11 Powerful Habits of Successful CEOs
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1. They Ask Questions
Successful CEOs seek to understand by asking more.
They talk less and listen more.
They ask the right questions to find the right answers.
Ultimately, it is the questions we ask that enlighten us, not the answers.
Successful CEOs seek to understand by asking more.
They talk less and listen more.
They ask the right questions to find the right answers.
Ultimately, it is the questions we ask that enlighten us, not the answers.
2. They Make Time for Everyone
Successful CEOs make time for everyone in their family and on their team.
True leaders make everyone feel valued, no matter if you are the Vice President or part of the cleaning crew.
People will never forget how you make them feel.
Successful CEOs make time for everyone in their family and on their team.
True leaders make everyone feel valued, no matter if you are the Vice President or part of the cleaning crew.
People will never forget how you make them feel.
3. They Embrace Feedback
If someone you trust gives you feedback, decide if their feedback is right.
If yes, then change and stop resisting.
Candid feedback is your ticket to true growth.
"If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting" @JeffBezos
If someone you trust gives you feedback, decide if their feedback is right.
If yes, then change and stop resisting.
Candid feedback is your ticket to true growth.
"If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting" @JeffBezos
4. They Read
85% of millionaires read 2+ books per month.
Successful CEOs read books on:
- Business
- Investments
- Autobiographies
- Entrepreneurship
- Personal development
If you want to succeed, you have to read.
85% of millionaires read 2+ books per month.
Successful CEOs read books on:
- Business
- Investments
- Autobiographies
- Entrepreneurship
- Personal development
If you want to succeed, you have to read.
5. They Protect Their Time
Time is the ultimate currency.
Successful CEOs realize time is precious and don't waste their day on useless meetings.
One of Elon Musk's rules is: If you're not adding value to a meeting, leave.
Protect your time and your time will protect you.
Time is the ultimate currency.
Successful CEOs realize time is precious and don't waste their day on useless meetings.
One of Elon Musk's rules is: If you're not adding value to a meeting, leave.
Protect your time and your time will protect you.
6. They Network
Successful CEOs know that if you want to get ahead, you have to network.
Benefits of networking:
- Brainstorming
- Meeting new talent
- Building company reputation
Your network is your net worth.
Successful CEOs know that if you want to get ahead, you have to network.
Benefits of networking:
- Brainstorming
- Meeting new talent
- Building company reputation
Your network is your net worth.
7. They Wake Up Early
Waking up early gives you uninterrupted time to focus, reflect, and work.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wakes up at 4am.
Tim Cook, the Apple CEO, wakes up at 3:45am.
Sir Richard Branson, worth $4.7 Billion, wakes up at 5:00am.
The early bird gets the worm.
Waking up early gives you uninterrupted time to focus, reflect, and work.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wakes up at 4am.
Tim Cook, the Apple CEO, wakes up at 3:45am.
Sir Richard Branson, worth $4.7 Billion, wakes up at 5:00am.
The early bird gets the worm.
8. They Block Time for Themselves
Successful CEOs actively block 30 to 60+ minutes daily to make time for themselves.
CEOs need time to think, reflect, meditate and focus.
CEOs know that to build a better future, they need to control their time.
Successful CEOs actively block 30 to 60+ minutes daily to make time for themselves.
CEOs need time to think, reflect, meditate and focus.
CEOs know that to build a better future, they need to control their time.
9. They Listen to Podcasts
Successful CEOs maximize their time.
On car rides, in the airport, and while exercising, they listen to self-improvement podcasts.
By the end of the year, you could have learned from 40+ audiobooks.
Podcasts give you knowledge.
Knowledge is power.
Successful CEOs maximize their time.
On car rides, in the airport, and while exercising, they listen to self-improvement podcasts.
By the end of the year, you could have learned from 40+ audiobooks.
Podcasts give you knowledge.
Knowledge is power.
10. They are Positive
When you choose to think positively, you will live a positive life.
Successful CEOs start their days with a strong, infectious, positive attitude.
A positive mindset is how you overcome obstacles.
When you change your mindset, you change your life.
When you choose to think positively, you will live a positive life.
Successful CEOs start their days with a strong, infectious, positive attitude.
A positive mindset is how you overcome obstacles.
When you change your mindset, you change your life.
11. They Exercise Daily
Successful CEOs realize that health and wealth go together.
Never take your health for granted, which is why successful CEOs watch their diet and stick to an exercise routine.
A healthy mind lives in a healthy body.
Successful CEOs realize that health and wealth go together.
Never take your health for granted, which is why successful CEOs watch their diet and stick to an exercise routine.
A healthy mind lives in a healthy body.
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