Comments on: Do You Have These 5 Essential Traits of Successful People?

By: Madhu Sharma

Madhu Sharma — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:24:32 +0000

Excellent piece! I totally agree with this and without realsing was doing that. I love my work, am concerned for others, am imaginative, am constantly observing and learning and take on things I am scared of.

By: george

george — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:36:07 +0000

gay!

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By: Bronson Harrington

Bronson Harrington — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:23:18 +0000

Thanks for putting this this together, a very good post.

Of all of the five traits mentioned Bravery may well be the most important of all as it’s the one that can drive actions — if you’re too scared you may not move forward out of self-doubt, but bravery can keep you moving forward, even when things look a little gloomy.

That said, these five things need to work synergistically if people are to become successful.

By: Donna Ross

Donna Ross — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:21:07 +0000

This is a great read. Inspiring in itself. I’d add optimism to the list. When your given lemons, make lemonade. I’m still working on that one. But I’m getting better at it.

One of my all time fav quotes is “A bad day is no more a measure of the rest of your life, than your last good day was.”

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:03:46 +0000

If you want to succeed, learn from those who succeed. Success does not result from books, blogs or tweets. Serve them with the passion, loyalty, intelligence, imagination and courage. Put yourself in the action. In the front line under the command of people who make it happen, that’s where you will learn how to succeed- if you are capable of learning how to succeed.

By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:41:46 +0000

Great article. Especially the journal part sounds great. I never would thought about doing such a thing!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:51:40 +0000

This may be my favorite article on Prevential thus far.

“daily writing forces you to make observations” -I could not agree with you more. Excellent job.

By: John Hardesty

John Hardesty — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:54:52 +0000

Awesome post. Really like how you not only setup the 5 things but also gave examples of how to experience them through little experiments. In branding, we tell companies that in order to be a successful brand they have to do three things: 1) Don't suck. Be good at what you do. 2) Be social. Talk to people and get out there. 3) Simple Math. Make sure the numbers equal profits. So those might somehow apply to success ... but yours really strike the internal chord of the individual. Thanks!

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:10:28 +0000

@Sheila your welcome. When I was editing Michael’s article, I added that section in because I thought it drove the point home and I’m glad that you noticed it!