Winning with Habits -- 8 Habits for a Lifetime of Success

Author: Shen Fengxia
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Publish Date: 2006-01-24
Features: The principles of dealing with life directly determine our future, while the way of thinking fundamentally determines our future. The fundamental difference between people lies in their way of thinking. It can be said that the kind of thinking you have will shape the kind of life you lead. If you want to move from failure and setbacks to success, from prejudice and error to correctness, from mediocrity to high efficiency, and further beyond high efficiency to achieve excellence, then you must change your way of thinking. The way of thinking forms thinking habits, and thinking habits ultimately form behavior habits. Habits reflect and constitute character, and character ultimately determines destiny, while habits directly determine destiny. People's intentions, thinking, and behavior (the application of knowledge and skills) are repeated again and again—this is habit. If habits follow objective principles—the laws of nature (principles) and social laws (morality, law, social customs, collectively called morality)—we can achieve success. Otherwise, we will only hit our heads against the wall. The eight habits, grounded in character and centered around objective principles, are the most powerful tools for achieving success.