After 7 years and 500 interviews of successful people Richard St. John came up with a list of 8 secrets to success. In this Ted presentation Richard points out that success is not a step by step process but a continuous journey. The problem is that when we get to the top of a process we think we have made it. We get too comfortable with success and the money – this sets us to fall back down the hill to failure. Richard draws from his own business failure – he was serving himself rather than his true passion of serving his customers.
What leads to success?
Success is a journey – a continuous process, not a step by step process.
Here are the big 8 principles that Richard identified from his research.
Passion
Do it for love, not for the money – the money will follow.
Work
It’s a lot of work, nothing comes easily – but work can be fun.
Good
Get good at something. Practice, practice and practice.
Focus
Focus on one thing.
Push
Push through shyness and self-doubt.
Serve
It is a privilege to serve and offer something of value. That’s the way to get really rich.
Ideas
Listen, observe, be curious, ask questions, make connections and solve problems.
Persist
Persist through failure, criticism, pressure and rejection.
I think it is worth writing these 8 principles out on a blackboard to remind ourselves of them daily. Focus on being good and mastering one thing at a time with hard work. It should involve serving others with passion and fresh ideas for solving their problems – the money will follow. With passion on your side you can push through any obstacle with the power of persistence.
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About Danny Sheehan
Danny lives in Hong Kong but is originally from Australia. He is Married to Maggie and together they have two children with whom they enjoy sharing and enjoying an exciting life with daily. Danny's passions are freedom, adventure and discovery, mainly in nature and science but also spiritually. He is a great believer in living in the NOW.
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June 23, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Pretty good post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say
that I've really liked reading your blog posts. In any case
I'll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!
July 6, 2009 at 2:46 am
Danny here.
Well I have pushed through with the power of persistence and passion and setup a second redundant back end web server for ExcitedByLife. As a result Maggie and I have not posted any updates to our blog for a long time. But the good news is if one of our servers dies the other should take over without people noticing. It was a major project, one I will document for the benefit of all. A lot of technologies were used — database replication, DNS level failover, haproxy failover, nginx caching and FreeBSD jails.
June 28, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Everyone will not get anything this is a fact of life…………Don't try to get which is not Your's………………Don't dare to lose which is your's…………Success will come always later there is no short cut