7 things Happy Successful People Do Differently

7 things Happy Successful People Do Differently7 things Happy Successful People Do DifferentlyToday, Marc and Angel Czu sichnoff are professional life coaches and run a popular website, Marc and Angel Hack Life, about positive thinking, productivity, and finding happiness and success.Today, their book 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently will be published by Tarcher Perigree. Its chockful of, yes, over a thousand tips and tricks about how to deal with anger, frustration in addition to how to find joy, increase productivity, and generally become the best version of yourself. Its an update of a self-published book they did six or so years ago, with over a third new content, Marc Chernoff told Ladders.All of the tips and advice came from personal experience, he said. We started our blog 12 years ago, out of personal necessity. In their late 20s, they both experienced devastating loss within a few weeks of each other Angel lost her older brother to suicide, and one of their mutual best friends passed away. Then Angel, the breadwinner among them, lost her job, and they were thrown into financial insecurity.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWe had never dealt with grief or overcoming loss, or dealing with true struggle, said Marc. We hadnt really invested in personal development at all because things were going reasonably well. So we ended up starting the blog as an outlet, sort of a personal accountability journal for us. They saw therapists, they read up on self-help gurus, trying to figure out, What were the tools, tips basically, the affirmations it was going to take to get us through this, keep the right thoughts and ideas at the top of our minds so during those hardest moments we could figure out how to push through.Marc stressed that they wanted to cope in healthy ways, rather than through alcohol or binge-watching TV. All the ideas they came up with made it into the blog, which became a hit, and eventually, the book. Today, the Chernoffs have transitioned into life-coaching.The book isnt meant to be read straight through, but piecemeal.I think the its for you to be able to dive in and out of it as needed, Angel told Ladders. You can get whatever youre looking for if you have five, ten minutes to check in and let it give you that boost of inspiration.Below is an excerpt from 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently1. Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.Every day is a new day to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets, and move forward. It is never too late to switch gears and change things that are not working in your life. Using today wisely will always help you create a more positive tomorrow.2. Figure out what you really want.Youll be running on a hamster wheel forever if you never decide where you want to go. Some of us were born to be musicians, or poets, or entrepreneurs. Dont just quit because you didnt get it right on your first shot. And dont waste your life fulfilling someone elses dreams and desires. Follow your intuition and make a decision to never give up on who you are capable of becoming.3. Find gratitude around difficult people.We expect people to treat us kindly, fairly, and respectfully. But the reality is some people wont. They will lose their tempers or act foolishly, regardless of how we treat them. This must be accepted.Dont lower your standards, but do remind yourself that removing your expectations of others especially those who are being difficult is the best way to avoid being disappointed by them.When youre forced to deal with a difficult person, you can be grateful for having other people in your life who are far less difficult. You can be grateful for having a way to practice being better at patience, communication, and tempering your expectations. You can think of this person as a tea cher who is inadvertently helping you to grow stronger as a person. And, at the very least, you can be grateful for them because they serve as a great reminder of how not to be.4. One of the hardest decisions you will ever face in life is choosing to walk away.If you catch yourself in a cycle of trying to change someone, or defending yourself against someone who is trying to change you, walk away. But if you are pursuing a dream, take another step. And dont forget that sometimes this step will involve modifying your dream or planning a new one its OK to change your mind or have more than one dream.5. Break down goals into realistic, high-impact tasksTake your primary goal and divide it into smaller and smaller chunks until you have a list of realistic tasks, each of which can be accomplished in a few hours or less. Then work on the next unfinished, available task that will have the greatest impact at the current time. And each of these smaller goals is supported by even more granul ar sub-goals and daily tasks. It is these small daily tasks that, over time, drive larger achievement.6. Create and observe a to-dont listA to-dont list is a list of things not to do. It might seem amusing, but its an incredibly useful tool for keeping track of unproductive habits, like checking Facebook and Twitter, randomly browsing news websites, and so on. Create one and post it in your workspace where you can see it.7. Start noticing and living in the presentRight now is a miracle. Right now is the only moment guaranteed to you. Right now is life. So stop thinking about how great things will be in the future. Stop dwelling on what did or didnt happen in the past. Learn to be in the here and now and experience life as its happening. Appreciate the world for the beauty that it holds, right now.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from jngste im bunde Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people