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Eight unusual habits of the super successful few talk about

Alex Mathers
3 min readJul 16, 2024

Here are some less-talked-about traits about successful people, which have informed my own successes:

They spend less time ruminating on setbacks.

Most people make their lives far harder than it needs to be by spending considerable chunks of time in their thoughts.

This won’t bring the intended benefits. In fact, we make ourselves feel considerably worse through worry.

This destroys our focus and the performance needed for taking action and making an impact.

Train yourself to recover from setbacks by getting back into motion quickly.

Consume what few consume.

If you’re reading what 95% of your colleagues or peers are reading, you’re doing the opposite of differentiation.

This applies to experiences too.

Being and thinking more like anyone else makes it harder to compete and stand out.

Read and consume what most others are not. Success isn’t about fitting in.

You want to do everything you can to bring value in a way no one else can match.

Developed sexual restraint.

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

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