# Becoming Successful

1. **Purposeful**\
   \- Dream big, focus on it, and make it your life.\
   \- Claim it daily and be obsessed with it.\
   \- Break it down into smaller and attainable goals so you don't get overwhelmed.<br>
2. **Be happy**\
   \- If you're happy you can do almost everything.\
   \- You're at your most creative state.<br>
3. **Pray**\
   \- Praying will teach you to become positive and grateful\
   \- Everything is a beautiful journey. Stop overthinking!\
   \- Appreciate the small things and stop complaining. More blessings will come.\
   \- "Eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism"<br>
4. **Regret Minimization Framework**\
   \- This came from Jeff Bezos.\
   \- Ask yourself: "At the end of my life, will I regret not having done this?"\
   \- Go out of your comfort zone (relax, peace, and pleasure) to get new opportunities, growth, and success.<br>
5. **Be healthy and presentable**\
   \- Your energy will determine what you can do today.\
   \- People will gravitate towards you if you look presentable.\
   \- Work out and eat healthy daily.<br>
6. **MVP Mindset**\
   \- You have to wake up driven\
   \- Always be the best version of yourself.\
   \- Don't come to a point where you'll say "I wish I have done more"\
   \- Avoid victim mentality. In the US, if the income is not enough, they find another job. However, in the Philippines, people rally.<br>
7. **Become a leader**\
   \- Become a good communicator and storyteller\
   \- Create a team and delegate. \
   \- Trust people 100%. It's up to them to step up and maintain that.\
   \- Be the last to speak. Know them individually, know what drives them, and inspire them to do their best job\
   \- You can learn from both successful and unsuccessful people.\
   \- Read more here: [**Becoming a Leader**](https://learn.btxventures.com/business/becoming-a-leader)<br>
8. **Value Time**\
   \- Budget your time\
   \- Change unprofitable efforts to profitable ones\
   \- Outsource the things that will just stress you eg. cleaning, doing the laundry, cooking, etc.<br>
9. **Be hungry all the time**\
   \- Avoid celebrating longer than the hustle.\
   \- Don't be contented once you hit a few milestones\
   \- There are people who are more hungry than you are\
   \- Hustle first. Comfort later.<br>
10. **Practice decision-making by yourself**\
    \- Make beautiful decisions to make your life beautiful. \
    \- Just like going to the gym to exercise your body, read a lot to exercise your brain.\
    \- Some books are written for about a decade. It will save you 10 years.\
    \- Make your own future.<br>
11. **First mover advantage**\
    \- If someone thinks it might not work coz there's no industry yet, build that industry.<br>
12. **Be pure with your intentions all the time**<br>
13. **Be accountable**\
    \- Show up on agreed schedules\
    \- Submit before the deadline<br>
14. **Get better every single day**\
    \- Small easy steps every day. Progress is progress.\
    \- Measure your progress and analyze what are the efforts that are working on focus on them.\
    \- Be open to adjustments and feedback from other people.\
    \- Imagine what you'll achieve in a decade.<br>
15. **Profitability is king**\
    \- Start by beating your daily expenses\
    \- You'll have peace of mind\
    \- You can buy things that will make you happy\
    \- You can invest in newer things<br>
16. **Scale your venture only when the numbers are growing**\
    \- Expand gradually. Don't be too aggressive.<br>
17. **Find your market**\
    \- Don't push yourself in markets that don't work.<br>
18. [**FAIL (First Attempt in Learning)**](https://ph.benjtupas.com/notes/broken-reference)\
    \- Your first attempt will be the worst.\
    \- At least you know which route to avoid in your next decision-making.<br>
19. **Everything will be alright**\
    \- Overcome problems, failures, and fears.\
    \- Just look back at how many challenges you've faced before and trust yourself.\
    \- Failure will teach you a newer perspective.<br>
20. **Build a strong network of people and mentors**\
    \- It's hard and lonely to do it alone.\
    \- You become your circle of friends.\
    \- Great network will open doors to newer networks and opportunities.\
    \- Even your business should network with other businesses.\
    \- Be friends with your competitors and enemy.<br>
21. **Be humble so people will find you teachable and approachable**\
    \- Never attempt to be the smartest person in the room.\
    \- Be curious and always ask questions coz people smarter than you will most likely love to share their thoughts.<br>
22. **Be kind to everyone**\
    Be nice to people coz you’ll never how one person will grow. <br>
23. **Focus only on things you can control**\
    \- If the government is not doing its job, build your own foundation to support your own advocacies.\
    \- Don't envy the rich, they just take advantage of opportunities.<br>
24. **Don't compare yourself to others**\
    \- Each one of us has different starting points\
    \- Don't worry too much about pleasing others<br>
25. **Start at 4 AM so you can do more**<br>
26. **Be strong**\
    \- Always get the upper hand.\
    \- If someone attacks you, find ways to break him/her down.\
    \- You can be limitless if you want to.<br>
27. **Invest in the newer generations**\
    \- They have the energy and creativity to build newer things.<br>

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