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10 Golden Rules to Succeed in Business and Life

April 4, 2013 By GuestAuthor 3 Comments

I’m publishing this post by freelance writer Aidan Hijleh because even though you could focus only on making money and growing your business, living a more balanced life is likely to make you happier and healthier. Even avowed workaholics can learn something from this post.

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It’s amazing how often the things that make you do well in life coincide with what makes a business thrive. Here are 10 golden rules for getting the success you deserve in both business and in life in general.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Do What You Love
  • 2. Use Empathy
  • 3. Maintain Balance
  • 4. Use Technology Without It Using You
  • 5. Keep Your Dreams in Front You
  • 6. Stay Fresh
  • 7. Be Financially Aware
  • 8. Learn to Sell
  • 9. Find Support Groups
  • 10. Start Today
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1. Do What You Love

Life is too short to waste it on something you don’t have a genuine passion for. Whether it’s sports or art, we tend to perform much better when we engage in activities we love. Succeeding in business is all about having the passion and drive to get it done, so when you think about it, devoting yourself to what you love in both the professional and general life arenas just makes good sense.

2. Use Empathy

Success is often achieved by getting on the same level as the people you’re communicating with. This is true in both the business environment and personal settings. Imagine how they see the world, and you’ll unlock the answers to making that intimate connection.

3. Maintain Balance

Keeping a balance between all the aspects of both your life and your business is crucial. It applies between the two as well. If you don’t take time out to enjoy life, your business will likely suffer because you’re miserable all the time and unable to perform at your best. At the same time, it is vital to find that careful balance within both individual categories.

For example, if you pour yourself into promoting your business, yet fail to give proper attention to the development of the products you’re touting, then that imbalance is going to churn out poor results. The same can also be true for someone who spends too much time on one hobby that they become obsessed to the detriment of their relationships.

4. Use Technology Without It Using You

Businesses that don’t make use of social media and other emerging marketing tools will lag behind their competitors. By the same token, technology can be a great way to stay in touch with loved ones, and just make life more pleasant all around. However, you should never let yourself become too reliant on any one technological tool. A little self-sufficiency goes a long way on both fronts.

5. Keep Your Dreams in Front You

In life as well as business, it’s relatively easy to get bogged down with the day to day grind of keeping the machine going — The company. The household. The relationship. That’s why it is imperative to take time out every once in a while to gauge where you’re at in the now, and visualize where you want to be in the future.

10 minutes a day could be all it takes to help you refresh and refocus. Besides, depression can cause serious issues in both life and business. Once you lose your energy and motivation, reaching your goals becomes an almost insurmountable challenge.

6. Stay Fresh

It’s important to not let anything you do get stale, if only for the purpose of motivation. If you get sick of it, then other people probably will as well. This is especially true in business where originality and innovation often lead to a competitive edge.

7. Be Financially Aware

You never want to pass off the financial assets of your company, or household to someone else. However, you also don’t want to gloss over them. Taking an up close and personal look at your business or personal finances can be a scary ordeal, but it’s absolutely critical to be successful at anything. Bad finances can sink you no matter what side of the fence you stand on.

8. Learn to Sell

Many people hate to think of anything as “selling,” but this is often what you are doing even in personal endeavors. The first date you have is often a way of selling yourself, for example. And any time you do any kind of business activity you are engaged in a form of selling, even if it’s not explicit. Those who develop this skill will be positioned to garner the most success.

9. Find Support Groups

No matter what problems you encounter in business or in life, you’ll find a local support group for it. Places like Meetup.com will help you discover such groups. Believe it or not, but these communities can be instrumental in claiming that success.

10. Start Today

Time doesn’t slow down for anyone, and your good ideas are at their best right now while they are fresh in your head. This applies just as much for a new job or a new marketing campaign as it does for calling an old friend or going to a concert that’s in town. It’s easy to find reasons why we can’t do something right now, often because we’re afraid to fail. But seizing the moment is the key to getting what we want.


Aidan Hijleh is a freelance copywriter and serves as the Non-Profit Partnership Liaison for Benchmark Email. Aidan advocates free email marketing services to assist with the flourishing of grassroots organizations.

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  1. Jaret says

    June 11, 2016 at 6:57 am

    Balance and moderation are very important in everything we do in life, including the use of internet and smartphone

    Focusing on one thing at a time will help us become more efficient. It will activate our purposes and promote our intentions. If we waste our time we lose it forever. Time is something we can never get back again, and time is more valuable than money. We know we can stop our lives spinning out of control if we focus on being faithful with our time. Highly successful people are very good with their time.

    So we choose to cultivate a positive mental attitude to regain our enthusiasm for life. We make a decision here and now to determine how our life will be, this hour, this day, this year, this century, and live the true richness of making it happen all the while filling our mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health and hope and creating happiness for others.

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  2. Pique Dan says

    April 29, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    An amazing list.Learn to sell yourself is crucial.I was a shy guy , that helped me because I was inside my house practicing my stuff, reading and exercising but I didn’t know how to sell.It was scary at first but over time we get used to selling specially if you know what you are selling is good for the buyer.
    Pique Dan would love you to read ..The power of positive thinkingMy Profile

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    • Gail Gardner says

      April 29, 2015 at 3:55 pm

      Hi Pique,

      Selling isn’t comfortable for many people. It really helps if they are sincerely passionate about what they’re doing.
      Gail Gardner would love you to read ..Crowdsourcing Graphic Design Process: Tips for Best ResultsMy Profile

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