8 Habits of Highly Fulfilled People and the 8 Habits of Highly Stressed People

8 Habits of Highly Fulfilled People and the 8 Habits of Highly Stressed People

1. Effectiveness

Instead of seeking the most efficient way to achieve their objectives they step back and consider the most effective way. Efficiency is normally about speed and force, effectiveness is about enjoyment and connection.

2. Curiosity

They enter into situations with curiosity around the potential of what two minds or more can create together. Rather than the certainty that they are right and that they must protect and defend their ideas from others.

3. Confronting

They look directly at their fears and failures and create clarity and new strategy around them. Rather than ignoring them and pretending they don’t exist and hoping everything will be ok.

4. Presence

They are present by making sure they always have a clear idea of what they will and what they won’t be focused on in any given moment rather than being on their phone in meets or with loved ones constantly distracted letting their feelings in the moment pinball them through life.

5. Genius

They operate from their zone of genius, constructing their work around it rather than forcing themselves into a job and approach they think they should have in order to demonstrate their status to the world.

6. Responsibility

They take full responsibility for their own problems and emotions recognising that it’s the key to keeping their freedom. Rather than pointing fingers to protect themselves from the discomfort they played a part in creating their current situation.


7. Values

They know deeply what they genuinely value and make ALL decision from this place. Rather than using what they world says we should value constantly chasing more, more, more and ending up overwhelm and miserable.

8. Growth

They never think they have arrived at a state of mastery. They are always reviewing their approach and looking at what they can stop doing to become more effective and fulfilled. Rather than assuming they have achieved mastery and that their current approach is the only way.

Approaching life from these 7 habits puts us in a state of acceptance, connection and care with ourselves and others where we feel free and at peace while always growing and improving our experience of life.

When we live the alternative we feel like impostors, become defensive, needing to be right, always looking to do more while beating ourselves up for not being enough or doing enough.

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Ed Ley