Success can be defined in many ways such as wealth, recognition, health, family, happiness, and satisfaction. However, true success is measured by how well one achieves their goals and capabilities rather than in comparison to others. The document outlines 10 qualities that make a person successful including desire, commitment, responsibility, hard work, character, positive believing, giving more than receiving, persistence, pride in performance, and being willing to learn from mentors. Some reasons people do not achieve excellence are looking for shortcuts, selfishness, lack of conviction, unwillingness to plan, not learning from mistakes, fear, and lack of self-discipline.

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What is Success?
 Wealth
 Recognition
 Good Health
 A good family
 Happiness
 Satisfaction
 Peace of mind
Subjective
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.”
- Earl Nightingale
How do we measure success?
Success in life is not determined by how we are doing compared with others, but by how we are doing
compared with what we are capable of doing.

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Qualities that makes a person successful-
1. Desire
The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose.
- story of Socrates and young man
2. Commitment
Integrity and wisdom are the two pillars on which to build and keep commitments.
“Integrity is keeping your commitment even if you lose money and wisdom is not to make such
foolish commitments. ”
3. Responsibility
Accepting responsibility involves taking calculated, not foolish, risks.
Three things about mistakes-
Ignore them
Deny them
Accept, learn from them and not repeat them.

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4. Hard Work
Hard Work is both a beginning and an end itself. Great talent without will-power and hard work is a
waste.
- It took Noah Webster 36 years to compile Webster’s Dictionary.
5. Character
Character is a sum total of a person’s values, beliefs and personality. To be a winner takes character.
6. Positive Believing
Positive believing is more than positive thinking. It is knowing that positive thinking will work. It is
an attitude of confidence that comes from preparation.
7. Give More Than You Get
more valuable, more confidence, respect and trust, pride and satisfaction
“Ability without dependability, responsibility and flexibility is a liability.”
- Anonymous

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8. Persistence
Persistence is a decision. It is a commitment to finish what you start. Athletes put in years of
practice for a few seconds or minutes of performance.
9. Pride of Performance
Pride of performance does not represent ego. It represents pleasure with humility. Excellence comes
when the performer takes pride in doing his best.
10. Be a Willing to Be a Student – Get a Mentor
A good mentor will guide and give direction. Be an interested student. An interested student gets the
best out of a teacher.
The best teacher will not give you something to drink, they will make you thirsty.
“Success and happiness go hand in hand. Success is getting what you want and happiness is wanting what
you get.”
- John H. Rhoades

6. What is holding us back?
Some Reasons why we don’t achieve excellence-
 Looking for shortcuts
 Selfishness and greed
 Lack of conviction
 Unwillingness to plan and prepare
 Not learning from past mistakes
 Fear
 Lack of self discipline
 Lack of knowledge
 Lack of courage