Many top managers and CEOs know that in order to succeed as an entrepreneur, they have to think and see things from a different angle than others. Unorthodox rituals are enablers of such an approach to work and life. The addicted2success.com website brings some insight into the rituals of successful people. There are some very interesting tips that might become a part of your daily routine.
Health and performance rituals
Regular meditation, yoga and breathing classes as well as healthy snacks and short naps is what keeps the top managers of Huffington Post Media Group going. At Amazon.com, the CEO distributes a 6-page memo at the start of the meeting and then they read it, sitting in the room quietly.
Warren Buffet advices us to read, then sit and think. He claims it is necessary to spend a lot of time reading and thinking almost every day, because only then you will be able to make fewer impulse decisions than most of your competitors. You need to acquire a sound intellectual framework for making decisions – and you need to be able to keep emotions in check, so that they do not dictate your framework.
The CEO of Nike company tries to achieve balance in an unusual way – in his notebook there is always one page saved for sketches, while the opposite page is available for business brainstorming. He is eager to keep both sides of his brain in balance, and he is able to achieve that using this technique. You need overall equilibrium to be successful.
Creativity rituals
Sometimes you come up with your best ideas when you are on the move – be it just taking a walk or traveling. So get away from your desk, and foster your creative abilities. Think of fundamental principles instead of just relating new ideas to things that already exist. It is not easy, because we are used to reasoning by analogy, but try it and you will see.
Grab everyone's attention – like the CEO of Ryanair, who dressed up as the Pope when they were opening a new route to Rome. He says he would do anything, with the exception of committing a crime, if it generates publicity for him and his company.
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