How to be Top 0.1% in 2024?

1. Seek Discomfort

Sounds cliche, but trust me this one is the most important lesson. Professionally or personally, seeking discomfort is the only way a person can know their potential. Are you too comfortable with your work right now? Challenge it — take more tasks and push your boundaries.

2. Focus on What Matters

It’s not merely about ‘focus’; it’s about honing in on ‘what matters.’ Don’t invest time in things that don’t make you happier, healthier or smarter. Watch a show, eat something healthy, read a book — create a lifestyle that leads to ultimate betterment.

Life is too short to engage in things that fail to ignite your excitement. Navigate away from energy-draining influences like social media or celebrity gossip, and invest your time where it truly matters.

3. Take Responsibility for Your Life

Life is riddled with challenges, but success begins with taking responsibility. You have the power to shape your destiny. No one is coming to save you or do the tough tasks for you. They won’t get a job for you or start a business for you. It is all you in this game, make each moment count.

Acknowledge flaws, learn from mistakes, and eschew excuses. By taking responsibility, you gain the autonomy to make positive changes and pursue goals with intent.

4. Let Go of the Need for Approval

Success often necessitates breaking free from the chains of external validation.

I started setting up validation expectations only to feel proud about my work.

5. Develop Resilience

Resilience is the cornerstone of personal growth. It entails bouncing back from setbacks, adapting to change, and persisting in the face of adversity.

You’ll have to be comfortable with the idea of failing. For me, whenever I faced a setback, instead of saying ‘I lost’, I just said ‘The experiment didn’t work’.

6. Focus on your habits

People usually ask me

“How did you know about your business?”

Well, I didn’t. I had always been a spokesperson for productivity and had been using Notion for years. I was a writer since the age of 10 and even wrote a poetry book. But I never thought of intersecting the two interests.

One day my classmate said “Your templates are so good; I would pay you for them.”

Ofc, he was joking but that one sentence I’ll never forget. That was the day I took my Notion board and published it for free — within the first day I had 7 downloads.

You have to focus on your skills and the things that make you happy.

7. Grow a network

Being mysterious and a lone wolf can only get you so far. I used to be so introverted. I had fewer friends and rarely hung out with people. I liked my own company. But when I started sharing my experiences online, so many people reached out. We created a group to interact and boost each other in any way possible.

It was the best circle I had been a part of.

6. Embrace the journey

Finding meaning in life is not achieving specific goals or milestones, but rather embracing the journey itself. This means finding joy in the process of growth and self-discovery, rather than focusing solely on the destination.