Technology is changing at the speed of light. Consider how it has transformed our daily lives over the last few decades. Now think of how it has altered the face of business. From gadgets and gizmos, to software that helps you expand or shrink, things are constantly changing around us. All that change can throw us through a loop and be downright disruptive to our workflow and processes.

If there was a way to harness that disruption and use it as a launching point for success, would you take the plunge? According to management consultant and author Bill Jensen, it’s all about creating the right habits. In his new book Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic., Jensen shares the personal habits of world-class performers, allowing you to take advantage of disarray, disorder and disruption that surrounds us every day. Let’s examine some of those habits, which fall into three categories: The Do’s, The Don’ts, and the Guiding Principles.

The Do’s

Challenging the status quo can be a delicate dance of effecting change positively without coming off as negative or cynical. The following habits will help you do great work in a disruptive world:

• Question Everything. Don’t be afraid to rock the boat or redefine success.

• Be Audacious. Dream up bold ideas to change the game. Don’t be satisfied with incremental improvement.

• Kill What You Cherish Most. Embrace our current state of disruption by building in obsolescence from Day One. Disrupt yourself now, before someone or something else does it for you.

• Become Adept at Triage. Assess your task, iron out a strategy and then take action.

• Go Ahead and Make a Mess. In our disruptive economy, it’s OK to fail. In fact, the fastest way to learn is through failure. Kill ideas that don’t work, then experiment and explore more options.

• Simplify Again and Again. Complexity adds 15 to 30 percent to the cost of goods and services and chews up two to four hours of your day. Save time and money by simplifying your process.

• Get Back to the Future. Have two mentors – one who is half your age and one who is twice your age. Tap both for advice.

The Don’ts

There are times to leap without a net and times when restraint is needed. The following habits will keep you from heading down the wrong path:

• Don’t Fight Stupid. Organizational and leadership stupidity can run rampant. If your organization isn’t able to embrace change, it’s time to move on to something new.

• Don’t Hesitate. Acknowledge your fears and make the conscious decision to move forward regardless. Start by doing one small thing each day that scares you, and move up to bigger challenges.

• Don’t Use Weak Tools. Make sure workplace infrastructure doesn’t hold you back and don’t handicap yourself with inferior resources. Demand the tools you need to enhance personal productivity.

• Don’t Knock Down. Find talent who are able to regularly change the way they think and actions they take. Then make their position so appealing they never have reason to leave.

The Guiding Principles

Guiding principles direct a company through all circumstances. It’s important to know what you stand for and where you’re heading. Never lose sight by adopting these habits:

• Know Thyself Deep Down. Understand your underlying motivations and clarify what you want to do instead of worrying about getting things done. It will free up time for you to complete the task rather than fretting over it.

• Follow Your Passions. Pick the career path that will make you happy and spring into action. The marketplace rewards those who follow their passions. As an added bonus, you’ll be content and comfortable in your own skin. Others will even follow your lead.

• Your Network is Your Power. Become a power-user of social media to build your network, then take it offline. Determine which 20 percent of your network will generate 80 percent of the value and take those contacts out for lunch.

• It’s Never About You. Instead of defining yourself by your quirks and differences, define yourself by commonalities. Remember that while disruption is great, it needn’t happen all the time. Too much disruption can overwhelm all the people involved. There always needs to be someone acting as the anchor to provide a calming voice of reason and make the right things happen right now.

“We are in the midst of a massively disruptive era, where almost every system or rule for how we do things has been, and will continue to be, up for grabs,” writes Jensen. “Every business is trying to get things to run smarter, faster, stronger and cheaper.

“And the holy grail of the current age of disruption is getting all those digital things to talk to each other so everything you use and interact with is smarter – creating constant feedback loops and even better ways of doing things.”