The 8 Traits of Successful People (after 10 years of research and 500 face-to-face-interviews)

Eight Traits of Successful People

This is a pretty good video about the 8 traits successful people have in common. 
You may be...

• NOT Smart
• NOT Talented
• NOT Lucky
• NOT Privileged
• NOT Beautiful
• NOT Popular
• NOT an Achiever
• NOT Likely to Succeed

and you still could succeed! (Sounds good to me..=D)

After Ten years of research and five hundred face-to-face-interviews, basically this is the summary.

1. Passion - Love what you do!
2. Work - Really Hard!
3. Focus on One Thing - Not everything.
4. Push - keep pushing yourself
5. Ideas - Come up with good ideas
6. Improve - Keep improving yourself in what you do
7. Serve others something of value - because success is not about me, me, me.
8. Persist - because there is no overnight success 

This 8 traits are the Heart & Foundation of Success. Then on top of it, you build specific skills for a field or career 

• Technical Skills
• Analytical Skills
• People Skills
• Management Skills
• Computer Skills
• Creative Skills

And lots of other skills that you can add on top depending on our field. And no matter what field we are in, these 8 Traits will be at the Heart of Our Success. 
Watch the video below. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NOl0v54DaXo