Successful People's Common Qualities

Successful people look for opportunities where others see nothing. They are the ones who are fearful like everyone else, but are not controlled or limited by fear. Successful people have qualities like these in common. Most everyone who is successful has a purpose, they are solution focused and ready to solve a problem. Successful people never blame anyone, they instead take responsibility and do something to fix or better a bad situation. Not everyone can have these qualities, but the most successful and driven to be successful have to become this way in order to be successful. This success is not about money, but instead is about how one acts and what one will do to manipulate the guide of becoming successful.

Some things that successful people have in common include: 

• They are generous and kind. They take pleasure in helping others achieve
• They are resilient. When most would throw in the towel, they’re just warming up.
• They are open to, and more likely to act upon, feedback.
• They don’t hang out with toxic people.
• They don’t invest time or emotional energy into things which they have no control of.
• They have an off switch. They know how to relax, enjoy what they have in their life and to have fun.
• Their career is not their identity, it’s their job. It’s not who they are, it’s what they do.
• They are more interested in effective than they are in easy. While the majority look for the quickest, easiest way (the shortcut), they look for the course of action which will produce the best results over the long term.
• They finish what they start. While so many spend their life starting things that they never finish, successful people get the job done – even when the excitement and the novelty have worn off.

Source and Reliability:

Author:Dan Waldschmidt

Accuracy: No sources cited, however, it is a very interesting a factual blog and people seem to agree.

Timeliness: Aug 18, 2008. pretty recent 

Discussion questions:
With the points given, do you think this is an effective way to describe someone who may be successful?
Would it be hard to do one or two of these on a daily basis?