The Eight Secrets of Success

The Eight Secrets of Success

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Richard St John distills the essence of success down to eight points in his talk at TED. Richard spent seven years interviewing over 500 people that he considered to be successful, and used this knowledge to write his book The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common. These eight traits are:

1. Passion. “I’m driven by my passion.” – Freeman Thomas.
   Do it for love not money and the money will follow.
2. Work. “it’s all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun” – Rupert Murdoch.
3. Good. “To be successful put your nose down to something and get damn good at it.” – Alex Garden.
   Practice, practice, practice.
4. Focus. “I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing.” – Norman Jewison.
5. Push. “Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you gotta push, push, push.” – David Gallo.
   Push through shyness and self doubt.
6. Serve. “It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.” – Sherwin Nuland.
   Millionaires serve others something of value.
7. Ideas. “I had an idea – founding the first micro-computer software company.” – Bill Gates.
   Listen, observe, be curious, ask questions, problem solve, make connections.
8. Persist. “Persistence is the number one reason for our success.” – Joe Kraus.
   Persist through failure and CRAP (Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure).

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