Non-negotiables are essential habits for success.

Are you using them effectively…

Or are you by ravaged by transient emotions?

If it’s the latter, it may be time to draw a line in the sand.

Do you have successful habits and routines or are you winging each day as it comes?

If you have a vision for your life, it’s tempting to sit back and imagine yourself fulfilling that personal prophecy…

Without doing the hard work required to make it a reality.

This is where getting strict with yourself and implementing repeatable behaviours is essential to make progress.

In this article, we’ll explore what’s required.

What if I told you there was a way to jack into the Matrix and download the skills of successful people?

Ok…I’ll be honest, we’re not there yet.

But acting as if can still help.

Although it does require a good dose of hard work and imagination, it can fast track your progress…

Let’s see how it works.

Do you have a grand life plan or an as yet unfulfilled goal?

Do you roll around in your pants on the sofa imagining how great life could be, but doing nothing about it?

If you’re not where you want to be in life, put the nacho down amigo, as this article’s for you.

“Life is suffering”, as the Buddha said.

Waking up on a cold, dark winter morning and slogging your way to work, you might sympathise.

So, why persevere in the face of such hardship? Even when it can all seem a bit well…pointless…

Good question.

Do you want to improve your leadership skills?

To influence and persuade your peer group?

Perhaps you want to claw your way up the oily professional totem pole of career or simply become a slick social operator.

If so, becoming an effective leader is imperative.

But how do you master this dark art?

Have you ever persisted with something that wasn’t in your best interests?

Either a job you disliked, a destructive habit or unfulfilling relationship?

It’s not that we don’t know what to do, rather we just can’t bring ourselves to do it.

Why is that? I mean, if we can diagnose the problem, it should be an easy fix.

Do you observe your fellow commuters with morbid curiosity…

As you look around the train, do you see human cadavers swaying back and forth, illuminated by their blue, backlit screens?

If so, you too have witnessed the subtle shift in societal behaviour; one that’s revolutionising the way we live.