Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sunday thoughts

People often wonder how others become successful. I sometimes think about this. There is no great secret about success. It comes down to hard work and being prepared to take a few risks.

Do not fool yourself into thinking success can be replicated like a kitchen receipe. You may learn of ideas and business processes from successful people but you can't really copy them.

What you should do is look to see what habits successful people have that help them attain their success.

The management guru and author, Stephen Covey has two books on this subject, all about the 7 habits of successful people, the other book is called the 8th habit!

I would recommend these books if you are thinking how you can become more successful.

Simply ask yourself the question why certain people are successful, so why is Richard Branson successful? Is it that he attempts so many odd stunts or is it his way of managing the ethos of the Virgin companies?

Take some time and wiry downyour questions and answers, then go over them and look to see if anything pops out at you. What is it that you can do to help make yourself successful?

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