing More than You Are Paid For
Lifelong Learning
Gratitude
Positive Attitude
Integrity
Persuasion
Patience
Concentration
Self-Confidence
Chapter 21: Ten Measures and Models of Success
Playing Your Game
Keeping Up with Daily Habits
Staying on Top of Your Physical Health
Serving Others
Maintaining Business Savvy or Entrepreneurial Spirit
Working toward Security
Building Self-Confidence
Looking for Self-Improvement
Staying Mentally Tough
Creating a Legacy
Chapter 22: The Ten Biggest Wealth Success Mistakes
Starting Too Late … or Not Early Enough
Lacking Clarity for Your Future
Not Having a Written Wealth Strategy Plan
Carrying High-Interest-Rate Consumer Debt
Not Using “Good Debt” Wisely
Not Having a Rainy-Day Fund
Poor Estate Planning
Going Alone without a Wealth Team
Being Timid When Opportunity Arrives
Not Remaining Married to Your First Spouse
Index
About the Author
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
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