Don't feel wired by seeing the title. It's actually true that we love to follow what is going on around and want to be cool to others. But our success does not lies there. We have to follow the very unsmart way to be successful. You may not heard about the term “lifestyle creep.” It's actually what we are. Like, we try to buy, fit in bigger better lifestyle when our income increases, rather put something for saving. But, if we are talking about success, we have to loose this thing first.
I know it may also sound irrational that how this two thing, I mean success and our lifestyle even related. Let me explain!
As we got this behavior naturally we can use it or reverse it for our own good. Changing a habit or adopting a new one takes time. May be it's one of the hardest job. But I think adopting this one is more easy than other one. Coz we already behave like this. We already want more or increase our demand gradually. So if we can make ourselves do the same on other things of life, that could be a 'Boom'!
When I first came to learn 'habit creep' it makes me wonder thinking how accurate it is. I am giving example to make you understand better.
We have to consider changing our habit eventually. Like if we want to buy more, let it be; but try to increase you income that way. It's hard to do that, but what if you adopt some performance tactics everyday to improve your performance! Or if you want to be a better students from next year, you should consider adding some extra hour in your study schedule. This will add up gradually in your life.
Make good things your habit, not your target.
Add a little everyday in terms of performance.
Break the barrier of your behavior or anything gradually, not all of a sudden.
We have to remember, what comes fast goes fast. So adopting new habit or adding new things should be a gradual process. And changing our normal life to be successful is the toughest job. But if you can add this in our habits and cope gradually you will get success, may be slowly but surely!