In any field, researchers often use a set of indicators to assess whether a system or technology is succeeding. The use of indicators focuses mainly on factors that help to yield greater profits for a company or an organization. Successful companies set goals for a solid business and then create strategic paths to reach these goals. These goals drive the direction of a company so that investment can be made appropriately in growth opportunities. These factors help a company to achieve the level of a professional business.

In the same way, some people in life become more successful than others and we often ponder on the factors that made them reach this level. The characteristics that separate successful people from unsuccessful ones are as follows.

Successful People:

1. One of the key factors in the life of successful people is that they forgive others and resolve conflicts with minimal disruptions.
2. Successful people have a sense of gratitude and they consider it their strength. It positively impacts their mental and emotional state.
3. Successful people build each other’s confidence, motivate, and inspire other people.
4. They let others have their moment shine; it motivates them to work harder. They embrace others’ victories with open hearts and give credit for their success.
5. They do not blame others for their failures; they always accept responsibility for their downfall.
6. All the successful people in the world dedicate a few hours of their daily routine to reading. It helps them to learn from the experiences of others and apply better strategies on their path to success.
7. They keep a journal with them for writing ideas that may come to their mind at any time.
8. They do not waste their time gossiping about other people, they talk about ideas that lead towards their path to success.
9. They work for prosperity on a global level; they do not pull back people from reaching heights of success. Instead, they encourage other people and help them to stay motivated in their hard times.
10. Successful people share information with others and firmly believe that knowledge increases when it is distributed and shared among others.
11. They do not make any “to-do” list rather they work on the projects periodically.
12. Successful people stay happier which makes them more focused and productive.
13. They set goals for themselves and find strategies to come up with all the challenges on the way.
14. They always believe that learning is something that should never be stopped. Therefore they learn either by reading or by discussion.
15. Successful people craft strategies that achieve rapid success through visions of team building.

Unsuccessful people:

1. Unsuccessful people always find something wrong with others and criticize others for not solving the problems.
2. They believe that they deserve certain privileges and keep unreasonable expectations from others.
3. They like to take all the credit for their victories and exclude people who helped in gaining success.
4. When they fail, they blame others for their actions.
5. Instead of acquiring knowledge through books and informative lectures, unsuccessful people spend most of their time watching TV.
6. Although they tell other people that they keep a notebook with them all the time in reality, they never even think about writing any ideas.
7. They fear any changes in their personal as well as professional lives and do not adapt to changes very easily.
8. They believe that they have gained enough knowledge and do not need to learn about anything anymore.
9. They operate with a transactional perspective and do not look ahead to their future perspectives.
10. They always hope that others fail in their lives and never encourage people in hard times.
11. They are not even aware of what they want to achieve in life neither they make any plans for their future.
12. Unsuccessful people are negative thinkers and always see the difficulty in every opportunity.