3 Most Important Things Successful People Do Differently

Ivan Dimitrijevic
4 min readNov 9, 2015

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Everybody wants to succeed, however most people don’t do what is necessary to achieve amazing results like all successful people do. If you are determined to succeed in life, the first thing you must change is how you think. Changing the way you perform certain things can have a great effect on your life. As soon as you change your ways, you will start to notice different results in your life. The things we do each and every day are the ones that get us to where we want to be. Meaning that, if you do everything as you have ever done before, without any change, you won’t be able to get where you want to be. As human beings, we are shaped by our everyday habits. The things we do constantly determine who we are as people. Bill Gates didn’t become successful overnight and Microsoft didn’t just fall out of the sky.

Dreaming about success

One of the most common reasons why people don’t succeed is that they talk about success all the time but they don’t even know what they want to achieve in their life. A majority of people who are not satisfied with how they are doing in life are in this situation simply because they don’t have a clue as to how they want to live. Their dreams are unclear and they have doubts about themselves. Never allow yourself to get into this kind of situation. Find out what you want to accomplish and live your life with purpose.

It is not important if you don’t have skills or talent at this moment. The important things is to find out who you are and who you want to be while striving towards your goal. You cannot begin to plan your life journey if you don’t know what journey you want to take.

Learning from mistakes

The only way you will be able to achieve success is if you keep working and improving your actions and strategies in life. If you do the same thing constantly, you will never make any different results. You started a business but your tactics have failed, so what will you do? Fall into desperation and give up? If you want to have a successful mind set, then the answer is no. Many people make a huge mistake in thinking that successful people are flawless and that they make no errors along the way. Successful people change their strategies, work on improving their actions and learn from their previous mistakes — they always try to make the most out of the worst. This mind set empowers them to go to “the next round” and perform better in the future. The ones that succeed are those who turn their fails into success.

Extreme determination and commitment

Do you have enough commitment towards achieving your life goals? Are you willing to make certain sacrifices in life and get out of your comfort zone? Or will you just sit tight, watch your favourite movies and play computer games? The choice is yours and your faith is in your hands. The road to success is very hard and sacrificing your leisure while doing things that you don’t like is required. Sitting in the comfort of your home and playing games is easy and this is why most ambitious people will not waste time doing this. You will have to commit most of your time to your goals and dreams in order to make them reality. Dreaming about success will not make your dreams come true, you will have to act in order to make them happen. This is how the big guys do it, they will never neglect or ignore their dreams until they get the wanted results.

The road to success is very difficult, you will make mistakes along the way and fail many times. This is all normal, and when you achieve something good, you will have a great feeling of self-satisfaction. It is exactly this feeling that will renew your energy and give you the necessary confidence to move forward. Start small, work your way up slowly and try to take chances. These are three most important things successful people do differently.

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Ivan Dimitrijevic
Ivan Dimitrijevic

Written by Ivan Dimitrijevic

I help B2B companies in creating high-quality content that drives traffic, engagement, and conversions.

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