Habits of High Performing People!

Here are some habits of High Performers.  Are you high performer?

• Tell people what you are doing and be willing accept help
• Ask people what they are doing and if they need any help
• In non-industry jargon way, share your achievements to your friends and family
• Communicate progress to staff and staff leaders regularly
• Learn and discuss failures - learn what you did and didn't do to recover
• Find a personal business / career coach
• Always ensure that your goals and objectives are S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound)
• First focus on the top priorities
• Focus on your performance objectives
• Attend company parties, activities, gatherings, and events
• Tell the truth
• Share solutions when reporting a problem
• Praise people regularly 
• Volunteer to be the spokesperson
• Be sponsor for youth programs, leagues, worthy causes, or professional events when possible
• Prepare for meetings ahead of time
• Learn professional skills and don't stop learning
• Share the positives not the negatives of your personal time
• Take predetermined risks
• Find fun things to do in your personal time and invite others to join you
• Have integrity
• Make decisions and stick to them
• Be loyal to others
• Be honest and upfront with people
• Be nice to everyone (retail workers and administrative assistants)
• Go to networking meetings regularly
• Be a people person
• Be creative and if your ideas are rejected - try again / don't give up
• Respond quickly and be available via email, phone, or in-person
• Always follow up
• Accept and ask for feedback regularly
• Focus on your strengths, know your weaknesses but don't worry about them
• Smile often
• Empower yourself and assume a leadership role until told otherwise
• Stay fit and healthy
• Dress for success but not for conformity
• Help other people and accept help from others
• Be a role model for others and get a few positive role models to look up to
• Read books regularly
• Be different and stand up for what is right
• Have your own thoughts and opinions
• Engage with upper management without fear
• Share knowledge and fruits of success
• Know when to sell and when to tell
• Never Stop Making New Friends and remember their names
• Just do it and get it done
• Arrive early
• Avoid excuses in any form
• Proof read what you write
• Ask questions especially when you are in doubt about something
• Take time to eat so you are not running on empty
• Know your goals 
• Organize your work space regularly
• Don't avoid conflict if it's necessary
• Be real to yourself and others
• Hold people accountable
• Take the blame - don't blame others
• Help make new ideas happen vs. being a barrier for them to happen
• Remember delegation is a form of empowerment
• Be a good listener
• Allow people to make mistakes but hold them accountable for repeating the same mistake continuously
• Protect the producers
• Be committed - use words like: do, will, yes, and no
• Know the deadline and conditions for success
• Don't Procrastinate
• Get to an agreement 
• Remember your time and other's time is precious

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