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The Top 9 Traits of Successful People
| Guest post by: Christiane Pohl |
Article Overview: A selection of 9 traits from tapping into the research and insights of experts on the subject of success
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The Top 9 Traits of Successful People
Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart?
Or are they just lucky? Actually Neither. It is because they have developed
certain traits. Traits, that seems to have been proven again and again to
lead to success.
The professionals I coach are usually looking to increase their success in
areas of their life or work. Often they want to have more impact or change
their career path, but don't know how.
That prompted me one day to ask: What are
the traits of Successful People?
I decided to take an eclectic approach in my research and combine the
findings of 4 experts in the field, well 3 and a half: Richard St John, Sri Sri
Ravishankar, Stephen Covey and myself…..read
more
Richard St John is the founder of the St John
Marketing group and he has spend a whole decade researching the question of
success by interviewing over 500 successful and famous people.
Sri Sri Ravishankar is one of today’s
most prominent spiritual leaders and has spoken about the 12 traits of good
leadership
Stephen Covey
is a Harvard Graduate, Professor at Utah University and the author of
the book of ‘The Seven Traits of Highly Effective People”
Myself, 20 years of experience as
manager, coach and trainer.
And this is what they (we) came up with. Here
are the top 9 Traits:
Passion – love what you do, the money will follow
Hard Work - successful people say it’s all hard work but they also claim
to have a lot of fun.
Most successful people are Workafrolics
Get Good – Get good what you do, sets example for
others, walk the talk and practice what you preach
Persistance – Be proactive, go beyond your comfort zone – you will need
to persist through failure, criticism, rejection, fears, doubt, pressure and
annoying people around you, but there is no other way
Focus – Focus on one thing at the time, don’t try to do too many things
at once, be alert, begin with the end in mind
Ideas - seek to understand rather then be understood, listen, observe,
be curious, then act
Serve – serve something of value to your customers, your employees, your
colleagues, the community
Making Money – Invite it, plan for it, it but don’t obsess about it
Awareness – get to know yourself, your strength, your weaknesses, your
motivations, fears and limiting thoughts, look at them AND then DON’T JUDGE
– Accept them, acknowledge them and MOVE ON
That’s it. Those are the 9 traits most commonly cited by successful people and
those who have observed them. That’s how they do it. And so can you. Good luck!
Christiane Pohl
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