8 Secrets to Success

Richard St. John. In his “8 Secrets of Success” TED talk, he shares the elements of success he compiled after interviewing 500 successful people:

  1. Passion. Though recently a buzzword, it’s also a major happiness factor.
  2. Work.
  3. Expertise. Get good and own your skill.
  4. Focus. Practice it like a muscle.
  5. Push. Push yourself through self-doubt and inhibitions. Even great people think they’re not good enough.
  6. Serve. Serve people something of value because it’s how you get rich.
  7. Ideas. Follow through with your ideas; we all have them. Creativity isn’t magic.
  8. Persist. Persistence, according to St. John, is the number one reason for success. Persist through failure and CRAP (criticism, rejection, assholes and pressure).

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