Madiha Yaqoob
Everybody wants to be successful in their personal and professional life. In order to become successful, you need to develop the qualities of successful people. This can be done by following their footprints. All successful people have similar characteristics, they are proactive, they make things happen and they are not afraid of taking action. This is also written by Steven R. Covey in his book 7 habits of highly effective people.
These common characteristics of successful people sound simple but they yield tremendous results in life. The prerequisite of stepping up the game on the route to success is working on yourself and improving all the time.
Following are 10 characteristics of successful people.
1. They choose their friends wisely.
It is said, sitting with winners, the conversation is different. Successful people surround themselves with successful people. They understand that their friends should be able to bring a positive change in their life and help them succeed. This is why they change friends who do not talk about business, wealth, and opportunities.
2. They do not complain.
An ordinary mindset points fingers and holds others responsible for all the problems in their life. Successful people never complain, instead, they see problems as an opportunity and understand, it is the lack of resourcefulness that is the real problem. They constantly work on connecting with the right people. They are proactive, they do not hesitate in taking risks and actions in their life.
3. They say ‘No’.
All successful people learn at a very early age to say ‘no’. They understand the importance of saying no to the things that don’t excite them or that they do not feel much interest in. It is a great recipe for progressing in life, they say yes to the opportunities they feel excited about and refuse things that they do not find any worth in. After all, time is money.
4. You can’t please everybody and change people.
Successful people realize the importance of staying content with their progress and they do not go the extra mile in wasting their time on changing people’s thoughts and making them happy. It is said if you want to make people happy, sell ice cream. You can not please everybody and you can not change people’s thinking if they are not willing to change themselves.
5. They want others to succeed in life.
Call it craziness but successful people feel happy about others’ success. They feel good about others’ happiness and they are not jealous. They want everybody to succeed in life. One grows by helping others grow. Life is not a competition.
6. Strong support system.
No one has ever become successful in life without a proper, balanced team. You need brains, hands, and different energies to carry on operations. Without a strong support system, the progress to success is way too steep and hard to pull off individually.
7. The bright side of things.
Successful people look at the opportunities, they are optimistic and always keep an eye on the bright side of things. They are hopeful, they do not give up easily, and see the good side of everything.
8. They have a drive.
If you do not have a drive to your goals, you can not become successful. All successful people have a drive, they are goal-oriented and they make steady progress toward their goals.
9. Failure means growth.
Ordinary people get dishearted by setbacks and failures but successful people do not give up. They get the most out of their failures and not only take their failure as a challenge but they also assess the reason for failure and come up with an alternative plan. They do not change their goals, they progress towards the goal with a different approach. Failure, if analyzed properly, is a preliminary face of success.
10. They are happy.
They enjoy every aspect of their life and make themselves happy. They understand, if you do not have a good sense of humor, it makes your day awfully long and nights awfully short. Every successful person takes their health seriously, they have a great morning routine and exercise daily.
