11 Habits of Successful Women
Have you ever contemplated what it means to be successful? Does it mean a high paying job? Perhaps owning your own home…? Running your own business…? Maybe successful is having a happy and healthy family?
Or perhaps it is just as simple as being happy when you lay your head on your pillow at night…
Whatever successful means to you, there are certain habits of successful women that help them to achieve their own success.
1 – She Makes Time For Herself
With schedules running rife filled with meetings and kids soccer matches, a successful woman knows her own value and knows that she needs time out to rejuvenate and just focus on herself.
This could be a simple trip to the nail salon or a relaxing bath at home.
Perhaps she might even like to just take a walk alone of a morning, as long as she schedules in some time somewhere for herself.
2 – She Challenges Herself
This can be done in so many ways. She can challenge herself intellectually, physically, mentally…
She can set herself goals then push them a little higher.
The point is that she is always challenging herself to achieve more…
3 – She Educates Herself
And I don’t mean she has to have a University degree.
Knowledge is power and a successful woman is aware that she needs to be educated.
Whether it’s in business or day-to-day life, a successful woman researches, reads and asks questions.
4 – She Understands Mummy Guilt (and general woman guilt), Acknowledges It, And Moves On
Mummy guilt is something we live with every day, we feel guilty if we go to work, we feel guilty if we stay at home, we feel guilty for just about everything.
But we need to acknowledge that we feel this way because we want the best for our children, for our families and for ourselves.
5 – She Knows Healthy Doesn’t Always Mean Going To The Gym
Healthy isn’t only exercise and food intake.
Healthy is a mindset, it is about our whole life. It encompasses everything we do, every day.
A successful woman knows the importance of her health and makes it a priority.
6 – She Is Financially Savvy
It is vitally important to know the ins and outs of your finances, to be on top of your financial situation. Successful women are successful because they can manage the important areas of their lives.
Financial stability is such a massive part of life – and that doesn’t mean that you have to earn a six figure pay check.
A successful woman doesn’t live a champagne life on a beer budget.
7 – She Smiles
This isn’t about how you look, and I am most certainly NOT saying that you need to smile in order to ‘look pretty’ or that you should smile your way to the top. This is about how you feel.
Do you realise how different you feel if you smile? And what about when you smile at someone else?
I challenge you to smile at a complete stranger today. Chances are they will smile back. That means your smile just made someone else smile. That’s pretty darn powerful.
Successful women know the power of a smile and use it. A successful woman knows that we all get further in this world by being nice and smiling, our mothers taught us so.
But, it doesn’t mean she gets walked over or taken advantage of.
8 – She Can Step Away From Her Job And Have a Life Outside Of Her Workplace
A successful woman knows that work isn’t everything, all the time.
Sure, there are times in her life when work needs to come first and that’s okay – but she knows that she can step away and it’s okay.
She can switch work off, step away and enjoy herself.
9 – She Sets Herself Goals And Methods For Keeping Track Of Them
‘A goal without a plan is just a wish.’ A successful woman knows where she wants to be and has a plan on how to get there.
She sets goals for herself and puts into place an action plan to achieve those goals.
She measures her success, re-evaluates and sets more goals.
10 – She Celebrates The Wins, Both Big And Small
A successful woman knows the importance of celebrating the wins.
Some days that may be as simple as ticking off items from the to do list or as big as achieving her major goals – either way, she knows that celebrating the wins helps keep her motivated and driven.
11 – She Helps Others Through Selfless Acts Of Kindness
The old idea of needing to be ruthless in order to succeed is long gone. A successful woman gives back, she gives and expects nothing in return. She smiles at others, she helps others and she is kind.
