How to Stay on Top Rank: 5 tips

When we look at the “TOP RANKS” of every field, we come to know that this position is not something of heritage but is fully dependent on one’s struggle in the right direction.

If you are still struggling to reach the top rank, first read:

Key factors to success

Look at your own field, there is always someone (perhaps you) who is on the top position, enjoying the rare-air breath, but suddenly, someone enters and dominates the field, kicking the old one down.

This feels very weird, when the kicked one is you because it takes a lot to reach there and seeing those efforts wasted is off course a very bad feeling.

So how can we keep breathing in the rare-air of top position instead of being kicked down? Here are the 5 top strategies which will surely help you stay there and enjoy your position.

Think out of the box

The sky is not limit, but the mind is.

The problem with many of our brothers and sisters is that they limit our mind to what is already there and consequently, it blocks their innovative ideas and new thoughts.

When you are on the top with this mindset, you will keep applying the old principles and the same strategies and if someone came with an innovative mindset, you will be automatically shifted to some lower position.
The key principle is to think out of the box.

Think of many ways of your work and the way you manage your competition. Invent new methods and modern strategies to cope with modern competitions, other than what you colleagues and competitors are adopting.

Discover your inner powers to compete in a whole new way. If you keep inventing new ways of approach, you will surely keep dominating your field for a longer time.

Keep the momentum

When you are at the top rank, a negligible mistake is enough to fall.

At higher positions, you will always be chased by your competitors because it is your position that is important to them.

So in this state, you will be more conscious of what you are doing and how your are doing because at that point a little slip is enough to give them the opportunity of rising above you.
You need to be highly focused and responsible for your “dos” and “don’ts”.

Build a bulletproof momentum and keep it for as longer time as you could. By the way, attending to social media and other energy-stealers can instantly break your momentum by wasting your time plus draining your useful energy.

Rest and fun

For influential people, the purpose of rest and fun is the preparation for the upcoming grinding.

Ali Khan

The human body and mind has a limited energy on daily basis.

After a certain duration of time, its efficiency gets reduced and you must get some rest to restore it. If you keep working and working without some effective breaks, you will end up in a very bad way.

It is like a car moving continuously without stopping at gas station. Of course, there are times which require you to give up some rest but here, we are talking about your long-term grinding.
Your mind and your body need a complete restoration. Therefore, schedule time for some rest and fun on a regular basis.

And after this restoration, you will be ready to resume your legendary work with full efficiency and long-term productivity.

Deep analysis

A smart and analyzed work is always better than a blind and hard work.

Ali Khan

The way to stay on top rank is to deeply analyze your progress and process.
There are people who constantly work hard, always in a hustle without thinking for a while.

Eventually, these people get beaten by the people who work in a smart way, analyzing every plan and strategy, learning from past.

If you are of the later category, you are lucky; and if not, turn immediately to smart work if you want to stay above the clouds.

Competition has evolved to its toughest state and smart work is becoming a new norm.

On daily basis, do a deep analysis of your past, present and future like

• Where did you go wrong?

• What can you learn from that? What does need improvement?

• Which strategy will work best here?

• Which step needs more energy investment?

Apply the deep analysis methodology. Simple grinding is not enough for what you want.

Learn to sacrifice

If you want to get something new, you have to do something you have not done before.

When you are on the top rank (and trying to stay there), the process is not the same all the times. Sometimes, what you are doing is not enough for what you want.

But there will be times which will require you to get out of your comfort zone if you want to your position to be reserved.

This is the time your passion and desire is tested. This is the time of sacrifices.

As I mentioned above, different times will demand different sacrifices like; you may be getting up at 8 but now 6 is demanded.

So you have to sacrifice the 2 hours sleep. Or if you take a short nap after lunch, you may cut it off from your day, at certain times. In short, you have to be willing to sacrifice very important things for your legendary stay. Once you become willing, the whole process becomes amazing.

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