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Simply Successful Secrets

7 Mar, 2007  Fun, Personal Development, Self Improvement, Success

For the inside scoop on the original Secret to Success, be sure to check out The Hidden Secret in Think and Grow Rich!

UPDATE: The Simply Successful Secrets project has been a smashing success and you can see the results of the program that is detailed below by clicking on over to the Simply Successful Secrets Roundup! 

Original Project Details:

Being the race of potentially genius-level linkers that we humans are, it was realized a long time ago that one of the best ways to achieve success was to emulate the efforts of other people who are successful. With that in mind, I have decided to start an interactive research project that will benefit all of the bloggers who participate, as well all of the readers of those blogs.

I am calling it "Simply Successful Secrets" and here is how it works:

1) Compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at least 4 or 5 times every week. Anything less than that may be a hobby that helps you out, but we are after the real day in and day out habits that help you to be successful.

2) At the top of the post tell your audience (briefly or at length) what you are doing and put a link and/or a trackback to this post, as I will be compiling a master list of the results after the conversation has run its course.

3) Be sure to also put a link/trackback to the blogger who tagged you for Simply Successful Secrets in order to spread the link love.

4) Share your top success secrets with your own audience, which will in turn likely share those secrets with the audience of the blogger who tagged you.

5) Pick as many bloggers as you want and "tag" them to take part in the fun. You will be helping their exposure by linking to their site from your blog, and they will return the favor by having a link to your site in their initial post - just like the "Why do I blog?" meme that went around awhile ago.

6) Sit back and watch the success secrets and the crossover audiences start rolling it! Once I feel the conversation has run its course, I will tally all of the habits that were listed by the bloggers who participated and put those habits in a master list, categorized by popularity. I will then post that list in a new blog post on my site, along with a master list of links to all of the bloggers who participated.

Very simple, very easy. Everyone wins by learning the success secrets of other people who are successful, and all of the bloggers who participate get cross exposure on this blog as well as the sites of whoever tags them.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are an "A-list" blogger or other well-known person who ends up being tagged, please play along! With about 8,000,000 blog posts (and growing) already out there about the technical/marketing side of blogging and business success, let's bring it all back home and help people to realize that success depends on proper habits, not just industry-specific jargon.

p.s. - For you self improvement and personal development "gurus", here is your chance to put your money where you mouth is. What do YOU do every day???

My Habits

1) I exercise almost every day. I do resistance and/or cardiovascular training at least 5 days p/week. In order to keep it fun, I vary my workouts to include weights, kick-boxing, running, roller-blading, bicycling, brisk walks, etc. I maximize my time by listening to motivational/informative podcasts while I exercise, but also switch to mood-appropriate music for more intense workouts.

2) I "schedule" downtime. I tend towards being a workaholic, so I actually have time planned each day for family and other non work-related activities. I even get extra work done in advance when preparing for extended time away from my computer so I can enjoy my time off stress-free.

3) I read everyday. Some days it is just a health/fitness magazine, but most of the time I spend at least 30 minutes with my nose in an actual book. I just finished reading 'The Attractor Factor' and I am presently reading 'Ask and it is Given'.

4) I listen to and/or watch motivational content. Whether it is a program on TSTN, or if it is a podcast or recorded teleconference, rarely does a day go by when I am not subjected to uplifting/empowering content.

5) I blog! Blogging - as most of you know - is not just writing, but also reading other's blogs and participating in conversations. Writing informative and empowering content for my own blog keeps me "in the zone," and I also stay grounded by reading blogs written by people who have views that I otherwise might not have considered.

6) I get out of bed early. I have found that my brain immediately starts needing my Internet and email fix the moment I wake up, and that takes a certain amount of time, no matter what time I get out of bed. In order to get my fix and still get on with my day at a decent hour, I tend to get up earlier than most people, even when I am away from home.

7) I meditate/nap. They pretty much go together for me because I listen to brain wave altering audio, compliments of Kelly Howell at Brainsync, and I have no issues with allowing my mediations to end in a nap. I schedule 1 hour for that activity which gives me 15-30 minutes of mediation, plus another 30-45 minutes for an afternoon snooze.

8) I shut down my computer and my brain each evening. Even though I almost always end up doing something work-related after dinner, I do take 90-120 minutes every evening and spend it with my family. We have dinner, watch some Netflix, and play with the gang of cats that comes to our back porch for dinner every night. We only fed one, now we have 12. Go figure.

9) I visualize. At a bare minimum I visualize my dreams during meditation and again as I'm falling asleep at night, but I also squeeze in some more visualizations as well as affirmations during the day. Usually while I am waiting for my seriously overworked computer to catch up with me.

10) I become still. Whenever one (of only two) cats that actually live inside our house wants attention, I stop and enjoy their company. When outside, I stand in the sun for a minute just relishing the fact that I am standing in the sun. When I read or see something truly inspirational, I stop what I am doing to enjoy the moment and really soak up what I just learned. In short, I take time to relish the moments of my life.

Okay, that's it for me! I have other habits, but those are the Top 10, and this post is already WAY too long!

I TAG

Since this is the first list of this type (to my knowledge), I am going to pull out all the stops and tag all of my favorite bloggers, and also some well-known folks who I know have blogs, even though they aren't that active in the blogosphere. Here we go, and don't forget to link or trackback to this post so I can tally up the results at the end! Also shoot me an email with any questions.


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162 Comments so far »

  1. Law of Attraction|Breathing Prosperity |Cross the Wealth Gap Today! » Blog Archive » Success Tag: You’re It! said

    am March 8 2007 @ 1:02 pm

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    […] We have been tagged by Aaron at Todayisthatday.com and challenged to participate in his ‘Simply Successful Secrets’ experiment — click here for the specific blog post. […]

  2. Sania Wyatt said

    am March 8 2007 @ 3:10 pm

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    Now that is a really great idea. I’ll get on it as soon as I get home. Cheers to you! :)

  3. aaron said

    am March 8 2007 @ 3:43 pm

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    Sania,

    Great! Looking forward to seeing your success secrets list, and thanks for supporting the effort! :)

  4. Borino said

    am March 8 2007 @ 5:01 pm

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    Great list, Aaron! Amazing that after all these seminars, books and DVDs, I’ve never heard of TSTN. Thanks for the tip.

    BTW, Ask And It Is Given is a great read and it made a profound impact on me. See Jerry and Esther and Abraham in person if you get a chance. Awesome experience.

  5. aaron said

    am March 8 2007 @ 5:14 pm

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    Borino,

    Thanks for the heads up about Jerry and Esther in person. From what I’ve heard and seen, I think I would enjoy checking them out!

    As far as TSTN, they’ve got a great offering and it helps to keep me inside my personal development bubble! :)

  6. Live The Power » Success Tag…. said

    am March 8 2007 @ 8:23 pm

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    […] I have been issued a challenge. I’ve been tagged. Ophelia and Shauna at BreathingProsperity.com are the ones I realized had tagged me. Aaron Potts at Todayisthatday.com started a Simply Successful Secrets experiment. You can read all of the details here. Apparently Aaron had tagged me also but I didn’t know it so Ophelia and Shauna get the credit. […]

  7. Nathaniel Broughton said

    am March 9 2007 @ 11:06 am

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    Sweet bait idea! Very original! Every day, I make sure to save time to eat lunch, bathe, and I try to ’schedule’ time to interact with other humans but it’s tough going with all the time I spend working on my self esteem.

  8. My Habits of Success said

    am March 9 2007 @ 4:27 pm

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    […] This post wa prompted by Aaron Potts group writing project about the habits of success. […]

  9. 5 Of My Simply Successful Secrets » Achieve IT! - Helping you achieve your goals said

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    […] Read what others have to contribute at: Simply Successful Secrets […]

  10. K-L Masina » Simply successful secrets said

    am March 10 2007 @ 1:56 am

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    […] But after posting that blog on ‘Why? What for? What does it matter?’, the next blog I ‘just happened’ to surf to was Aaron Pott’s at Today is that Day. He asks bloggers to: […]

  11. Evolving Times » The Top 10 Secrets To My Success said

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    […] What sets successful people apart from those who just get by? It’s a great question. And Aaron Potts of Today Is That Day, has issued an invitation to a few (alright a gazillion) successful bloggers to share the habits that contribute to their success. I’m game. And I must say, narrowing down the list to just 5-10 things that contribute to my success was no easy task. But I managed to pull it off. […]

  12. IT Strategy Hotline said

    am March 11 2007 @ 7:30 pm

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    Helpful Hobby or Awesome Action?

    I haven’t been tagged but, this is important.

  13. The Secrets of My Success — The Fast Lane said

    am March 12 2007 @ 3:54 pm

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    […] Pam at Make the Most of U wrote a great response (and tagged me in the process) to Aaron Potts’ request for ‘Simply Successful Secrets’, an interactive research project that he’s started (which also included me, I see, but I missed the request somehow). […]

  14. Tagged Again: Simply Successful Secrets at Adam’s Peace said

    am March 13 2007 @ 1:45 pm

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    […] This tag has a couple of rules beyond the “Why Do I Blog” tag… Besides the courtesy link-back, I’m also being asked to link back to the originator of this tag, as it is part of a research project. Aaron of TodayIsThatDay.com is asking people to list five to ten things that they do almost every day, at least four to five times a week, that help you to be successful. Sania tagged me, and after reading her wonderful list, (which I highly recommend to everyone who sees this post) I accepted the tag. […]

  15. Life Optimizer - Live your life to the max said

    am March 13 2007 @ 9:39 pm

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    […] Sania Wyatt tagged me for Simply Successful Secrets project (initiated by Aaron Potts) with the following rule: Compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at least 4 or 5 times every week. Anything less than that may be a hobby that helps you out, but we are after the real day in and day out habits that help you to be successful. […]

  16. Simply Successful Secrets - The Wrong Advices said

    am March 14 2007 @ 12:00 pm

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    […] The lovely Sania Wyatt has tagged me to be part of a project called Simply Successful Secrets, created by Aaron Potts of Today Is That Day. […]

  17. Casual Keystrokes » Success Comes From Successful Habits said

    am March 16 2007 @ 8:00 am

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    […] I am a firm believer in sharing what you know and everyone wins. Aaron Potts of Today is That Day wants everyone to share their secrets of success by participating in a meme called Simply Successful Secrets. […]

  18. Char said

    am March 16 2007 @ 8:13 am

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    I was tagged and have posted my contribution!

    http://casualkeystrokes.com/success-comes-from-successful-habits/

    Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

  19. aaron said

    am March 16 2007 @ 8:37 am

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    Char,

    I just saw your post, but haven’t had a chance to leave you a comment yet. I will drop by your site later today to do so. I have made a point of leaving a thank you comment on the site of every person who has participated in Simply Successful Secrets so far.

    The response has been amazing! Many thanks to you as well as to the many other people who are participating!

    Together we are building an INCREDIBLE list of success secrets that I very much looking forward to sharing once all of the entries have been submitted. :)

  20. Simply Successful Secrets » Bryan-Baker Dot Com said

    am March 16 2007 @ 10:32 am

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    […] Sevn has tagged me to be part of a project called Simply Successful Secrets, created by Aaron Potts of Today Is That Day. […]

  21. Simply Successful Secrets at SmartWealthyRich .com said

    am March 16 2007 @ 5:50 pm

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    […] So visit Simply Successful Secrets on Today Is That Day and read more on there, and you can also participate, the more people that will share their knowledge and their ways of doing things, the better we will all become! […]

  22. WritingThoughts » Blog Archive » Simply Successful Secrets Meme said

    am March 18 2007 @ 7:53 pm

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    […] Simply Successful Secrets!! […]

  23. Freelance Writing for Nonprofits » Blog Archive » 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Fail as a Freelance Writer said

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    […] I’ll elaborate on many of these points in upcoming posts.This is also my reply to the meme sent to me by Laura at Writing Thoughts. Bookmark This Post to: […]

  24. My 10 Daily Success Habits | Alex Shalman . com said

    am March 19 2007 @ 7:10 pm

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    […] [Disclaimer] I’m not one to go around spewing how successful I think I am or how I excel above the norm. [/Disclaimer] Aaron at Today Is That Day, a personal development site that fits very well within my niche has tagged me in an interactive research project . […]

  25. ::The Inspired Market-her's Blog:: said

    am March 19 2007 @ 11:47 pm

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    Tagged–again!

    I knew she’d get me back sooner or later. Chris Owen from Pink Apple Connections has tapped me in a new game of blog tag. (I tagged her a while ago.) This one was started by Aaron Potts (and BTW, finding his blog, which I’d never read before, is an

  26. dio said

    am March 21 2007 @ 3:02 am

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    Your message has reached seven seas accross. Please see it here:

    http://quasifictionalviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/me-dreamcatcher.html

  27. Grow Your Writing Business » Blog Archive » Simply Successful Secrets said

    am March 21 2007 @ 5:42 am

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    […] The idea is that you list things that you do regularly, which point to your success, whether personally, professionallly or both. The originator, Aaron Potts can tell you the full details at his site Today is the Day. […]

  28. Conceive, Believe, Achieve said

    am March 21 2007 @ 3:03 pm

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    Simply Successful Secrets

     
    I have been tagged by Lyman Reed of Creating A Better Life for the meme, Simply Successful Secrets.
    I like this meme because I believe I am who I am, because of my daily habits. More specifically my actions and my thoughts. If these are consistently…

  29. Chris Owen said

    am March 21 2007 @ 5:45 pm

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    Hi Aaron
    This has been a great success and I was delighted to be tagged by Carolyn Manning. Well I wasn’t delighted at first because it seemed daunting but I got over it!
    My link is here http://www.pinkapple.com.au/2007/03/pinkapples_simp.html
    and one of my taggees, Anne Maybus of The Tall Poppy is here:
    http://thetallpoppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/simply-successful-secrets.html

  30. aaron said

    am March 21 2007 @ 8:38 pm

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    Chris,

    Thanks for your own list, as well as the others that you tagged. See, you are being successful already by just helping others!

    After reading through your post, I see that I will need to come by often to see how my fellow professional talker is doing!!

    Thanks again for coming on board, Chris! :)

  31. Gotta Get Goals at SmartWealthyRich .com said

    am March 23 2007 @ 6:52 pm

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    […] Alex Shalman tagged me to be part of a new project named gotta get goals (click the link to get the rules) which is some sort of follow up to the Simply Successful Secrets project started by Aaron Potts from Today Is That Day, where bloggers would write their “secrets” and what they do and the actions they take in order to bring more success into their lives and business (and blogging). And since i love to participate in those kind of projects, share and learn, well i thought i could give this a shot! […]

  32. Scott said

    am March 23 2007 @ 7:16 pm

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    Great stuff - a shame it will take me a month to absorb it all :)

  33. aaron said

    am March 23 2007 @ 7:30 pm

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    Scott,

    That’s the beauty of blogging - the information isn’t going anywhere! :)

    Enjoy it at your own pace, and thanks for stopping by.

  34. I Captured A Blog » Blog Archive » Simply Successful Secrets said

    am March 23 2007 @ 11:03 pm

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    […] My friend Sania Wyatt tagged me for my Simply Successful Secrets. The experiment has only been going on a couple weeks yet it seems to be spreading exponentially. Interesting stuff. So, without further adieu, here are my secrets: […]

  35. Anne Maybus said

    am March 23 2007 @ 11:14 pm

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    Hi Aaron. I was tagged by Chris at Pink Apple and can I say that this was a bonus for me. What a way to make me think. Thanks for the challenge.

  36. K-L Masina » My ‘Gotta Get Goals’ said

    am March 25 2007 @ 9:25 pm

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    […] Some weeks ago I jumped in on an interactive research project by Aaron Potts called ‘Simply Successful Secrets’. Now Alex Shalman over at Practical Personal Development is extending the project into a new area - one he’s called ‘Gotta Get Goals’. […]

  37. aaron said

    am March 25 2007 @ 10:44 pm

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    Anne,

    You are most welcome,and thank you again for your participation. Both with this project as well as with Alex Shalman’s ‘Gotta Get Goals’ project, people are putting “pen to paper” about what they want, and also figuring out the habits needed to attain those desires.

    I couldn’t be happier about helping people to accomplish those two critical tasks! :)

  38. A Bowl of Stupid » The Secret Of My Success? … I’m Gonna Have To Get Back To You said

    am March 26 2007 @ 5:10 pm

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    […] This particular “tagging” exercise requires bloggers to “compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help [them] to be successful.” […]

  39. Bionic Ear Blog said

    am March 27 2007 @ 5:24 pm

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    Simple Success Secrets

    In writing about 5 to 10 things that he does almost every day to stay successful, Stephen Hopson of Adversity University tagged me. Aaron of Today is that Day started the project, and I tag the next set of bloggers…

  40. homebiznotes.com - 5 Simply Successful Secrets for a Home Business said

    am March 27 2007 @ 10:32 pm

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    […] Yvonne of Grow Your Writing Business tagged me for this Simply Successful Secrets meme.  Aaron Potts, of Today is the Day started the meme whereby those tagged will list secrets of their success.  When the meme has run its course, Aaron will compile a master list of the participants from many areas of endeavor. […]

  41. Simply Successful Secrets - Aaron Potts « Kavit Haria said

    am March 28 2007 @ 7:00 am

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    […] Simply Successful Secrets - Aaron Potts Posted March 28, 2007 “Today is the Day” blogger Aaron Potts has recently started a project called “Simply Successful Secrets” in which he calls all bloggers to write a list of 5-10 daily success habits that they incorporate into their life. So I’ve joined in the fun, and here are my top habits that by doing each day have brought success in my life. […]

  42. IMRecap.com - Daily Links to Online Marketing Resources » Blog Archive » More Success Habits said

    am March 28 2007 @ 12:14 pm

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    […] Lynn Terry has posted a list of her top 10 daily success habits. The success survery originally began here. […]

  43. OptimistLab » Simply Successful Secrets. I’m It! said

    am March 29 2007 @ 11:57 pm

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    […] Karen Lynch at LivethePower has issued me a challenge—she’s tagged me for the Simply Successful Secrets experiment (get the details here), which was originated recently by Aaron Potts at Todayisthatday. […]

  44. Druid Journal » Blog Archive » The Purpose of the Universe said

    am March 30 2007 @ 9:04 am

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    […] A week or so ago I was given a blog tag by two people at once: what are your secrets of success? The idea was that a bunch of bloggers would list their secrets, and they’d all be gathered together in one place when the tag had played itself out. Then anyone who wanted to be EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL could just bop on over to that site and have so much great advice in one spot that their heads would explode. […]

  45. My Simply Successful Secrets » Business Advice Daily » Blog Archive said

    am March 30 2007 @ 10:30 am

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    […] The original idea for this post came from Aaron Potts at Todayisthatday.com. And from this link I understood what I was suppose to do…essentially found out a tag is an opportunity to be part of a community as well as an opportunity to get some link love. […]

  46. My Spin on the Goals Meme said

    am March 30 2007 @ 4:40 pm

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    […] On Alex Shalman’s Gotta Have It Goals meme, I was tagged by Nneka and Ponn Sabra. Then way back on March 7th, I was tagged on a similar meme by Aaron Potts (which I just found out about via the other tags today). Got all that? […]

  47. Rob Sellen said

    am March 30 2007 @ 7:21 pm

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    I got tagged by Lynn Terry, and have posted my tips… ;)

    http://robsellen.com/2007/03/10-daily-success-tips.html

    Thanks for starting a good one, lots of interesting tips all over the place!

    Rob

  48. aaron said

    am March 30 2007 @ 9:32 pm

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    Rob,

    Thank YOU so much for your contribution! This project has grown so huge and each of the participants are directly responsible for that, so I continue to be eternally grateful to each of you for your powerful lists of secrets.

    I will be swinging by your blog soon to give a virtual high five and to take a closer look at your wisdom.

    Thanks again, Rob!

  49. keepingthesecret.com said

    am March 30 2007 @ 11:28 pm

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    My Top 10 Daily Habits for Creating Success

    Here are my 10 daily habits for success as challenged by Wendy at creationthoughts.blogspot.com. Great stuff!
    1. I am Thankful!
    I remember to be thankful many times during the day. In fact, carrying a gratitude rock does make remembering easier. Dr….

  50. Simply Successful Secrets « RachelCreative said

    am March 31 2007 @ 11:23 am

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    […] I was tagged by Camille and you can read more about the project on the Today is That Day blog where it all started. […]

  51. Answers to Blog Tagging » Self Improvement Blog - BrianKim.net said

    am April 1 2007 @ 12:07 pm

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    […] First off is Aaron Potts with his tag of Simply Successful Secrets. […]

  52. Hueina Su said

    am April 1 2007 @ 2:56 pm

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    Hi Aaron!

    I was tagged by Cardin at OptimistLab to participate in your project. This sounds great! I’ll post my list today.

    Warmly,
    Hueina

    Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul
    http://blog.BeyondHorizonCoaching.com

  53. Hueina Su said

    am April 1 2007 @ 5:08 pm

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    Hi Aaron! It’s done. Here is my post:

    http://blog.beyondhorizoncoaching.com/2007/04/my-simply-successful-secrets.html

    Warmly,
    Hueina

  54. Blown World The Selfish Meme « said

    am April 1 2007 @ 9:18 pm

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    […] The Selfish Meme April 2nd, 2007 — Christ Almond I was invited to take part in this chain e-letter, called Simply Successful Secrets, by web artist RachelCreative so here’s my bit. I was asked to list habits for success that have worked for me, and my small contribution will be added to an archive that by some moderated process of evolution will result in a fit and useful resource of positive advice. If you want to join in, you can read the rules here. […]

  55. Christ Almond said

    am April 1 2007 @ 10:23 pm

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    Hi. Thanks for the opportunity to take part in this interesting discussion. There are so many fascinating contributions already. I was asked to join in by RachelCreative.

    I’ve posted my list of success secrets here.

  56. Personal Development - The teachings of the Urban Monk » Blog Archive » My dreadful little (successful) Secrets said

    am April 1 2007 @ 10:58 pm

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    […] The smart *** who stole my idea weeks before I thought of it. Just kidding, much respect. Today is that day. […]

  57. » Good habits, and other memes   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains      said

    am April 1 2007 @ 11:38 pm

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    […] 1) On good daily habits: this is the original post, and here are Hueina’s My Simply Successful Secrets. […]

  58. success in a basket » change therapy - isabella mori said

    am April 2 2007 @ 2:12 am

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    […] cardin at optimistlab tagged me the other day with the simply successful secrets experiment (get the details here; it was started by aaron potts at todayisthatday, and it came to cardin via karen lynch at livethepower). […]

  59. rachelcreative said

    am April 2 2007 @ 4:45 am

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    I got tagged by Camille at http://nowcamillecrawford.blogspot.com

    I’ve posted a list of ten not-so-secrets http://rachelcreative.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/simply-successful-secrets/

    I found it a useful exercise. All the best with your research :-)

  60. Simply Successful Secrets - Meme « Life beside the edge said

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    […] Apr 2nd, 2007 by DSvT I was invited to take part in this Meme which called Simply Successful Secrets, by Christalmond. I was asked to list habits for success that have worked for me. If you want to join in, you can read the rules here. […]

  61. julianpegler.com » outbreak of love said

    am April 2 2007 @ 10:43 am

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    […] Day in Day out habits that help me to be successful while riding on the “Simply Successful Secrets” wave. Proudly brought to you by Camille Crawford from her perch at NOW - because she tagged me! […]

  62. 5 Things to Do Everyday to Be Successful | Andy Wibbels said

    am April 2 2007 @ 11:03 pm

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    […] Ellen has tagged me for Aaron’s Simply Success Secrets meme: Aaron’s rule is to write about the top 5 to 10 things we do almost everyday to be successful. These can be things we do every day or at least 4 to 5 times per week. […]

  63. Christ Almond said

    am April 3 2007 @ 1:38 pm

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    I left a sincere message here after I took part in this meme, and I see it has been removed. Any reason?

  64. aaron said

    am April 3 2007 @ 1:53 pm

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    Christ,

    Your comment wasn’t removed, I just hadn’t posted it yet. To keep my blog readers from seeing the hundreds of pieces of comment spam that this blog gets every day, I choose to manually moderate the comments.

    Unfortunately, if I go 2 days without Internet access (like I just did), things tend to fall behind. Many apologies for the confusion, and I will be leaving a post on your unique entry into the Simply Successful Secrets projects shortly.

    Thanks for participating!

  65. Christ Almond said

    am April 3 2007 @ 2:00 pm

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    Thanks for that. I see it’s right there above my comment saying it’s not there! Perhaps I should have made one of my success tips ‘Think again before firing off an e-mail of complaint’.

  66. aaron said

    am April 3 2007 @ 2:18 pm

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    LOL, no worries, Christ! Besides, for the record, if I had known in advance that I wasn’t going to have access to the ‘net for 2 days, I probably would have had a mental meltdown… ;)

    Thanks again for your great contribution!

  67. aaron said

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    Hueina,

    Thanks for participating in the Simply Successful Secrets project! I am playing catch up right now on the dozens of new entries that have come in recently, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you came up with!

  68. aaron said

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    Rachel,

    I left a comment over on your blog entry to the Simply Successful Secrets project, but I wanted to thank you here as well for participating.

    You’ve got a great list with some solid advice, and I truly appreciate your input!

  69. rachelcreative said

    am April 3 2007 @ 3:32 pm

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    Aaaw thanks Aaron. I well and truly accept the compliment. Now I’m all smiley :-)

  70. aaron said

    am April 3 2007 @ 4:20 pm

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    Rachel,

    Making people smiley is one of my goals in life, so now you have made ME smiley! :)

  71. Lisa Van Allen said

    am April 3 2007 @ 5:27 pm

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    I’ve posted my top 5 and tagged five of my favorite bloggers! Take a look!

  72. aaron said

    am April 3 2007 @ 6:31 pm

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    Check this out:

    One of the Simply Successful Secrets participants, Cardin over at OptimistLab had this incredible bit of wisdom that I wanted to share with everyone. Cardin, I couldn’t comment directly on your post, so I hope you get a chance to read this so you know how much I appreciate this timeless bit of wisdom from you:

    “…the things I do (or make an effort to do) each day are less about taking specific actions to meet my goals but more about creating the conditions into which the success I desire will flow.”

    In my humble opinion, that is nothing less than profound. Thank you SO much, Cardin!

  73. aaron said

    am April 3 2007 @ 9:05 pm

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    Lisa,

    I went over to your blog and left you a comment. Thanks a bunch for participating and for tagging others to join in the fun! :)

  74. » Daily Success Habits said

    am April 4 2007 @ 1:00 am

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    […] Thanks to Aaron over at Creation Thoughts for starting the tag. […]

  75. Online Fandom » 5 secrets to success said

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    […] I guess you’re finally IN the blogosphere when you get tagged with a meme, and far be it from me to turn down my first. So Joe Taylor has tagged me on the “5 things you do everyday that make you successful” meme, which is rather flattering since it presumes that I’m successful and that I have secrets to that which I could share… wherein lie the difficulties! […]

  76. Simply Successful Secrets- Parenting « Sky Windows said

    am April 4 2007 @ 8:02 pm

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    […] Apr 4th, 2007 by skywindows My friend over at Life Beside the Edge tagged me with a meme, This one asking you describe  5 things which have made you a success. I am supposed to tag some friends to get their ideas on what makes them a success. If I tag you and you would like to participate, please grab the rules here. I tag the following people to share their success: […]

  77. meme-ingless meme :: secrets of my Success. « j u g g l i n g C a t s said

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    […] ie-i shall be passing it on to zero folk, but i shall include all pertinent links should anyone come across this page and decide they want to play along. […]

  78. Storygeek » Blog Archive » Simply Successful Secrets said

    am April 5 2007 @ 7:25 am

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    […] Intellagirl has tagged me on the latest blog meme called, “Simply Successful Secrets“. Once tagged, you list “the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful.” The idea is the blog community can collectively learn from each other to all become more successful. The whole thing is very Lévy and I love it. So, here is my contribution to things: […]

  79. The Rule of 5 » “Simply Successful Secrets” said

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    […] I got the idea for this post from the mind behind Urbanmonk.net. It originated from the website Todayisthatday.com, and what a fine idea it is. Basically, you create a blog post of the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. I suppose anything is up for grabs, and my list is very me-centric. And why shouldn’t it be? These are some of the things I am doing everyday to accomplish my goals. […]

  80. Takuin Minamoto said

    am April 5 2007 @ 10:19 am

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    Thanks for coming up with this one. I just posted it to my blog.

    Take care.

    Takuin

  81. Alvaro said

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    Hey Aaron, thanks for dropping by. Great initiative. And I agree, we need to de-mystify what good mental habits are…we can do a bit every day and that simply becomes us and makes us grow.

  82. aaron said

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    Takuin,

    Thanks for participating! I’ll swing by your blog to check out your list and see what success secrets you’ve come up with!

  83. aaron said

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    Alvaro,

    You are SO right! Success and development in life don’t come from making one massive effort, and then sitting back to watch happiness come rolling at us. Rather, it is a step by step process, and every single step - no matter how small - is a step in the right direction!

    Thanks for your comments!

  84. Cardin Routh said

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    Hi Aaron,

    I just noticed your lovely comment about my “SSS” post–I’ve had my nose buried in stylesheets for the past couple of days.

    Thanks a bunch for the shout out, I really appreciate it. You probably already knew this, but this project of yours, this SSS meme, is generating some incredible connections between people and ideas–and it’s not hurting anyone’s traffic either. What fun!

    Oh, and by the way, when I get my head out of the CSS and the PHP bubble, my site will have a new design, and… comments will be enabled! Sorry you weren’t able to leave a comment earlier, but I do hope you’ll stop by again.

    Thanks again!
    Cardin

  85. Kathy Calculates » TAG! YOU’RE IT! said

    am April 5 2007 @ 7:05 pm