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Characteristics of Successful People
by Jeffrey J. Mayer
I’ve spent many years studying successful people and have identified the skills, talents, and characteristics that enable them to succeed. As you look at and study these skills, talents, and characteristics, you’ll realize that you possess many of them yourself. Some of these skills and talents are more dominant than others and will play a greater part in your being, or becoming, a success in the business of life. These are the things you do well, the things you do easily and effortlessly. These are your strengths.
When you find you need a skill or talent you don’t have, just go out and look for a person or group of people with the skills and talents that complement your own. These people will become your teammates, colleagues, co-workers, professional advisors, and friends. With these combined skills and talents organizations grow, prosper, and become successful.
These are the five things you’ll find every successful person has in common:
The following is a list of the skills, talents, and characteristics you’ll find in successful people:
1. Successful people have a dream.
2. Successful people have ambition.
3. Successful people are strongly motivated toward achievement.
4. Successful people are focused.
5. Successful people learn how to get things done.
6. Successful people take responsibility for their actions.
7. Successful people look for solutions to problems.
8. Successful people make decisions.
9. Successful people have the courage to admit they’ve made a mistake.
10. Successful people are self-reliant.
11. Successful people have specific knowledge, training, and/or skills and talents.
12. Successful people work with and cooperate with other people.
13. Successful people are enthusiastic.
Most recent revision
August 29, 2007