The Secret Of Celebrity Success by Silveral

(While I was doing some research for the "Huh?!" inspiration project, I found this article, which will be of particular to all my great creative friends on Twitter. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Enjoy!- Hank)


Who do you admire? Why does the world take notice of them and not us? Do they have a common way to become a winner in their field? If so then what is the secret formula?


Purpose


Winning celebrities all have a clear vision a guiding purpose a light at the end of their tunnel that keeps them going day after day on their path. These celebrities get what they want because they know exactly what they want. They can feel and sense it, they experience it in their minds and their hearts. They can see it in their minds eye and describe it as if it were there already there. Conversely most of us think that we will be laughed at, if we talk about what we want, we become afraid of looking foolish and stupid, instead we dare not to dream! Try to take a risk today and dream of your North Star, let it guide you on your path.


Core


Celebrity Winners have another big secret. They surround themselves with winners. They find people that want them to win. They know that if you surround yourself with a core of talent then that talent can be focused. Top Celebrities find and develop a team to help them, a human ship with the celebrity at the helm. Winning celebrities acknowledge that cannot do everything themselves so they find and complement their talents with a good team to help move them on. They find team members who are successful in their own fields. Such a team may consist of , accountants, lawyers, publicist, and managers, make up artists, writers, producers and fitness/life coaches.


Aims for Life


Just like a business has a business plan, winning celebrities have a clear plan that they follow. They know what to do and when to do it with uncanny timing. However, they do this because it is in their plan. They are implementing this plan day after day. It may not be as formulaic at a timeline or a map but their own life plans works just as well for them. It shows the steps they have to take on life's journey to get them to their destination. Such a plan may be drawn up with the team supporting the celebrity. Each plan starts out small with baby steps. This ensures early success.


 As the celebrity becomes accustomed to their map and the steps, then more momentum is built up. This plan is nearly always written down. You often see these winners carrying a diary or a some sort or a flow chart that shows them were they are on their journey in life. I am not suggesting that you create a business plan for your life but rather create a written strategy that keeps you on your path and prevents you taking detours. With such a plan in place it is a case of following the plan and taking one planed step at a time.


Priorities and Goals


With a plan in place winning celebrities often organize themselves with hierarchical things to do. They are the type of people that get organized and have a sense of what has to be done first. They have a knack of knowing what is important and what is fluff. If a higher priority is being ignored they can drop everything a allocate their resources to priority one. Priority two, three and four are put to one side for later attention. If they find they are distracted with meaningless unimportant work they will stop what they are doing and get back to their top priority and get back to the plan and work on that priority and nothing else. Sometimes an even higher priority takes over e.g. your child gets sick at school, or you are suddenly involved in some sort of emergency on the highway. These things happen and winning celebrities deal with them quickly and efficiently. They then get back to their highest priority on their plan.


Reality


Winning Celebrities do not have room in their lives for denial, fitful fancies or fiction. They often deal with life like a child, in the moment, dealing with life as it comes day to day. Rather than setting themselves up for a fall by deluding themselves with impossible dreams they rely on what is do-able, and ignore what in not. When criticized as we all are they do not become defensible rather they absorb the input and feedback and treat it not as an attack on them but as away to improve. At the same time they are able to distinguish what feedback is useful and what is trash. Winning Celebrities know what they can do and what they cannot do because they remain truthful to themselves. No kidding and accepting impossible challenges. They just do their thing to the best of their ability. Their attitude is if I know the problems, then I can plan to deal with them.


Flexibility


Celebrities who consistently win sometimes take what I call missteps. Not mistakes but missteps. Just like a marathon runner who takes a wrong turn, winning celebrities acknowledge the error and self correct to get back on track. They do not waste time saying that they are a failure and get all upset about the misstep. Instead they get on with fixing the mistake, or misstep. These winning celebrities like the marathon runner who takes a misstep and goes the wrong way, they just let it go and carry on, getting back on track in the right direction. One step at a time. If they their path is blocked then like a marathathon runner who has come up against a hole in the ground, then they find a new path around the problem and carry on.


Zeal


Winning celebrities who play to win always have a deep passion about what they are doing. Once focused they become excited about what they are doing. They get energized and eager to get on with taking the steps of their chosen path. To them it is the pursuit of the chosen goal that excites them. It does not become a job or another day at work it becomes their very existence. They are having fun. They can't wait to get to work the next day for this is who they are, this is what they are, and this is them. They love what they do and do what they love. They have a purpose, a passion a dream that they are living one step at a time day by day.


Chance


Celebrities are consistent winners who are willing to take risks. Do not misunderstand, this does not mean that they are foolhardy and reckless. This means that they take calculated risks. They go out of their comfort zone in order to succeed at new challenges. They take the plunge into the unknown. They leave behind the safe world of mundane existence and venture forth as pioneers in their field. They are they explores of life trying out new things. They find new ways to do what has been done before. They realize that people become legacy bound. "It's they way we have always operated our business" someone might say. A winning celebrity will answer. Can we do this any other way? Can we do the opposite? Can we change? They go against the crowd mentality, for that is where no one has been before. 


Warren Buffet made his fortune by daring to invest his money when others were fleeing the markets, he bought when prices were low. He knew prices would come back someday and he was rewarded for the risk he took. Likewise J.K. Rowling dared to write seven books about a child wizard, not one book like others would have done but seven books. The result was that Book publishers fought over this unknown authoress who scribbled in a cafe. Who could have thought that a totally unknown stranger could write a play script for a violent film and then make and star in it himself. Sylvester Stalone did just that when he wrote the script for Rocky. All of these celebrities have dared to take risks others would shy away from, they stepped out of the comfort zone and became winners as a result.


Achievement


Winning Celebrities always take action. Because these people are not afraid of risk and because they have a do-able plan they are certain of their path. How many of us procrastinate and talk of what could be done. Winning celebrities get on because they do not procrastinate, they are just working their plan and prioritizing. Just like the Nike slogan, they "Just do it". The action that they take is not one off. Instead it is consistent and relentless, day in day out. They remain focused even if their initial actions fail to get results. This is because they know that in society rewards are not given up lightly. 


The winning celebrities mantra is if one action does the job great, but if it takes ten actions then fair enough. How many of us believe in the once in a lifetime action to fix all our woes. The Beatles did not write hit song after hit song as many people believe, instead between the band members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and George Harrison they wrote and recorded almost 365 songs. Not 20-30 top ten hits as most people believe. The Beatles new they would be successful if they just kept on schedule.


In fact Paul McCartney kept a daily journal; in which he would write down what he was going to do that day. This was on top of all the other stuff like concerts and sound recordings. The work ethic was relentless, the rest is history.


Self Ruling


Winning celebrities know that the most important resource they have is themselves. Winning celebrities actively manage their physical, emotional, and mental well-being as they know how important such things are. They keep their life in balance, not becoming workaholics. They keep themselves from burnout as much as they can. The ones who do not are the ones who fall by the wayside and become another has been. Although I've said they all have an important passion that drives them on they also know how to keep this life passion in check. 


Winning celebrities will not languish in a job that is dead end, or stay in a sick and draining relationship. They take care of number one first, because it is they who are the one who gets the results they desire. They only get such results if they are complete in health both mentally and physically, not high on drugs or alcohol because they worked themselves into the ground. How many sixty year olds can run around a stage like Mick Jagger if they are not fit?


Conclusions


All of these qualities sound too much to some then tough. If you are one of those people who just gives up then I'm sorry you just will not amount to much in life. You are driftwood a loss going with the flow. If this sounds uncomfortable then that is great because you have just taken the first step and acknowledged your anger and realized you can be better. The great thing is that we all can have these winning strategies if we take the time to understand hoe to apply them to our own life. We to can become winners within our own field of expertise. 


Celebrities are just like you and me they do not have a monopoly on life skills nor do you. The very same skills can be found all around us. Try looking at school teachers, doctors, community workers and the countless others that do their thing. Following their chosen paths. One day they to will be great! Maybe you already do some of the things outlined above, then great.


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About the AuthorSilveral Celebrity Observer. http://celebrity-news.biz/?page_id=80


Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. W Clement Stone

The Persistent Mind Prevails Over a Dormant One By Robert Strong

Through the ages of time we can all agree that the majority of the most persistent individuals have had the most success and the most impact on others. These individuals had a desire that the intensity level was one that which consumed them to a point there was nothing else, to a depth that there was no room for failure.

Their persistent mind took complete control over their every day interactions from when they got up to when they went to sleep, but still their sub conscious mind still articulated ways to succeed as they slept. They touched the lives of many and still continue to touch us today as their legacy is still talked about and studied today.

Learning from your failures

The persistent mind realizes that a failure is just a snapshot in time; it is not the end of all, just a step closer to success. The persistent mind continues to analyze the situation over and over again until any failure is turned into success. So many times we may know of people that try a new project, take on a new educational platform or a new hobby. We watch as these individuals struggle with this new addition to their life and hear them start making excuses and just give up.

 I have heard excuses like "I don't have the time", "it's too complicated ", "Johnny down the street tried it and it didn't work, so it won't work for me either". Although most give up, we have all witnessed the one or two individuals go the extra 500 miles that we nickname a "trooper", because they just don't give up.

As I write these words it reminds me of how we all had learned to walk as a young child, one step at a time. At the age of about twelve months we all started to learn to walk, while we did learn this once monumental task, it took time, we had the occasional fall but we were persistent. Why do you think we were so persistent; the reason is because we did not know what quitting was or that is was even an option for us, but aren't you glad you didn't.

We all started by lifting ourselves up, take a step and fall flat on our face or bang our head against a coffee table or chair, and oh boy did we get mad, this pissed us off enough to do it all over again. We continued to put ourselves through this torture because of our determination and persistence to be able to walk. Walking meant freedom, freedom meant possibilities; possibilities lead to success, and success leads to more freedom. So I challenge you to get pissed off and keep doing it over again until you are "walking".

After 12 No's why stop?

A great example of being persistent is John Grisham and how he started writing his first book in his part time after witnessing a testimony of a 12 year old girl. John spent three years on the title known as "A Time to Kill" once finished he submitted his work to roughly 12 different publishers, which none of them were very excited about the content, they turned him down. John was not going to give up, he knew he had a good story so he kept trying and he came across a publisher named Wynwood Press and they bought it on a whim and took it to market with 5000 copies.

This was a beginning of one of the most sought after authors that we know, his work is now known worldwide, and he has touched all of our lives with his many titles. He continues to fascinate us with his ability to write a good book and portray a world that you feel you are part of, just imagine if he would have given up after 12 no's?

Think about this, you may be thinking of giving up, but if you give up, there is the possibility that you are not only affecting yourself but others as well, maybe thousands or millions. John did not give up his passion to be a writer, just like him you have the ability to touch others lives, be persistent and don't give up.

The Battle of Thermopylae

While many of us know this story well, others have the look like my wife, not a clue if I was speaking a foreign language or named a body part; this is an historic example of courage and persistence against all odds. This is a story of a great army lead by a group of 300 Spartan's which were known for their military training and education that began at the age of seven. This great battle is known for the extreme odds, courageous mentality and persistence to protect their way of life. Around September of 480B.C. at the pass of Thermopylae they were confronted by an army of numbers in the millions, an army so large that whispers rolled through the hills in the wind saying they were unstoppable.

 An army so large that as they marched stories were told that it sounded like the gods destroying worlds that we have never seen just heard of. For a total of seven days the Spartans fought against odds that were never in their favor, except one; persistence, and they would have won this great conflict if it would have not been for betrayal of one of their own. Their story is still told and referenced today as one of the most memorable conflicts ever, and will continue to inspire each and every one of us to keep going even when the odds are stacked against us.

Persistence wears Resistance

We have all heard this saying time and time again, but many of us think about it differently. Every time I think of this saying or hear someone reference it I think of water on a constant drip on a bed of rocks, seems a little odd, yes I know but think about it. The drops of water are the persistence force that continues to strike against the bed of rocks (the resistance).If you find it hard to believe how water that continually strikes a rock will have any change, just look at the 1885 miles that runs from Colorado to Texas.

You got it, the Rio Grande is a prime example of water forming rock and earth with continuous persistence. Talk about not giving up, the Rio Grande has been forming for 100 million years, it doesn't get a chance to think about quitting and giving up, just like when we were learning to walk, a way was found no matter how long it took. While you may not 100 million years to build your business the philosophy is the same; never give up, even against the most unforsaken odds.

Don't dare tell me you are too old

While I am very reluctant in telling this next section I feel I have too as it is very relevant to this article in being persistent and not giving up. See I grew up having a very rough childhood, not having much, but feeling fortunate that I was alive and not in a position as so many other children were in third world countries. Since there wasn't much monetary support in or around my family, we went without many things, for example one of the most coveted gifts that a child could receive is a bike.

Well as I said money was not growing on our tree in the back yard so I went without a bike, without for many, many years. I never had the opportunity to learn to ride a bike until a good friend named Steven lived in a apartment below me and had a bike, he was getting bored riding by himself and asked me to buy a bike. As you could imagine the fear flooded my body, here I was in my 20's and never had the opportunity to learn to ride a bike, what was I to do? Lie to my friend, tell him I wasn't interested in riding with him and having the chance to hurt his feelings or tell him the truth, well I took the high road.

I told him my story and we went together and bought me a bike, we started riding around the neighborhood, then the park and then farther. While this was not an overnight feat, it was accomplished. It was accomplished because I was persistent and knew I wanted to learn to ride a bike and knew I could, also for all the people that could not ride a bike. I did it for them also knowing if I didn't use my abilities to the best of my ability I was being ungrateful and didn't deserve the opportunity.

 In telling my friend the truth and being persistent I learned to ride a bike and have a very strong friendship with Steven, we taught each other many things and am grateful for the experience.

While you may think you have no way of being successful, don't give up. You can be like the 97 percent of people that give up if they the odds are stacked up against them, or you can make a choice. A choice to continue until the end where you are successful and you have built a legacy as one that never gave up, as one who inspired others and gave back to the world in such a positive manner. As the late Confucious said "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall".

Here are a few states of mind when it comes to Persistence:

Definite of Purpose - what do you want;this has been said by many to be the most important step in developing persistence. The how is never important, the why is what drives you and your surroundings, it drives your actions.

Desire – What you desire above anything else will drive the mind to a level of persistence that enables you to succeed, you will find with a strong enough desire that your subconcious starts articulating the how for you in a effortless way.

Self Reliance - Believe in yourself, believe you can accomplish the plan that will lead you to your success, without belieef in yourself you will most likely fail, and if you are like me failure is not an option. Believe in yourself and others will see the passion and believe in you alos and support you in your endevours

Definiteness of Plans - a plan is just as it sounds, a road map to success, while not all plans have the same depth of thought, it may be unreasonable, it is still a plan – follow it daily, this devolps persistence. If you have to change the plan thats fine but once changed stick to the plan, WARNING !!! Don't change your plan every couple days, give it awhile

Accurate Knowledge - Have you done your due diligence on the subject, have you studied the content, seeked out others perspective, studied the individuals that have succeeded around the subject. Don't take the stance of throwing stuff on the wall and seing what sticks, get facts. This will support your mind in beleiving you can succeed.

Cooperation – Be kind to others, believe in them, support them, cooperate and mastermind with them, treat others as they would like to be treated.

Will power - Everything you do should have some type of attatchment to what your plan is, if not you are wasting time, read your plan everyday, every night before you go to bed and during the day to keep the sharp focus you started with. Turn off that black box on the wall called the profit drainer!

Habit – What you do day in and day out forms your mind and how it reacts to stimuli. If you are reading an hour a day about good content, you are training your mind to pick up information about books and good content. You are training your mind to pick up on this information as it crosses your path, what you do everyday and what you train your mind to become important actually does become important.

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About the AuthorWishing you everlasting success,

Your friend and mentor,

Robert David Strong

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The Ultimate Motivation For Peak Performance By Vasco Patrício

Most people will tell you that, in order to reach peak performance, you have to motivate yourself. Well, let me disagree. I am here to tell you today that the best motivation for peak performance can be anti-motivation. Motivation itself can actually be harmful in some cases. It's a double-edged sword you have to use carefully. Why? Let's check it out in detail. 


 What is the whole point of motivation? If we look at it in depth, motivation only serves to help you reach something. You don't just get motivated. You get motivated to do something. So, if you don't do that something, it's no use being motivated.  We might do something because we like it, because we must do it, or a similar reason. However, with important things in life, most things are things we MUST do. And we must do them even if it creates discomfort in ourselves.


 Being motivated in this case might be harmful. It erases our musts. It creates comfort and doesn't oblige us to do what we must do.  However, if you're feeling pretty bad, motivation can be a pretty good weapon. It can lead you and help you maintain the mindset to complete a task. If you're feeling down, being motivated can be a lifesaver. So, when should motivation be used?  It's pretty easy to figure out. If you're the kind of person who tends to not take action when he's confortable, by all means be motivated. If you feel being motivated slowly eats away at your discipline, then don't become motivated. It's that simple.  Even though it's not done that much nowadays, in the past self-help teachers and coaches used to promote positive thinking and needless motivation. We've come to realize it doesn't work that easily. In conclusion, I'd say, only be motivated if it contributes to the task. If it doesn't, drop the motivation.  You have to make the shift from focusing on something external to focusing on yourself. 


If someone motivates you it's like you have an external shell of motivation. It's belonging to somebody else's. So it doesn't lead you to take action. If you feel motivated deep inside yourself, you're lead to take action.  Most exterior motivation comes in the form of hearing about others' achievements, empty motivational phrases, and others. Interior motivation comes in the form of you knowing you can do it, you remembering past successes, and others.  So, whenever you are being motivated, double check. Is this motivation resonating with me, am I driven to take action, or is it just an outer shell? If it's a true motivation from within yourself, retain the motivation, if it's somebody else's, discard it. Simple and effective. 


 Note that this is just a safety measure. I usually consider interior motivation to be true and exterior motivation to not feel so true. If you are the kind of person that can hear about others' achievements and still act with perfect confidence and discipline as if it were yourself, by all means do it. It's just most people don't consider exterior motivation that truthful after some time, and this is the way to prevent that.  


There are certain tasks where I purposefully kill the motivation. Sometimes I want to jog. I can only jog for 30m. However, if I watch a video about sports where the speaker shows he can run up to 2 hours straight, I'm pumped, I have that motivation as if I could run 2 hours myself. If I retain that motivation I'm probably going to have an unpleasant surprise after 20m of jogging. Oh boy.  So before I start I cut the motivation. I get my feet down to earth and ask myself: Is this realistic? Does this motivation have a base? 


Sometimes I make negative presuppositions. I'm worse than ever. I can't jog even 5m. Motivation might break that connection between you and reality, and you have to connect it back.  Newbie mistake. I am not talking about goals. People will say, don't have realistic goals. Try weird, megalomaniac things. I agree. It's not your goals that should be realistic. Your goals should be megalomaniac, but they should be done in a realistic manner.  If you want me to simplify it, I would say: If motivation drives you to action, use it. If it doesn't, discard it. 


Sometimes you have to do a task you hate. And motivation will only create empty fantasy space in your head and not contribute to your completion of the task. So discard it.   Other times the motivation will be spot on, you will realize "Yes, this is exactly what I was looking for to drive me". Then use it. If motivation makes you act, use it. If it doesn't, discard it.   Sometimes it's not easy. Motivation makes you feel good. Breaking that state of motivation makes you feel the cold of the wind and look at dirt of the ground once again. But life's not fluffy or warm all the time. Many times, when you have to take action, you have to get down and dirty. So do it.  Harness that skill and you will control your emotions, your capability for action, and achieve peak performance almost immediately.


Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/coaching-articles/the-ultimate-motivation-for-peak-performance-2085020.html


About the AuthorVasco Patrício is interested in technology, peak performance, coaching, communication and public speaking, and has written articles and posted about these matters in various sites and blogs.
For more information and a listing of blogs and articles you can visit his webpage at http://vascopatricio.com

Long-term Success by Hank

I love talking to people. Through the years and over my travels, I have met people of all ages, and from all over the world. I feel very lucky, because I have heard some amazingly cool stories, which have helped to shape my appreciation for people who do great things. As a matter of fact, many of these same stories directly inspired the creation of this very website.

I was talking to my Grandfather a little while ago, and he told me about how he was offered the opportunity to play football in his youth. He was big and fast, but since he only had a grade school education, he had to forgo possible fame and fortune in favor of helping his family, working, and eventually raising kids of his own. Though there were definitely glimmers of sorrow for the glory he might have missed, his pride in his family’s accomplishments was unmistakable. He worked without rest to make sure his family had every opportunity, and his efforts have been rewarded by their on-going accomplishments.

During our conversation, I remembered a quote that I’d read once in school: “Humanity has only two paths to immortality- progeny, and legend.” Of course, people live on through their kids, but what kind of memories are they leaving behind? You can’t always be sure how your kids will turn out, but you can shape what kind impression you leave behind.

Every action and inaction we take dictates how much flexibility we will have later in life. In the case of my Grandfather, because he was unable to go to school, he could not later take advantage of the unexpected football opportunity he was offered later. This scenario is universal. If unprepared, people can find themselves painted into a corner… by self-doubt, poor decision-making, and by their failure to prepare and execute any long-term goals.

Every day, media outlets display terrible stories of people losing their fortunes, many because they have forgotten the simple children’s fable about the ant and the grasshopper:

The ant works to store food during the warm months, while the grasshopper frolics with friends and fiddles, even ridiculing the ant for being square and missing out on the fun. When the winter comes, the grasshopper has no food or shelter, while the ant is content to ride out the winter in his underground home, warm, happy and worry-free. The ant prepared for the long term, while the grasshopper spent his time recklessly and foolishly.

Success must be desired, planned for, and maintained. It should never be unexpected (you are working for it after all). 

            Success must be nurtured like a living thing. In many ways, it is like a child. As with flesh and blood children, your actions will have a direct effect on how your success grows. You must guide your success, and if you are a good parent, your success, like grateful descendants, will tell stories of your actions long after your time here has passed, as will certainly be the case with my great Grandfather. 

Are you practicing your craft, and getting steadily better?

Are you protecting your reputation?

Are you learning as much as you can?

Are you surrounding yourself with positive people?

Are you saving any of your income, or constantly making it rain at the club?

Are you planning for the long term, or are you spending money like an iced-out grasshopper?

Success can be a wonderful companion or a cruel mistress: wonderful if you can keep your head, but vicious if you’re not disciplined enough to handle her whimsicality.- Hank

The ability to discipline yourself… to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term… is the indispensable pre-requisite for success. - Brian Tracy

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by
short term failure.- Charles C. Noble

One step at a time is enough for me.  Impatience is simply a way 
of beating yourself up. - Susan Jeffers 

We invite ANY success-driven individuals (entrepreneurs, musicians, artists, students, etc.) to share their stories for the inspiration of other such individuals. Send to huhblog@gmail.com. Thanks! 

12 Traits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs By Ajaero Tony Martins

What are the traits of successful entrepreneurs that set them apart from everyone else? What trait do entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Lawrence Ellison and Richard Branson have that the ordinary entrepreneurs don't? All these questions are going to be answered in this article.

After studying the lives of successful entrepreneurs, I have been able to pinpoint 12 traits that make them successful. Without wasting your time, below are the 12 traits of successful entrepreneurs:


1.   Successful Entrepreneurs are proactive learners: Entrepreneurship is a life long process and successful entrepreneurs know this. Things change so fast in the business world; you could be an innovation today and become obsolete tomorrow.
 
To stay on course and adapt swiftly to the ever changing trend, successful entrepreneurs keep studying and learning. They read industrial journals, books and magazines. They attend seminars and update themselves regularly with the latest industrial trend.
Successful entrepreneurs know that their cup is never full; they know that they don't have the right answers to all questions. So they humble themselves and learn when availed the opportunity.


2.    They thrive on risk: I have never seen a successful entrepreneur who rose to the pinnacle of success without a measurable amount of risk. Successful entrepreneurs are risk takers; they risk their time, energy and resources with the hope of building a strong business. If they fail, they risk losing everything they've ever owned. Risk is the main reason many employees fail to start a business.


3.    They work for free: Working for free is one of the traits of successful entrepreneurs that set them apart from others. It's hard to find individuals who will be willing to work for free, without pay for many years but successful entrepreneurs do this. They work on their business for many years without pay. Being an entrepreneur, I can attest to this trait because I have built businesses without getting a dime from them for some years.


All profits generated are re-invested into the business. To be a successful entrepreneur, you must always bear in mind that you are not building a job for monthly pay. Instead, you are building an asset that can generate residual income for you and add value to humanity in the coming years.


4.  They work longer hours than employees: Successful entrepreneurs are known for their extraordinary resilience and long standing commitment to the course of building a business. Building a business is never easy and it requires time and dedication. Some entrepreneurs are known to work for 70 - 80 hours per week while average employees work less than that. So if you are going to join the league of successful entrepreneurs, then you definitely need to develop the trait of working longer hours than normal.


5. Successful entrepreneurs learn quickly from mistakes: Of all the traits of successful entrepreneurs, this one interests me the most. Many individuals shy away from the game of entrepreneurship because of the fear of making mistakes. They perceive mistakes as bad because mistakes sometimes cost money and pain; so they avoid it like a plague. But successful entrepreneurs see mistakes as a learning tool; they see it as an opportunity to learn something new. "Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement." - Henry Ford


Successful entrepreneurs make mistakes in business but they don't quit. They know mistakes are part of the process of entrepreneurship, so they learn quickly from these mistakes and move on. If you are being held back by the fear of making mistakes, I will suggest you read the article "How to learn from your mistakes in business." "Excuses cost a dime and that's why the poor can afford a lot of it." - Robert kiyosaki


6.  They have the ability to run on debt: As a rule of life, we are all indebted to someone in one way or the other. With respect to building a business, I have never seen a successful entrepreneur that hasn't been in debt. Everyone owes but successful entrepreneurs know how to use debt to their advantage, they know how to use debt as an instrument and leverage to build a business and get richer. "Be careful when you take on debt. If you take on debt personally, make sure it is small. If you take on large debt, make sure someone else is paying for it." - Rich Dad


7.    They are accountable and responsible: Successful entrepreneurs are accountable and responsible for the failure or success of business. They shoulder the responsibility of piloting the business through its trying times. If they succeed, it becomes a plus to them but if they fail, they will be held responsible.


8.    They thrive on criticism: Another trait successful entrepreneurs share in common is the ability to forge ahead in the face of criticism. Building a business comes with its own challenges; as the entrepreneur, you are bound to be loved and hated by the public. But successful entrepreneurs always devise a means to use every bit of criticism to make themselves better and stronger.


"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford "Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end." - Bill Gates


9.    Successful entrepreneurs are ambitious: Ambition is one of the traits of successful entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs think big and do things big. They are never satisfied with their current achievement; they believe there is always room for constant improvement and they go for it.


Take a look at Mukesh Ambani's achievement in building Reliance Group; the world's largest refinery. Lakshmi Mittal built Mittal Steel, the world's largest steel producer. Look at Larry Ellison's ambition to surmount Microsoft. In generality, entrepreneurs are very ambitious personalities.


10.    They are opportunist: This is another trait of successful entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs share a common ability to see opportunities, where others see problems. They know that behind every problem lies an opportunity. Successful entrepreneurs are the drivers of creativity and innovation. "The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets." - John D. Rockefeller


11.    They are great leaders: Successful entrepreneurs are great leaders with a proven leadership strategy. They possess the ability to bring out the best in their employees. They inspire creativity and foster innovation. They also have the ability to hire and lead smarter individuals. "Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people." - John D. Rockefeller


12.    Successful entrepreneurs are team players: “I want to start my own business," 'I want to be my own boss,' 'I want to do this my own way.' These are the words I often hear from would be entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs know that entrepreneurship and investing are team sports. So therefore; they never work alone, they join forces with other entrepreneurs and professional advisers to build a stronger business. 
"Go to the wolf, consider its ways and be wise. A wolf will never hunt alone; it hunts in packs because it knows the power of team work." - Ajaero Tony Martins


In conclusion, these are the 12 traits of successful entrepreneurs which you must possess to succeed. Successful entrepreneurs were not born with these traits, they developed them over time. You can also develop these traits if only you are willing.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/entrepreneurship-articles/12-traits-of-highly-successful-entrepreneurs-2848605.html

About the AuthorAjaero Tony Martins is a serial entrepreneur, investor and a prolific blogger. He blogs about his entrepreneurial experience and provides hard core business development strategies on http://www.StrategicBusinessTeam.com, You can also follow him on twitter @StrategicTeam

How to Make Success Quotes Work for You By Joshua Shelton

Over 110,000 people search success quotes every month. That ton's of people looking for how to be successful, motivation on success, and how to learn from other people who have made quotes! It's not a bad idea really. Search for a success quote, find a site with great success oriented material, find your quote of choice and then let it sink into your thinking. Once you let the quote sinks into your thinking, you might just start thinking successfully! Here are a few ways to make success quotes work for you:

1. Memorize it. Once you search for a quote and find one that truly inspires you, you need to have a way to let it really make a difference in your life. The best way to remember a quote is to commit it to memory! Then, when you need it, it will "flash" into your mind.


2. Find the principle within your success quote. Every quote has something to be learned and applied. What makes these quotes so popular is that someone successful said the "saying". That saying came from YEARS of experience. The years of experience are held within your success quote. In theory, you should be able to glean a lesson from it. If not, you probably wouldn't have chosen it! Find out the principle behind the quote.


3. Use the principle in your life! This final step almost seems obvious doesn't it? Why would you go through the hard work of searching through lots of quotes and finding a principle within your favorite one if you aren't going to use the principle in your life? You wouldn't. 


The final step is sometimes more difficult than the other, but it doesn't have to be. All you have to do to really make your success quote work for you is to take action.
With so many people searching for the best success quotes, I would encourage you to really make your quotes work for you. It's a simple way to bring great results in your life without too much effort. You've done the work, now reap the results.

Daily Success Place has tons of resources like articles, videos and book titles to make you more successful. Check it out at: http://www.dailysuccessplace.com

Goal Setting And A Positive Attitude By Jodi Collins

Goal setting and positive attitude will get you a long way in life and the business world. The Law Of Expectation, which is simply this: If you expect to fail, you will; and just the opposite: if you expect to succeed you will do just that.

Thus, it' s all in the way our minds perceive the situations or circumstances that we are in. You can change the way that you perceive things by taking a negative thought and replacing it with a positive thought. This you say is not easy, but if you break down every moment in your life into segments and stop the chatter and focus on that one moment and think positive thoughts we will eliminate all negative thoughts, Plus focus on the things that we want to manifest into our lives instead of focusing and acting on the things that we do not want.

Goal setting is a great way to achieve those things in our lives that we desire. A great way to goal set is to get a Dream Board, this is a cork board that you can hang on your wall. 

What do you desire? A bigger house, a sports car? What ever those dreams are make them into a visual aid. By this I mean grab a magazine and find the pictures of the things that you desire, post them on your dream board. This way your dreams are not far away. You will manifest these things into your life by just having that visual to look at. Goals get cluttered about if they are not written down firmly in a place where you can reflect on them. This is why the dream board is a highly effective tool.

All of us have the power to change and overcome any obstacles in our way by changing our self image. Doing affirmations is a great way to focus on the things that you want to manifest into your life, if you have self limiting beliefs(which we all do) you will not obtain anything that you truly desire in life.

(Example of A Affirmation)

I Had self limiting beliefs about myself and that I thought that I could not achieve anything, So I would always give up and never try anything because I was so scared to even try or I found Myself setting up road blocks along the way. I was literally setting myself up to fail, because I had a self limiting belief that I could not achieve anything better for myself. I started with some affirmations to try and get rid of my self limiting thoughts And beliefs. I was told to take an index card and right down my affirmation in the present tense.

So my problem was that I always gave up so in present tense I wrote this on my index card:

" I have never given up"

I was instructed to read this affirmation to myself for 28 to 30 days and these simple little words would change the course of my thinking.

Well I can tell you that it worked, was a little strange when I started because, I had this voice in the back of my head saying "yeah right you always give up!" I stuck with it for the 30 days and I will tell you that as of six months later I have not given up on anything.


I run a highly successful business out of my home and it has never come into my train of thinking to quit. Self Improvement is an ongoing process, to be successful you have to continually work on your self and your business.

Goal setting and a positive attitude will manifest your wants and desires. If you take responsibility for your actions and thoughts on a daily basis you will achieve anything that you want to achieve.

                                    Achieve your dreams!


How you see yourself is the way you’ll end up being. - Kenneth Cole

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. - John Dryden