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Hugh Gaugler November 1, 2002 09:06 PM

Success Traits: What Have YOU Observed?
 
You've probably seen a myriad of magazine articles and books that attempt to isolate "x" number of personal traits of the "successful entrepreneur" or "millionaire" or whatever.

The thing is, you probably know a successful person or two yourself. And I wonder: Have you observed any personal traits that person has that you feel might have been a significant factor in their success?

It's been my observation that one of the traits of the successful person --- which, as I define it, means someone who is accomplishing or has accomplished something they set out to do --- is that they very strongly believe in living up to their word. In business transactions, this translates to "Do whatever it takes to deliver what you promised, or more, when you promised it or earlier."

Have you noticed any particular "success traits" in the successful people you know?

--- Hugh

Michael Ross November 1, 2002 11:32 PM

Results vs Causes
 
> Have
> you observed any personal traits that person
> has that you feel might have been a
> significant factor in their success?

Apart from the missing element written about in The Success Report and your observation of

They very strongly believe in living up to their word.

There is:
  • Willing to take risks (thanks to the missing element written about in The Success Report).
  • Do not care what other people think. They do what they have a mind to do. (Again, the missing element revealed in The Success Report helps here.)
  • They are their own person. Not an immitation. They don't "model" themselves on anyone.
  • Slow to change their mind. (Thanks to the missing element in The Success Report, in some instances.)

In fact, the more generally accepted traits I think of: determination, taking action, etc., the more I see they are a result of the missing element written about in The Success Report. Even "living up to your word" can be a result of the missing element written about in The Success Report.

Which is why, I believe, more people do not achieve what they set out to achieve after reading the "success guru" books and attending the success guru seminars. They are looking at Results (determination, keeping your word, taking action, etc.) as Causes/Traits. As if, these can be acquired.

You cannot get a result unless you have the cause of it first.

I cannot have Fire (result) without first having Fuel, Oxygen and Heat (cause). And yet, trying to "become determined" as the success gurus say, is like trying to have fire without the necessary three ingredients.

Some would say you need a "Fire In The Belly." But the "fire in the belly" is a Result Of an underlying Cause.

Focused Action is a RESULT OF an underlying CAUSE.

What's the underlying CAUSE?

It's explicitly revealed in The Success Report - and nowhere else.

Michael Ross


The Success Report

Steve MacLellan November 2, 2002 11:31 AM

Re: Success Traits: What Have YOU Observed?
 
Hi Hugh,

...someone who is accomplishing or has accomplished something they set out to do --

I'm not rich, and don't feel that I am overly successful yet, but in the last four years I have accomplished what I set out to do. I need to back track here a little bit. As I have been developing my business enterprise I have added two more phases to it. The 1st phase is a success, the second phase has been started by engaging in additional research and education, and the third phase is an idea yet to be developed.

I employ a very simple strategy:

"Say what you do.
Do what you say.
And prove it."

I think that is a very simple formula that anyone can follow. Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Steve MacLellan


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