Re: What makes a person successful?

On 10 Oct 2003 03:36:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rissa) wrote:

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>Win Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> On 7 Oct 2003 17:53:21 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rissa) wrote:
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>> >I am a senior in college who will be graduating in Dec 2003  I plan to
>> >go into the business world and I find myself pondering on what makes a
>> >person successful in life.  I have narrowed it down to three key
>> >things.  Having the right attitude, the right skills and setting goals
>> >in life. Can anyone add to this or does anyone have a different idea
>> >of what makes one successful?  If so I would love a response.
>> >Rissa
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>> With the first two, you've covered almost every possible combination
>> of events anyway.
>> 
>> Setting goals is not necessarily important.  I know a number of rather
>> successful individuals (my husband included) who don't set goals, at
>> least not consciously.  But they have an inordinate ability to be able
>> to cope with whatever life hands them.
>> 
>> I'd add one more to your list, though: luck.
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>> Setting goals gives you something to aim for.  The right skills and
>> the right attitude allow you to make the best of any opportunity that
>> comes your way.
>> 
>> But the opportunity has to be there to grab.  Even those who appear to
>> "make their own opportunities" are taking advantage of an opening, no
>> matter how small or fleeting.
>> 
>> Win
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>I have never been much of a goal setter myself but it seems that
>everyone I talk to or everything I read says setting goals is one of
>the key ingrediants in being successful. There has to be more than
>luck to this whole quest for success.  Right?  I know it is probably a
>combination of things but what do you think is at the top of a list
>that makes someone successful?

Sure there is.

Pcik something you like to do.  Make sure it's something that other
people have a use for.  Become damn good at doing it.

Luck won't make you successful, per say, but it will provide
opportunities for success.  If you aren't good at doing whatever it is
that luck provided you the opportunity for, you might as well not take
the opportunity.

How are you defining success?  Achieving a certain level of income?
Owning certain things?  Loving what you do?  Feeling a sense of
satisfaction at doing something socially responsible?  Winning a
certain amount of public recognition?

My diefinition of personal success likely won't be the same as yours.
So what makes me feel successful might not even be something you
recognize as necessary to your success.

Asking what's at the top of the list of what makes someone successful
is kind of futile.  What works for me won't necessarily work for you,
even if we had the same definition of success.  And what works for me
this week or this month or this year didn't work last time and might
not work next time.

Win
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