Hey hey guys, good morning! This is Val Campbell . Welcome to my Sunday segment.
Thank you so much for joining me, and if you're catching this on the replay, I appreciate that too. I'd love to get some comments and feedback on this, guys, love it!
You know, posting content is fun; it's challenging at times, but uh, there's a lot of good stuff out there. Most of the stuff that I post, I admit, is not—doesn't originate with me. It's not all original, but it's a synthesis of things I've learned as well as sharing some good stuff from other people.
Today, I really want to talk about a post that Evan Carmichael shared on YouTube a couple of years ago: Six Habits of High-Performing People, because I liked how succinct they were, and he took quotes from different people. I think it really kind of bases itself here from a book by Brendan Burchard: High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way. Now, I admit I haven't read this book—it's going on my reading list—but what I'm also amazed about is this stuff.
When you start talking about success, success habits, habits of high-performing people, it's amazing how this stuff kind of runs full circle. And I'm going to share a little bit about that later from something I posted on a Facebook Live earlier this week on Wednesday. But um, join me on just kind of a quick synthesis. I'll pose a question at the end as part of a call to action.
Six Habits of High-Performance People:
Well, number one he takes is from Brendan Burchard: Find the feeling that you're after. Now, this isn't something I think that is intuitive that we hear a lot about from people, but he says, "And whatever you do, always ask yourself: How do I want to feel?" It sets the intentions that you have, and by being certain about your intentions, you gain more clarity.
and number two is Be Persistent—from Jordan Peterson. I'm familiar with him; I haven't read Jordan Peterson, I admit that. And he says something kind of interesting, saying, "The baseline for entrepreneurs is failure." Right? Failure is an integral part of success. We talk about this all the time. I share this; I'm learning this. It's becoming more of a part of what I do every day because being an entrepreneur sometimes, guys, it's lonely. But the baseline for entrepreneurs is failure. And I've asked people, "Are you ready to fail?" They say, "No, I don't want to fail." It's like, you're missing the point. You cannot be successful unless you fail. The more times you fail, the closer you are to achieving success. But the baseline for those of us that are entrepreneurs is failure. Okay? But with persistency, he says, "You get to run many experiments. Eventually, you'll find the right idea at the right time." Okay, so I like that point number two.
Number three, from Tony Robbins, is Always Be Extremely Prepared. And I think of myself as a pretty prepared person—I'm on time, I'm organized—but this is a good point: Be prepared. When you keep putting quality input in your mind, it says you'll have plenty to give. Right? So if you're filled up—a pitcher full of water can pour out—if you just got a little bit at the bottom, there's not much you can give, right? You're not just winging it to see what happens. You're always growing and learning too. Great succinct point there. But you keep putting quality input in your mind. That's why we talk about reading, personal development.
I posted on that today—at least two of the pillars of success are personal development and reading. You've got to grow, and they go hand in hand. You can't grow unless you're reading. If you're reading, you know, leaders are readers, but not all readers are leaders But you got to keep growing.
Second Part. Later