In the wise words of Jim Rohn, “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

Success is a funny thing. It’s self-measured. What one person considers success is not the same for everyone else.

However, there is one main common denominator: successful people have similar habits.

If you’ve ever read the book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you know that there are certain factors that go into a better mindset and in turn, better performance.

From reading daily to exercise and eating well, success goes beyond how hard you work. It’s a way of life and all real estate agents can learn from the habits of their successful counterparts.

Let’s take a look at the top seven habits of highly successful agents, and how you can incorporate them into your life.

Setting a routine is one of the first steps to success. You don’t have to have every second of every day planned out, but there should be consistency in what you do and when.

For instance, setting a loose daily schedule of both your personal habits and your professional ones could help you stay on track.

Every real estate agent that wants to be successful should set aside time for activities and obligations like: exercise, checking email, scheduling social media posts, personal time, showings, etc. If you want to start reading every morning, put it in your schedule and stick with it.

The personal satisfaction that comes from setting goals and accomplishing them builds self-confidence, a key trait of successful people. Bad habits breed low self-esteem.

Pro Tip: Start small and work your way into it. That way, you can adjust to what’s working and what’s not. Routines take time to build! Don’t get discouraged if it takes a second to get into the swing of things.

Successful real estate agents are always looking for new and improved ways to improve their business strategy. In today’s world, that goes hand-in-hand with technology. According to the National Association of Realtors Center for Realtor Technology, agents and brokers spend an average of $848 and $1,410 per year on technology.

The key here is problem solving. Highly successful agents will utilize apps, websites or marketing tactics to help improve their functionality. Bonus points if it also saves time! Instead of saying, “I don’t know how to do that,” successful agents will look for technology or services that help them accomplish it.

For instance, Keeping Current Matters helps take a lot of the guessing out of realtor’s marketing strategy with branded content and done-for-you guides, videos and social media graphics. It’s a one-two punch.

“KCM is a super-easy and time-saving resource for real estate agents to use, even if they aren’t tech-savvy! They provide consumers with a good product of high quality that is very easy to work with, and they take care of all the hard parts of website creation.” – Lara Burnside, EXP Realty

In any industry, being successful is synonymous with being resourceful and a willingness to learn.

Pro tip: A blog is one of the best tools you can have for marketing. It gives you content to post on social media, is easily shareable with clients and helps increase traffic to your website. Don’t have time to write a blog? You don’t have to. A KCM membership gives you access to personalized posts and auto-blog. Learn more here.

If you ever feel like you’re being pulled in every direction, you’re not alone. This goes hand-in-hand with being an entrepreneur. If you don’t have a manager setting up your tasks for you, it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day.

Highly successful agents have an uncanny ability to prioritize right. Because that’s what it’s about. The people who dominate their fields not only have a great work ethic, they know how to manage their time to maximize efficiency.

We all have priorities! It’s important to know exactly how much time you should be spending on everything you have to do.

As a good rule of thumb, this process from LiquidPlanner can help eliminate priority confusion:

· Label all tasks as urgent or important
· Outline estimated time commitment
· Plan for things to pop up
· Ditch when necessary

Pro tip: To test it out, create a list of everything you need to do for the next week and categorize the tasks. Then, label each with the time involved to complete the task.

Add this to your schedule, leaving space for those last-minute things that pop up. Finish it by labeling the tasks that you can ditch without it affecting your business and voila! You have a prioritized weekly planner.

Although this is more of a lifestyle habit, any successful person will tell you that a healthy body = a healthy mind. The thing is, if our energy is low due to poor diet habits or lack of exercise, we aren’t able to accomplish everything we want to.

Think of it like this. If your brain is an expensive car and you’re using bargain fuel, it’s not going to run as well as it should.

I take the first 30 minutes of my morning to chug a full bottle of water, do a quick 5-10-minute workout to get my body going and then either a brief meditation or journal session. – Brigitte Pays – Triplemint

There’s been a sufficient amount of scientific studies that link daily exercise and nutrition-based diets with better mood, higher energy, better focus, less anxiety, and much more. Sound like a good recipe for success?

Here are some healthy habits to live by:

• Eat carbs (they boost your mood!)
• Exercise for at least 30 minutes, 3x week.
• Avoid processed, fried and fast foods

If you follow this system for a month, you should see an improvement in your energy levels. Hello, success.