I found this list in the Investor's Business Daily newspaper 12/30/2010 page A3
Investor's Business Daily has spent years analyzing leaders and successful people in all walks of life. Most have 10 traist that, when combineded, can turn dreams into reality.
1. How You Think is Everything: Always be positive. think success, not failure. beware of a negative environment
2. Decide Upon Your True Dreams and Goals: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them.
3. Take Action: Goals are nothing without action. Don't be afraid to get started. just do it
4. Never stop learning: go back to school or read books. get training and aquire skills.
5. Be persistent and work hard: success is a marathon, not a sprint. never give up.
6. Learn to analyze details: get all the facts, all the input. learn from your mistakes
7. focus your time and money: don't let other people or things distract you
8. don't be afraid to innovate; be different: following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity
9. deal and communicate with people effectively: no person is an island. learn to understand and motivate others
10. be honest and dependable; take responsiblity: otherwise, Nos. 1-9 won't matter
I think this is a pretty good list... what do you think?
great list number 5 especially, heard that was the biggest difference between those that succeed and those that fail.
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