When it comes to achieving your dreams and goals, it all depends on how you think about yourself and your situation. The world’s most successful people tend to think differently on their way to the top in these 15 defining ways:
1. They think differently about their steps.
The most successful people know that each step to fulfilling their goal or dream is necessary. If they tried to skip over necessary steps, then they know that it will only lead to unnecessary pain.
2. They think differently about opposition.
The most successful people realize limitations create opportunities. They believe opposition leads to opportunity – whether that opposition comes from people or the status quo. They use storms and obstacles to push them into their greatness. They use it as fuel to get to the next level.
3. They think differently about their journey.
The most successful people believe there is no shortcut to becoming successful. They know there is no secret that will put anyone on the fast track to success. The only way to success is through hard work, dedication, and determination.
4. They think differently about their part.
The most successful people grasp that they themselves are only one who can stop them from reaching their full potential. Period.
5. They think differently about their values.
The most successful people align their heart, passion, and values with their dreams.
6. They think differently about time.
The most successful people consider time to be one of their greatest assets. They know that they can never get it back once it’s lost. They know they only have 24 hours to either break their life or to make their life. They are constantly working hard.
7. They think differently about what’s “normal”.
The most successful people see wanting to be “normal” or “like everyone else” as leading to mediocrity. They are willing to accept discomfort, knowing it’s part of the process to their success and to reaching their full potential. They’re willing to take audacious steps out of their comfort zones to become all of what they are capable of being.
8. They think differently about holding on.
The most successful people understand that success is a matter of holding on when others have let go. They see success as not always being defined by knowledge, but instead, by one’s persistence and tenacity. They hold on, despite anything they face.
9. They think differently about “the now”.
The most successful people don’t put off what’s necessary today in hopes of doing it later. They go for it “now,” knowing that later may not come.
10. They think differently about the future.
The most successful people use adversity and their past as inspiration to get to where they want to be in the future. They believe it is all connected. They understand that no one’s journey is easy. They are willing to sacrifice and do what it takes to be successful in the future.
11. They think differently about being focused.
The most successful people know what they want and they go after it with their blinders on. They go full force in making their dreams become their reality. They never allow their circumstances or anything else that happens to them to stop them from being successful and moving forward.
12. They think differently about their actions.
The most successful people don’t waste time on excuses, shoulda’s, coulda’s, or woulda’s. Instead, they put in everything they have into what they do. They work on their gifts and talents, giving it 120%.
13. They think differently about their “why”.
The most successful people know their “why” is what distinguishes them. It is their “why” that drives them to do everything, particularly from their heart.
14. They think differently about necessities.
The most successful people want to succeed as bad as they want to breathe. Failure is not as an option.
15. They think differently about what’s possible.
The most successful people believe that they can accomplish whatever it is that they want to do. But they realize success is a journey. Getting there requires that they realize “the doing” is just as important, if not more important, than the outcome, because it will ultimately shape who they will become and the impact that they make on the world.