Ref. SP3 : What Successful People Do

Successful people are people  achieving their aims in life , however there are somethings they do quite different from the ordinary people . Success do not just come to people , they work on their success .All successful people are very industrious, that means they work a lot to achieve their dream of success . The following are some of the things the successful people do to have success ;

 1. They work on their vision

Successful people are dreamers , this means they have visions of future reality , that they are working on . In a real sense , they do somethings on purpose to arrive at their vision . They work on their vision in so many ways , they do things , they study on the vision , they  say things about the vision , they engage people about the vision , they spend on the vision , they pray about the vision , campaign about the vision and do all it takes to make the vision a reality .

2. They work on themselves 

Successful people also work on themselves , this means they improve on themselves , in order to be able to do what it takes to be successful . Working on themselves includes studying courses , learning a handicraft , undergoing training , doing frequent practices, doing exercises , praying , waiting on God , studying the word of God . etc. 

3.  They work on their assets 

Successful people work on their assets , this means they take care of things or people that are being used as assets . What they use to make revenue is their assets , these include , machines , people , money , vehicles, buildings , lands , tools , shops , goods , devices etc  

Working on your assets involves spending money , to improve on it , to maintain it or to get more assets . This is necessary for more production to take place without breakdown . 

4. They work on goals 

Successful people always set new goals , that they will like to achieve , within a given period of time . Achievement of new goals in addition to the past achievement is what produces a renewed success . They are doing things to be able to reach the goals they have set .  In essence they don't just work they work hard to reach their goal within a time frame . Thus , they do not relax , retire, rest or pause until they reach their goal . 

For instance , a production factory can set a goal of producing 1000 bottles of coke daily , this means they do not close work until they reach that goal, , thus they work on their goals per day . 

5. They always have new visions

Successful people don't retire when it comes to visions or dreams , they always have new visions in their pursuit , so after achieving a vision , they develop a new vision and work on it . They are never free from work , because they are not vision-less , they can go on break ,go on leave ,  or pause for holidays  . But as soon as they resume , they come back to work on their vision . 

6. They work on new projects 

With new vision in view , the success minded person will work on new project for the purpose of achieving new vision . This means they are always working on new buildings , inventions, device, fashion ,software , branch , machine etc. 

This makes their success progressive , in that they do not relax , because they have able to complete one project , they work on a new one so as to achieve continuous success .

7. They spend less on themselves

Successful people do not delight in spending much on extravagant lifestyle , rather they spend more on their business and assets . They spend less on themselves , they do not buy too much expensive clothing or cars for their personal use , unless it is absolutely necessary . 

8. They invest more of their revenue , 

The success minded people are always looking for business ventures to invest their money . They do not spend all their revenue, rather they take delight in investing it into gainful businesses , that will yield profit for them in the near future .

9. They are always looking for  new opportunities

The successful people are always looking and searching for new ways of making more progress, money , or success in their area of pursuit . They do more research looking for  new areas of business opportunities ,where they will explore their success vision . 

10. They do more than one  work / business /branch/product

Successful people do not do only one job or business , they engage in different businesses, jobs , shops , branches, companies, products , fashions , brands , etc . They do so in order to circumvent bankruptcy , economical meltdown , liquidation  ,stagnation,  retrogression ,and business collapse . They do more businesses in order to produce multiple stream of income , this means their money comes from different sources all the time .

11. They work hard 

All successful people are workaholics , they work from dawn to dust in order to arrive at their success adventure . They do not  entertainment laziness ,laxity, procrastination and the like . They work hard  at their full capacity to accomplish their vision .This is scriptural principle , the bible says '' In all labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. '' Proverbs 14:23

12. They sleep less

Most successful people do not sleep much , they sleep less than the ordinary person , they engage in more hours of working than sleep . This is because they have a burden of  success, and as such their sleep is taking from them  .Most at times they work on their visions, dreams , business ventures using some of their sleep hours . 

They take delight in working overtime , just to reach their goals of the day , week , month , or year .Truly this confirms the word of God ,that says  ''Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.'' Proverbs 20:13 

13 . They pray more 

Most successful people pray a lot , the work is not enough without prayer , they achieve a lot through prayer and the word of God . Successful people also have their testimonies of labouring in vain without the help of God , so they also engage in prayer or get some pastors who support them in prayers .    

14. They give out donations /offerings / tithes 

Successful people are givers , they give more than they take from people, so they don't work just to feed themselves . Most successful people are bread winners for their families, friends, loved ones, ,orphans , communities ,nations, churches, pastors etc . Most successful people brand themselves as philanthropist , who give out to the needy in society , usually they set up a foundation alongside their businesses , just to help the poor and underprivileged .

 They take pleasure in giving out offerings , tithes , donations, alms , gifts ,  etc . They see giving as a way of invoking more success, this is surely true according to the word of God , 

‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’' Acts 20 35

''Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.'' Luke 6:38

15. They always Learn new things 

Successful people see themselves as learners, they see education as a way to success , so they  never get tired of learning new ways of doing business ,or new products that they can produce . They keep doing new courses or pursuing degrees , that can take them to the next level .

16. They pay their employees promptly

Successful people know that one of their assets in making more money , having more success is their workers ,or employees , so they take delight in paying them well and on time . They even give the most hard workers rewards , gifts , incentives, allowances, promotion, working benefits etc . just to keep them in their companies . In essence they hire and pay people to earn more money for them , in the business ventures . 

17. They are frugal 

 Most successful people are very frugal in their expenditure , they are spend thrifty  . They do not waste their resources , they do not buy what will be in excess , they do cook more food than they can eat , neither do they delight in throwing away leftover food . They do not hoard up things that they do not need , they are skilled in using the surplus to make do with something .

Frugality is a principle of gathering the crumbs , the leftover , the pieces , the fragments and making use of them . Like Jesus loaves of bread ,'' And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. '' Matthew 14:20 

18. They take responsibility for their success adventure 

Successful people are responsible for their own success , they take responsibility for their pursuit of success . They will not steal, lie, fraud , kill and take over what does not belong to them , in order  to be successful ,rather they take responsibility over what they want to do and make sure that they do it somethings towards success .

They do what they have to do , say what they have to say , go where they need to go ,learn what they need to know , get what they need to get , buy what they need to buy , pay what they have to pay for, acquire what they need to acquire , and discharge their duties wholly .   This is what is termed as taking responsibility for success . 

19. They take charge of the situation 

Successful people take charge of their situation , they work on issues they are suppose to work on . Do things they are expected to do , they take the lead in a  group where no one is willing to  , they react to any situation  without shifting the blame on anyone else . 

They take the front line  in battle fields , when other people are stepping down out of fear  , they step forward and take over . 

20. They are always pursuing their success vision .

Successful people are always doing things in such a way as to achieve their success , whatever they do , wherever  they go , whoever they associate with , whatever they learn , whatever they watch is all targeted at their success aim . 

21. They don't give up when they fail 

Successful people can also fail, be disappointed , rejected , disapproved, dismissed, dishonoured , fall ,etc. But they don't give up in life when that happens , rather , they mount up with wings and start again . The number of times they fail does not discourage them in any, what matters to them is the number of times they rise up .     The scriptures affirm , '' for the righteous falls seven times and rises again...''  Proverbs 24:16   ''

22. They take risk 

Successful people do not fear taking business risk , the fear of loosing can stop you from making business ventures . After all in business there are two things ; gain or loss , you gain sometimes very big , but at times you loose . So during the times of losses your gain should supplement for the loss .

In that sense successful people do not mind taking risk in life as a whole , they are fearless when pursuing success . They are so preoccupied with success to the extend that they do not have time to entertain  fear or dread . They dare to venture into any business that the ordinary person will entertain fear and would not dare to do it .    

23. They do investments

Successful people do a lot of investment in the name of success  , They invest time , money ,raw material, fuel , skill,  energy, people , salaries, equipment etc, and all it takes to succeed in their success life . Without investment , there is nothing to gain. Investment is the seed of success . Success is the fruits of investments , all successful people do sow the seed of success , which is investment .

24. They solve problems 

All successful people are problem solvers , that is how they make their money . They render services to solve people's problems and they are paid for that . Or they produce products for consumers who who have a problem of what to consume , so they end up solving the problems and then  they { the successful people } get paid . If you want to be successful , look for a solution to the many problems of the people . Consider the  needs of the people and try to meet that need for a fee or price and then you will become successful .

25. They Do The Best 

Successful people deliver their best , so that they can be successful in life , they produce the best product , they render a a good service to their clients . Successful people work on delivering the best whether the pay is good or not , so that they can get more customers, clients , or consumers to purchase their products or use their services . 

If you are good or your product is good is not enough , until it becomes the best or one of the best in town , that is what brings success . When no one can outdo you in production or services , you are always needed. You should know that being the best or doing the best is necessary because , we live in a world of competition in the market  .

26. They meditate a lot 

Successful people do a lot of meditation , this helps them to have fresh ideas , plans , and thoughts in order to arrive at a decision making that will produce success . Every successful person knows how to go into deep meditation ; sit down quietly alone while you use your mind to ponder , calculate , and make decisions .

27 . Successful People Do not Work Alone 

All successful people have discovered that  they cannot succeed all alone by themselves , so they are  engaged in  team works , partnership ,or hire labourers into the work . This brings completion to any business endeavour .Working alone produces minimal results , while working with a team ,partnership , or labourers,  produces  maximum success .