Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

Decide to Become Rich
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Sow a thought and you reap an action;
Sow an action and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit and you reap a character;
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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A KEY SUCCESS HABIT
One of the habits of success is that of 
early rising
. Successful people
get up a little bit earlier, read and prepare, plan and organize their
day on paper in advance, and get going before the average person
has even started. Thomas Jefferson said, “The sun has never caught
me in my bed.”
A woman in one of my seminars some years ago told me that
she discovered the magic of early rising. She had found that by go-
ing to bed early she could get up at four o’clock in the morning. She
could then do the equivalent of a full day’s work by seven or eight
o’clock, before the average person even got started. In no time at
all, she was producing and earning double the amount of her co-
workers. She was continually promoted and paid more money be-
cause she was getting far more done than anyone else.
Successful people make a habit of getting up early, usually by
6:00 or 6:30 in the morning, sometimes earlier, and then getting
going immediately. This gives them a great jump on the day.
The average person, on the other hand, takes a full hour to get
up and get going in the morning. Then they drag themselves off to
work, thinking about lunchtime, and what they are going to do in
the evening.
When
your
alarm clock goes off, get up immediately and get go-
ing right away. Start moving. Develop the habit of rising early and
starting right to work on your most important task. This habit can
do as much to assure your success as any other habit you develop.
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