The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common: 8 to Be Great by Richard St John

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  1. acid test for knowing if you’ve found your passion: would you do it for free?if yes, you have found it, if no just keep looking (30)

  2. a true professional achieves success when you don’t know what you’re doing is work or play (38)

  3. my formula for success is simple: practice and concentration - the more practice and more concentration (66)

  4. now I practice talking to people every chance I get. Every interaction is a chance to practice pushing through the shyness (80)

  5. you only grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone (100)

  6. use problems, observe, listen, ask questions

  7. focus on doing a really good job (130)

  8. we learn by practice (136)

  9. the deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated and the way to be appreciated is to serve others something they appreciate (153)

  10. the more you share and the more you put out there, the more comes back to you (154)

  11. in any negotation always try to undestand what the other person needs (159) –> serve clients needs!

  12. put yourself in other people’s shoes, see the other person’s perspective, listen to the the people you serve (161)

  13. view your own product with the customer’s eyes. If there is one secret to success, it lies in the ability to get to other person’s point of view, and see things from that person’s angle, as well as from your own (164)

  14. I kept my mouth shut and my ears open and I listened (165)

  15. set your ego aside (167)

  16. make failure your school (come per il trading!) (181), failures are really important to learn

  17. “if you give me constructive criticism, I’ll make the right change away. But if you’re just negative for the sake of being negative, I don’t want to hear about it” (188)

  18. think rejections as badges of honour

  19. be short-term impatient to get things done (daily) and be long-term patient to persist for years (yearly) (205)

  20. “success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit https://c….is-in-uk/.” (212)

  21. no matter what happens, just keep moving forward relentlessly (212)

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