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Re:Seven Habits Study Guide by ankitoberoi on Thursday January 09, 2014 @11:59AM (#7031560)
Personally, I think HN is not the perfect place for self-help.

Also, I don't believe that any specific habits can you make you successful.

A lot of people became successful purely by probability.

Re:Seven Habits Study Guide by theorique on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:20PM (#7031712)
Also, I don't believe that any specific habits can you make you successful.

Person "A": spends 105% of his income

Person "B": spends 85% of his income

Which habit do you think will lead to greater success?

Re:Seven Habits Study Guide by ankitoberoi on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:26PM (#7031749)
Spending more than what you earn is not a habit, it's a disorder.

What I'm trying to say is that it does not work like that. If I were to follow all that is said in such book/articles, will I automatically become rich or successful?

Re:Seven Habits Study Guide by theorique on Thursday January 09, 2014 @01:33PM (#7032218)
Spending more than what you earn, as a repeated pattern of behavior, is definitely a habit. Most people would agree that it's a bad one.

If you're waiting for some advice or recipe to make you "automatically" rich or successful, you'll be waiting a long time. Nobody can guarantee that.

We can probably agree that there is a spectrum of habits that range from "good" to "bad". Practicing good habits doesn't create automatic success, just like practicing bad habits doesn't make success impossible, but there are statistical trends.