What you need to have to succeed

What qualities bring success? Is there a success gene? - One American, being himself a millionaire, spent ten years of his life to find out exactly what unites all successful people and what qualities they need to possess in order to attract millions of dollars.

In total, Richard John, author of the G-8 (Mann, Ivanov and Ferber), found eight elements of success: passion, diligence, concentration, the ability to overcome oneself, perseverance, self-perfection, creativity, service to people. quality lead to happiness and wealth John parses through the example of five hundred interviews, which he took from the most famous people of this world: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Stephen King, Donald Trump and so on.

Passion

This is the most important and powerful engine leading to success. The difficulty is that not all and not immediately find a business from which captures the spirit to the end of life. But do not despair. Take a sheet of paper and write down what you want to achieve most in the world. Let it be 50 points. Clean the sheet and return to it in a week. Now leave only 30 items in it. A week later, only 10. Start moving toward the goals that you have outlined in your final plan. At which point is the heart beating particularly fast? - Bill Gates was a very mediocre child and a terrible schoolboy. Life did not interest him until he got acquainted with programming. This became his number one point in life.

Industriousness

Successful people are not workaholics, they are laborers. The goal is so bright before your eyes that you want to reach it as soon as possible, overcome it, cope with it. It's like buying the latest iPhone model: ready to stand under the door of the store, just to get it first. By the way, the fate of Steve Jobs is also not simple and did not break it helped exceptional diligence and movement towards the goal - to create a phone and a computer that has not yet been. Work on your goal, do not throw it, even if it does not yet make a profit. Believe that one day your labors will be rewarded.

Creativity

"Know how" is a well-known expression, especially in the English-language version of "know how" (know-how). To learn how, learn to listen to everything that is happening around you. So, one of today's millionaires worked once as a lifeguard on the beach. He drew attention to the fact that vacationers right on the beach are happy to buy sunblock creams. The rescuer thought that the creams were not very good and he would have made something better with pleasure. I tried it. Happened. Another case, when the daughter was puzzled why her dad photographed her, and the pictures can not be looked at once (we are talking about the film era of photography). Dad invented the Polaroid system. Listen carefully and look around, brilliant ideas are in the air.

Perseverance

Not everything comes at once and only extreme perseverance helps to stay afloat. Persistence is so important that to denote this quality there are many synonyms: perseverance, willpower, endurance, determination, steadfastness, the ability not to abandon the business started. The most successful people are often the most persistent. Well-known TV host Forrest Sawyer, awarded the Emmy award, says: "I am very annoying. Friends say I'm like a dog with a bone. I can be given on the nose, but I will catch this bone and gnaw it, gnawing. And such tactics in most cases work. " Moreover, the author's statistics and his research show that at least 10 years of life must be spent on achieving success. "I think one of the important qualities that ensure success is perseverance. You have to go to your goal and be steadfast. Do not let obstacles interfere with you. Try to learn from difficulties, rather than surrender to their mercy. " Steve Davis, CEO of Corbis. But the gene for success does not exist. Therefore, only work on yourself, a clear goal and passion will help. And dodge the future success will not work! Based on the materials of the book "The Big Eight". Author Richard John. (c) Cora Vander