success

In a blog post back in March, we talked about how “Success May Be Habit-Forming!” and focused mainly on being prepared and positive thinking to move forward.

Earlier this spring the innovation and business magazine Fast Company ran a series of articles titled “Secrets of the Most Productive People”. The articles tapped onto the wisdom of successful icons such as Oprah Winfrey as well as a few lesser known CEOs and inventors.

Habits are just part our lives. The things that we do every day — both for our business and personal needs — provide a framework on which we build our careers, help others and find personal happiness. From our earliest days in school, we are taught that structure is important. We also learn that habits are building blocks of the success we want to have.

Around Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Monthly rehashed a once revolutionary idea. “A New Business Strategy: Treating Employees Well” touched on the subject of productivity in business, a topic this blog explored right before the holiday. But the article wasn’t about simply giving extra pay or benefits to workers.

Long after some of the 20th Century’s most monumental publications on success were released, such as Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) and Thomas Anthony Harris’s I’m OK, You’re OK, many of today’s most popular business books continue to talk about successful people.

One of the greatest things that can happen in business is winning that game-changing deal. No matter what line of business you are in, bagging the big account or scoring an important new customer can make your day or even your month. It is what motivates business owners to do what they do.