Do you struggle with absolute consistency and discipline? Do you keep on returning to poor habits that consume you and ruin your productivity?

Over the last month I have taken the time to read 2 books that enhanced my ability to produce results at a high level and change my poor mindset to a rich one.

• ‘The 5 AM Club‘ by Robin Sharma
• ‘Mindset: The New Psychology of Success‘ by Carol S. Dweck

These 2 books introduced me to a new approach towards success and total productivity. Whether it has improved my ability to study at university, collaborate effectively with my peers, take on my morning workout, or even help around the house with the chores, these books have managed to teach me the unique ability of staying disciplined and consistent.

After reading both books, and analyzing them to their fullest, I have compiled 6 habits that taught me how to change my mindset from a rich one to a poor one, and implement them to become my best self:

5 AM Wake Up Call

“Take excellent care of the front end of your day, and the rest of your day will pretty much take care of itself. Own your morning. Elevate your life.”

Robin Sharma, The 5 AM Club

The first habit that I began implementing into my day to day life was a consistent morning routine, waking up at precisely the exact same time every morning. The book ‘The 5 AM Club‘, was keen on waking up exactly at, you guessed it… 5 AM. However, waking up at 5 AM is almost an impossible task, needless to say also impractical for most.

Despite that, the core idea of having a habitual morning routine, and waking up at the exact same time every morning is a habit I encourage everyone to take on. For some, it may be 5 AM, but for those who have an intense workday ahead of them and return home late, waking up at 8 AM every day, without fail, is sufficient enough.

But, no matter the circumstance, implementing this habit requires you to never press the ‘snooze’ button and routinely wake up at the predetermined time every morning. I am not prohibiting you from going out and having fun when desired, but I am requiring you to wake up the next morning at exactly 8:00, and begin attacking your day.

Your morning dictates what you will achieve throughout the rest of the day, and I truly believe that if you stubbornly wake up at the exact same time every morning, you will be one step closer to a successful and rich mindset.

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Manifest Your Goals

“Dream big. Start small. Begin now.”

Robin Sharma, The 5 AM Club

Every morning, when I wake up from my much needed sleep, 3 bullet points stare me right in the face, written on my whiteboard with the biggest, darkest marker I could find:

• Run a Marathon under 4 hours on April 12, 2023
• Earn 6 figures in 2025
• Graduate in the top 95th percentile in my class

Waking up to these 3 goals of mine, are a constant reminder to me of what I need to do to improve on that day. I started establishing this habit due to my irrational obsession to procrastinate and failure to understand what I am working towards.

There are only a few vital aspects you must carry out when manifesting your goals correctly, which you are already familiar with. It is indeed important to write down a time frame in which you must complete the task and specifically describe the task you want to complete. But what I learned from reading those 2 books is something different. I learned that you must viciously, in an almost unhealthy manner, drill your goals and aspirations into your subconscious.

I understood, from both of these books, that only those who are slightly sick and manage to blow by the torment of failure inexorably, will succeed. Thus, the first step towards achieving your dreams must be disciplining yourself to an extent where your dreams are no longer dreams, just your future reality.

“Manifesting” your goals is all about discipline and embedding your desires deep within your subconscious until they become certainties.

Ignore The Haters

“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

As cringe and repetitive as this sounds, I don’t think this can be a better habit to get into. “Ignoring the haters”, or simply not caring about other people’s negative opinion will allow you to stay confident in your journey and not sway away from your goals.

Before I truly began working on myself and trying to become a better person, the idea of people judging me crushed my self belief and motivation. When you have a goal, and you know that it is outrageous and hard to achieve, you must always be ready to hear others hateful opinion.

These two books have allowed me to realise that your mere ability to stay disciplined on a task makes them jealous and angry. Your goal is to ignore these people and find the circle of friends fit for you. The company you surround yourself with can dictate your future. Therefore your job is to identify those who are jealous and hateful and instead find friends who will support and respect your journey.

Never Be The Smartest In The Room

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.”

Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Identifying your toxic friends is only the first step. The habit of continuously building the correct environment for you to flourish in must not end there. You must be able to develop as a person, and it all starts with what “room” you place yourself in.

As flattering and desirable as it sounds, being the smartest in the room will harm your growth as a person. Your growth as a person relies on people taking you under their wing and mentoring you, teaching you everything they have to know. It is almost impossible to succeed completely alone.

Building the habit of constantly analyzing your surroundings is a crucial habit to build. The ability to recognize that you have outgrown your environment will enable you to grow into a “richer” room and learn from those above you. Cultivating a rich mindset is not easy, but once you place yourself in the proper habitat, you grant yourself the capability to become the person you desire and reach your goals.

Take Accountability

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

Benjamin Franklin

A common trait I have experienced people having in university is the constant need to blame others and never take responsibility for their actions or words. When talking to my classmates, or people in general, I regularly hear people say things such as:

• “The professor isn’t able to teach this to me properly. My grade is so bad because of her.”
• “My girlfriend keeps fighting with me over the tiniest things. She is so frustrating”
• “My Boss keeps piling on work for me to do. I am not getting paid nearly enough for this.”

Both of these books I have read, really opened my eyes towards a better way of thinking. Taking accountability (for practically everything) is a habit those with a rich mindset have adopted. The ability to critique yourself and find a way to fix the issue instantly is crucial for your growth. Those with a rich mindset never victimize themselves, because if they did, they would never be able to detect the problem at hand and strive to fix it.

I found that those with the habit of taking accountability would present their problems differently:

• “I find myself unable to understand the professor, I am going to talk to her after class and see what I can do.”
• “I think I might be provoking my girlfriend with what I say. I want to talk to her and figure out how we can solve this issue.”
• “I need to find a way to be more productive, I seem to always be behind at work.”

Developing this habit takes courage and the willingness to adapt a new thought-process when attacking your problems. But by doing so, you are one step closer to building the rich mindset and becoming an effective worker.

Knowledge is Power

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

Confucius

The paradigm that knowledge is power cannot be farther from the truth. When I meet people who are able to quote authors on command, recall information effortlessly, and speak eloquently, I am incredibly impressed and wish to be like them. Both ‘Mindset‘ and ‘The 5 AM Club‘ tend to agree with me as I was constantly reminded of the incredible ability of successful people always being perceived as profoundly knowledgable.

Building several habits intending to develop your intelligence is crucial to constructing a rich mindset. There are various unique ways of doing so: Reading books, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries, attending seminars. The choice it up to you. The essential facet of fully embodying this habit is consistently doing so and diversifying your channels of information.

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You must always be curious. When you read something on the news, you must dive deeper. When you listen to someone speak on a subject, you must dive deeper. You must constantly be on the hunt to learn more and understand the world. Never be fearful to ask a question and never be scared to admit your ignorance.

Robin Sharma persistently advised you to build several different habits that would build the foundations of an educated, knowledgable person who would impress everyone who conversed with him.

I can whole-heartedly say that I believe that if you click off of this article with one key take-away, it is this. Ignorance is NOT bliss. Ask questions and always be curious, because your journey towards intellect has just started and it is crucial for escaping that poor mindset of yours. 

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