9 Signs You're
Going to Be Successful in Whatever You Do
Highly successful people share a number of common traits
and attitudes. They’re willing to face vulnerability, emotional ups and downs,
and the risk of public and private failure.
They want to succeed on their terms—and they aren’t
willing to accept a cap on their success.
Here are nine ways to know if you have what it takes to
be successful:
1. You Enjoy Succeeding
Through Others
Talent is obviously important, but the ability to work
together, check egos at the door, and make individual sacrifices when necessary
is the only way any team succeeds.
That spirit can exist only when it comes from the top.
And that’s why successful people focus on the individual
rather than the position, the
team rather than the hierarchy, and
most importantly, gaining
happiness and success from the happiness and achievements of others.
2. You Don’t Make
Choices—You Create Choices
Most people simply choose from column A or column B.
People on the path to success often skim through A and B and then create their
own column C.
As Jon
Burgstone says, “Every time you want to make any important
decision, there are two possible courses of action. You can look at the array
of choices that present themselves, pick the best available option, and try to
make it fit. Or, you can do what the true entrepreneur does: Figure out the
best conceivable option and then make it available.”
And that’s why entrepreneurs often accomplish the
inconceivable—because to successful people, that word truly doesn’t mean
what everyone else thinks it means.
3. The Voice in Your Head
Is Louder Than Every Other Voice You Hear
Others may doubt. Others may criticize. Others may judge
and disparage and disapprove.
You don’t care. You see all those opinions for what they
are: not right, not wrong, just data. So you sift through that data for the
actual nuggets you can use. The rest you ignore.
Why? You may respect the opinions of others, but
you believe in your ideas, your abilities, your will and
perseverance and dedication. You believe in yourself.
And that makes you want to live your life your way, and
not anyone else’s way.
4. You Believe That How You
Play the Game Really Is More Important Than Whether You Win or Lose
If you’re on the path to success, you’d rather fail on
your own terms than succeed on someone else’s. You’d rather reach for your own
future than have your future lie in someone else’s hands. You feel it’s better to burn
out than to fade away.
Sure, you want to win. You’re driven to win. But, you
want to change the rules, create your own playing field, and win the game you want
to play—because winning a game when you’re forced to play would still feel like
losing.
5. You Don’t Need to Be
Disciplined, Because You Can’t Wait to Do All the Things That Bring You Closer
to Achieving Your Goals
Discipline often boils down to finding
a way to do the things you need to do.Successful
people can’t wait to do the things they need to do. They have
goals and dreams, and they know every task they complete takes them one step
closer to achieving those things.
That’s why people on the path to success can have fun
performing even the most mundane tasks. When there’s a clear line of sight
between what you do and where you want to go, work is no longer just work. Work
is exciting. Work is fulfilling.
Work, when it’s meaningful and fulfilling, is living.
And that’s why...
6. You Don’t Want to Simply
Gain a Skill and Then Live a Routine
Some people work to gain a skill or achieve a position so
they can relax, comfortable in their abilities and knowledge. They’ve worked
hard and they’re content. (That’s not a bad thing; everyone’s perception of
accomplishment should be different.)
People on the path to success hate the contentment an
acquired skill brings. They hate the comfort an achievement affords. They see
acquired skills as a foundation for acquiring more skills. They see
achievements as platforms for further achievement.
In short, they pay their dues, and they want to pay more
dues. They look at themselves in the mirror and think, “OK, but what have
you done for me lately?”
And then they go out and do more.
7. You’re a Fan of Other
Successful People
Working for a large company is often a zero-sum game,
because personal success usually comes at the expense of others. If you get
promoted, someone else doesn’t. If you get an opportunity, someone else
doesn’t.
That’s why it’s really hard not to begrudge the success
of others—it’s hard to be genuinely happy for a co-worker when you’re
disappointed.
On the other hand, successful people love when others
thrive. They know the pie is big enough for everyone. (Forget the current pie;
they’re out there trying to make new pies.)
Successful people see the accomplishments of others as
exciting and inspirational, and as validation that creativity and hard work do
pay off.
8. You’re Willing to Start
a Movement of One
We all like to belong, to feel we’re kindred spirits, and
that’s why some ideas quickly gain a following and why great ones can become
movements.
Joining a crowd is awesome. But every movement starts
with one person who dares to stand up, alone, unprotected, and vulnerable, and
be different—to say what others aren’t saying, to do what others aren’t doing,
to take a chance and accept the consequences.
What makes people on the path to success so willing to
take that risk?
9. You Think, “Why Not Me?”
Regardless of the pursuit, success is difficult to
achieve. That’s why we all fail sometimes. And when we do, it’s easy to decide
events were outside our control. It’s easy to feel depressed and wonder, “Why
don’t I ever get the opportunities other people get?” or “Why aren’t my friends
more supportive?” or “Why can’t I catch a break?”
In short, it’s easy to think, “Why me?”
Truly successful people ask a different question: “Why
not me?”
That’s why an entrepreneur will open a restaurant in the
same location where other restaurants have failed: “They didn’t succeed, but
why not me?” That’s why entrepreneurs will start a software company with
nothing but an idea: “They may have deeper pockets and a major market share,
but why not me?”
People on the path to wealth don’t assume others possess
special talents or a gift from the gods. They see successful people and think,
“That’s awesome, and if she can do that, why not me?”
Good question: Why not you?
If you think about it, there is no real answer, because
when you’re truly willing not just to dream big but also to try incredibly
hard, there are no reasons why you can’t achieve it—at least no reasons that
matter to you.
By Jeff Haden of Inc.
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