• Examine Long Term Goals – If you do not know where you are going, you will never arrive. Think strategically daily – Where do I want to be in 12 months – 5 years?
• Examine Daily Plans – The tasks that I am doing either contributes to long term goals or satisfies short-term curiosity. Work at what you want to be doing! Nobody is 100% productive. Do not work yourself to the point of not being able to chase dreams.
• Ask For Help – Nobody does anything of worth by doing it alone. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness – actually it is a sign of respect.
• Engage In Mentorship – Engage with a mentor regularly and mentor others regularly. We cannot grow past our own thinking. We need to gulp daily in order to refresh others.
• Give Yourself A Break – You are human and success is not an overnight sensation. Go easy on yourself when mistakes are made. Look for the general rising slope in life and not the downhill slide to failure.
• Write Down What Happened – Life is a journey so keep a journal. This does not need to be polished; it just needs to be your thoughts and musings and how it felt.
• Build Your Confidence – We all will have a crisis of confidence and we all have to learn to overcome our fears. Engage a mentor for the present and remember what you have already overcome in the past.
• Give Thanks & Compliments – Just as you have a crisis of confidence so do others, compliment people regularly. This daily habit can have a ten-fold return in your life.
• Focus On Others – We are leaving a legacy. We will either be remembered positively or negatively. So remember that all interactions may be your last with that person. Make a lasting impression!
• Get Physical – Exercise is not a curse word! 20-30 minutes of something is better than 24 hours of nothing.
• Quit Something – For everything that you are getting ready to add to your life, purpose to get rid of one thing. Do not keep piling on more work!
• Delegate Effectively – This is scary but it is based upon trust in others. We are not the end of all things in our world.
• Laugh At Yourself Often – Keep humor in your life daily. This will keep you from taking yourself too serious and from believing your own press reports. Become a master at laughing at yourself and making others laugh.
• Sleep – 7-8 hours nightly is needed to keep from destroying productivity and brain cells.
• Continue Life Learning – This is the key to success in life. When was the last time you learned something for the first time?
• Cultivate Outside Interests – Broaden your perspectives by learning something in another discipline of life. Get outside of your own knowing to see a larger swath of life.
• Share Something Profound – Your communication should indicate that you are still learning and growing. Age does not have anything to do with it.

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Adapted from a blog post by Bill Murphy March 24, 2014