Gratitude is the key to happiness - Actually it is not what we do not have instead it is what we already have it. That is more important than everything. Can you get it? In other words, we should not always concern about what we do not get it instead of we should ask why we didn't get it. WHY?
" Nothing ventured, nothing gained" 不入虎穴，焉得虎子. Most of the good stuff requires taking a risk. Always remember fear is more of a signal that we must stay alert and cautious. We can feel fear, but we can still move forward anyway.
"Success people always think of a solution, Lazy people will busy thinking of excuses."
Here's the truth: There is no one single secret to success and there's no set path that guarantees success over failure. However, there are key traits that successful people have in common that without a doubt contribute to their ability to succeed when others seem to flounder.
There are 7 of them:
1. Positive Thinking 2. Solution Orientation 3. Big Picture Thinking 4. Ambition and Drive 5. Sense of Urgency 6. Results Focused 7. Persistence, Persistence, and Persistence
1. Positive Thinking
You’ve heard the saying that to think positive is to see the glass as half full, and to think negative is to see the glass as half empty? Well, positive thinking is taking the glass half full mentality and applying it to every part of your life.
Successful people are optimistic. Successful people always find the positive from any situation, problem, or issue that lies in their path to success. Successful people always believe that whatever it is that is happening in their life is happening for a purpose.
Most importantly, by thinking positive you’re able to learn much, and much more from everything that happens to you, good or bad. Its often said that you learn the most from your problems, temporary failures, and issues that you face, not from the successes. But you can only get the learning you need by thinking positively and finding the benefit from the situation, learning what you can do to avoid it in the future, and continuing on your path to success. JUST KEEP LEARNING, every day is the learning process.
2. Solution Orientation
Everybody has problems in their life. Same as you and me. Everyone of us has our own issues that need to overcome to achieve success. The differences between successful people and unsuccessful people are how they handle the problems in their life.
Unsuccessful people have the pool mentality. They believe that things are happening to them, that they have no control over what is happening. Even worse, they complain about the problems in their life.
On the other hand, Successful people have a solution-oriented mentality. They believe that there is a solution to the problems that they are currently facing. They believe that there is always another way to overcome any issue. Think of a solution, Look for a solution!
More importantly, successful people act rather than complain.
Successful people never complain, they always look for a solution to overcome the problem that they’re facing, no matter how terrible the situation looks.
3. Big Picture Thinking
Successful people love to think big. Successful people have a goal for a better life. Successful people know they are destined for a better life.
Thinking big is an essential trait of successful people. Thinking big is when you see in your mind's eye a goal that is bigger than you are. Thinking big is having a dream and working at making that dream come true. Thinking big is when you visualize what your life would be like if it were perfect in every respect, then taking action on making it happen.
The Best example I can think of when it comes to thinking big is Bill Gates; before he started Microsoft he had a vision of what he would like to achieve in his life that every business and every household should have a computer. He followed his dream and has created a life that in the beginning, was just a dream.
CEO of AirAsia and inspiring leader Tony Fernandes said, "Dreams can become a reality if you dare to dream big."
4. Ambition and Drive
Ambition is a strong desire to succeed. Ambition is when you put in great effort to achieve something important in your life. Ambition is when you are so excited about achieving your goal that moving toward your goal is like been sucked into a tornado. Successful people are ambitious.
Successful people are eager to reach their goals. They don't just sit off the sideline and wait for things to happen to them, they take action every day because they are eager to make things happen.
Successful people have such a strong desire to make things happened that nothing can stop them.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it. Winters, J. Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and artist.
Time is the most valuable and the most limited resource in the world. Successful people know this, they move at a very fast pace and they want to make things happen today. Unsuccessful people keep putting things off until tomorrow, and the problem is tomorrow never comes. Moving with a sense of urgency means not wasting time on the mundane.
6. Results Focused
Being results focused means setting goals and objectives, and doing everything in your power to achieve them. Being results focused means only being satisfied with results. Being results focused means not wasting time. Being results focused means taking action on the most important tasks and getting them done.
Have you heard about the 80/20 rule? This simply means that 20% of your activities are responsible for 80% of your results, and 80% of your activities are responsible for 20% of your results. Being results focused means knowing what the 20% of tasks contribute 80% of the results and working single-mindedly on those tasks until they are completed.
7. Persistence, Persistence, and Persistence
Persistence is the single most important characteristic of successful people. Persistence is what makes all the other characteristics fall into place. Successful people never give up. They know there will be setbacks and temporary failures but keep moving forward despite them. Unsuccessful people can't handle the setbacks and temporary failures and quit.
Persistence is never giving up. Persistence is never quitting. Persistence is when you know your goal, what you really want to achieve in your life, and deciding to never give up on achieving that goal. Persistence is deciding to either achieve your goal or die trying.
Persistence is when you keep moving forward on your goal even when things seem their darkest. And with persistence and perseverance heart, you will achieve anything you want to achieve in your life.
Source: Massie, T. (2018) 7 Common Traits of Successful People
https://www.tps.sandler.com/blog/7-common-traits-of-successful-people (26 April 2020)
