Up to 41% out of 177 self-made millionaires were born and raised in poverty. So what is the number 1 factor that helps them motivate themselves and become rich? It's about changing your daily routine.

In our lives, there are countless examples of overcoming difficulties, going through challenges to succeed. According to Forbes, 1,700 people in the US become millionaires every day. Based on research on the rich habits of famous millionaire Thomas Corley, there are 41% out of 177 self-made millionaires born and raised in poverty. So what is the number 1 factor that helps them motivate themselves and become rich? It's about changing your daily routine.

1. Consolidate Your Habits

Think of a current habit, or a "path" that you often think about, it's like a train running on only one track. However, if you add a new habit to that train, as if it were a new passenger, your brain won't fight back, because you're not trying to control the train or the tracks. You simply run on your journey.

When an old habit doesn't perceive the new habit as a threat, it creates no barriers against new habit formation.

2. Choose your friends wisely

Old habits can be formed by the people you have relationships with. If you're trying to kick some bad habits, you need to limit the time you spend with the people who contribute to the habit.

If you're trying to create a new good habit, associate with people who have the good habit you're trying to adopt. Assuming one of your new goals is to read more books, join a reading group to discuss good books. If you're making it a goal to go for a jog every morning or go to the gym, find friends to go with you.

Once you make the determination to change your habits, you will start to see that there are many other people who have the same habits and they are right around your life.

3. Change your living environment

It will be easier for you to give up old habits and create new ones as the environment changes. New home, new job, new friends… all provide an opportunity to form new habits. As your environment changes, you are forced to think day by day. Spoons, knives and forks are no longer where they were, so you have to think about where they are. Your new responsibilities at work are no longer the same, so you have to think to perform well.

Eventually your brain will force you to develop habits in your new environment so that it can function more easily.

4. Start small

Changing your habits is easier if you start with small habits. Small habit changes or habit additions require very little effort. For example, drink more water during the day, take a vitamin supplement, or listen to an audiobook on the way to your office.

Small habit changes also include cutting down on existing bad habits, such as reducing the number of cigarettes you use, cutting TV viewing time to 30 minutes a day, or cutting down on Facebook or Internet use. less than an hour per day. The smaller and easier it is to change habits, the higher the probability.

5. Plan your new routine

One of the tricks that self-made millionaires use is to incorporate some beneficial habits practiced every day into their to-do list. In the Wealth Habits study, the author found that up to two-thirds of self-made millionaires maintain a to-do list in life.

Every day you have to take responsibility for the new daily habits you are trying to form. If they are simple daily habits, then after a few weeks, you won't need to put them on your to-do list anymore because they will automatically become habits. You can then move on to other daily routines following the same process.

6. Create a “firewall” against your bad habits

One trick to changing habits is to create obstacles to keep you from engaging in bad habits. Suppose you eat fast food at night while watching TV. You eat that junk food because it's in the kitchen. If it's not in the kitchen, you won't be able to eat it. So stop storing junk food in the kitchen and make room for healthy snacks like fruit instead.

(According to Economic Life – Title reset by DSG Online)