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What separates the winners from the losers – in business, sports, and life? It’s not their accomplishments, which are just symptoms, after all. It’s the way they think.

In a fun, breezy article on Inc.com called “9 Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People,” business writer Jeff Haden traces some of the attitudes that distinguish real achievers from the average 9-to-5ers. In doing so, he provides lots of ideas for how you can reset your own thought patterns and assumptions, to help you achieve more success in your own life.

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Here are five of his most remarkable insights: • Successful people redefine time and tasks. As Haden notes, most people who are given two weeks to complete a task will instinctively manage their effort so it takes two weeks. Achievers, on the other hand, prioritize their effort so that tasks take only as long as they need to take.

“Do everything as quickly and effectively as you can,” says Haden. “Then use your ‘free’ time to get other things done just as quickly and effectively.”