7 Ways Successful People Approach Life (For Weird People)

Everyone wants to be successful to some degree. Even lazy people whose day consist of watching television and eating Doritos wants to be successful in one way or another. But everyone’s idea of success is different. One’s person idea of success could be buying a mansion as another is buying a fancy Sandwich. Overall, the most widespread concept of success is having a nice house, car, and the perfect spouse who fulfills their every need. (That Includes flying them to work on their back.)

But everyone doesn’t have the same idea of success because some people want to become rock stars, others want to become great entrepreneurs, and some want to paint pictures for a living. There’s a variety of roads that lead to success. All it takes is discovering what motivates you to get your motors rotating.

Rather than giving you the basic routines that successful people follow (such as being positive, thinking long term, self-control, and accepting responsibilities), I’d rather go over the strange habits other successful people picked up over the years. After all, the ingredients to success is a little different for everyone. Now, to start this weird list for success, the 7 ways successful people approach life are:

1. Role Playing

Pretend to be the person you want to be to jump into their mindset. If it helps, give yourself a fake accent to make it more believable. Start dressing as the person you want to be whether it’s a business suit or leather jacket. Whatever makes you comfortable, temporarily choose a new identity and embody their image into your mind.

This gives you a false reality of thoughts that makes you more confident in your abilities and decisions. When we’re children, a characteristic we performed was pretending to be a superhero to boost our confidence. Playing in a world we created gives you more control and as a result, more power within yourself.

Give yourself a new identity isn’t a habit you should keep for long periods of time because it will give you a split personality disorder. But when you need an extra boost of confidence, put on a mask you’re comfortable with and become that person.

2. Pretend to be a lawyer (Even if you are one)

This should be easy. People argue with themselves nearly every day about nearly anything. The other day I got into an argument with myself about whether I should buy a California burrito or eat something healthy. It’s overly complex to truly understand why we settle for fighting even over the smallest things. (Basically research says that our brains tell us to snap back at someone due to surviving mechanisms and to avoid being a “doormat”).

But what gives a successful person an advantage in this area is their ability to use it efficiently. Rather than being manipulated by their anger and blinding themselves to their own wrath, they remain conscious of their behavior. They use arguing as a mean of understanding someone better and discovering the way their mind operates. This means listening to what the other person has to say and acknowledging their point of view. Once they finish talking, if you have a conflicting view, tell them and ensure they get the message.

Arguments are a part of life and successful people are aware they won’t get past any healthy relationship without an argument occurring at some point. Don’t stuff your anger or beliefs to simply avoid conflicts because this slowly ruins the relationship.

A way lawyers remain calm in Court is actively listening to what’s being said through their logic senses rather their emotions. This keeps them from acting out and saying something they’ll regret later. And that’s what you have to do. Pick up a few lawyer behaviors (excluding lying of course) when dealing with people with opposing views and opinions.

A personal recommendation is a short reading about Understanding Psychology and Legal Tactics. This reveals the way lawyers go about the Courtroom and how to handle those who try to intimidate you. What keeps a healthy argument from turning into a nasty one is controlling your anger such as how a lawyer would do in Court.

3. Embrace the Art of Quitting

Are you raising your eyebrow at this one and preparing to write a nasty comment? It goes without saying that you aren’t going to enjoy everything you do or try out. Instead of allowing yourself to be sucked into a pointless activity, start separating yourself from it.

Maybe you have people in your life who’s too toxic to be around. Give yourself the pleasure of departing from them and finding someone new to spend your time with. Maybe you’re in a committed relationship you hate and want a way out of it. If you’re in a situation you’re not comfortable in, quit it and move onto something else. However, never quit anything simply because it became difficult or boring. That’s where our growth comes into play.

If you already have a goal you’re aiming for, you should expect difficulties along the way. It’s how we learn from our mistakes and make that sense of accomplishment even greater. But for anything else you’re not interested in, if it’s possible, remove it from your life. You don’t need to waste countless hours on a hobby you know isn’t going to do you any good.

4. Spend an hour alone with yourself in total silence

This isn’t meant to serve as a relaxation tool. It’s meant to give you a time think to yourself and dwell on those inner thoughts you’ve been consciously ignoring. If you’ve never meditated before, spending time alone for about an hour will trigger new thoughts inside your mind.

Find a secluded location and turn your television and phone off. Solitude relaxes your mind and lets you see where your life is heading. Without worldly distractions clouding your thoughts, you’ll be feel to know what you want. When successful people spend time to themselves, they either meditate or take long walks around the park.

Leaders ask themselves challenging questions and reflect on their life decisions. They look for areas they need to improve on and relationships they need to fix. You may not immediately discover the answers you’re searching for, but it’ll be clearer on what’s bothering you. Ways to spend time to yourself is through exercising, driving long distances, or going to the library.

5. Draw a picture of yourself doing what you want to do

Clarify what you want to do with your life by drawing a picture of it. If your drawing skills are crappy, just draw the goals you have in mind. For example, if you want to write a book, draw a picture of it and hang it up somewhere. Set the picture in a spot you’ll constantly be at. If you want to work out, draw yourself holding some weights and hang it up in your room.

Whatever you want to do, create an image that represents it. What sets this apart from a vision board is that during the time you’re drawing your goals, you’ll be constantly resonating if that’s what you truly want to do. We tend to give ourselves goals we only think about for a minute before settling with the decision. But after spending around 30 minutes drawing your goals, you’ll feel more committed to sticking with them.

It’s easy to get distracted from your goals due to life problems and tasks, eventually drifting us away from them. Drawing a picture of yourself doing what you want to do helps you stay focused because it’ll be a constant reminder of where you want to be.

6. Purposely make yourself uncomfortable

Discomfort triggers your emotions, which allows you to get a better idea of your thoughts. Once those heavy feelings start rolling, shift them to what you want to do in life.

When we start off on anything as novices, we immediately become uncomfortable with it, naturally wanting to run away and do something we’re familiar with. Performing new activities is scary because it challenges our intelligence and comfort levels.

You’ll never be an expert at anything the first time you try it out. To break the habit of continuously running away from anything that interests you, start finding ways to make yourself uncomfortable in a situation. if you have a fear of public speaking, actively push yourself in more situations where you’re forced to speak to three or more people. If you’re afraid of what others will say about your writing, display it somewhere online and wait for trolls to critique it.

Remain consistent with being uncomfortable to build up your mentality for settling in new situations. You’ll start associating those uncomfortable feelings as a new challenge you look forward to.

7. Be Random with yourself

When you allow yourself to be boring and consistent, you tend to lose focus on your goals and what you want to do. You transform into a mindless robot who enjoys doing the same routines everyday. To give birth to new ideas and thoughts to what you want to do with your life, start acting random on any given day.

This includes starting funny conversations, finding the humor in life, and performing acts that the average person wouldn’t do. Basically do what you would normally think about and do it with confidence. Just be smart about it and don’t do anything that’s too foolish.

Being random sets your mind in for an adventure to experiment with new things and see the humor in life. If you’re struggling with a mild case of depression, being random removes a majority of that seriousness from your life. It’s why successful people second language tends to be sarcasm. It’s not their way of being mean, but a coping mechanism to subtract the negative tensions in reality. Nobody wants to deal with stress and other people worries, so they become random to avoid toxic behavior.