Negativety

Negativity-

Life won’t always go the way you want it to, but when it comes down to it, you have the same 24 hours in the day as everyone else does. Successful people make their time count.
 Instead of complaining about how things could have been or should have been, they reflect on everything they have to be grateful for. Then they find the best solution available, tackle the problem, and move on.
When the negativity comes from someone else, successful people avoid it by setting limits and distancing themselves from it.

Think of it this way:

“If the complainer were smoking, would you sit there all afternoon inhaling the second-hand smoke?”

Of course not. You’d distance yourself, and you should do the same with all negative people.

 

A great way to stop complainers in their tracks is to ask them how they intend to fix the problem they’re complaining about. They will either quiet down or redirect the conversation in a productive direction.

Fear

Fear-

Fear is nothing more than a lingering emotion that’s fueled by your imagination. Danger is real. It’s the uncomfortable rush of adrenaline you get when you almost step in front of a bus. Fear is a choice. Successful people know this better than anyone does, so they flip fear on its head. They are addicted to the euphoric feeling they get from conquering their fears.

Don’t ever hold back in life just because you feel scared. I often hear people say, “What’s the worst thing that can happen to you? Will it kill you?” Yet, death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you...

“The worst thing that can happen to you is allowing yourself to die inside while you’re still alive.”

Toxic People

Toxic People

Successful people believe in a simple notion: you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Just think about it—some of the most successful companies in recent history were founded by brilliant pairs. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple lived in the same neighborhood, Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft met in prep school, and Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google met at Stanford.

Just as great people help you to reach your full potential, toxic people drag you right down with them. Whether it's negativity, cruelty, the victim syndrome, or just plain craziness, toxic people create stress and strife that should be avoided at all costs.

If you’re unhappy with where you are in your life, just take a look around. More often than not, the people you’ve surrounded yourself with are the root of your problems.

“You’ll never reach your peak until you surround yourself with the right people.”

What other people Think

What Other People Think

When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own destiny.

While it’s impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don’t have to hold up your accomplishments to anyone else’s, and you can always take people’s opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within.
Successful people know that caring about what other people think is a waste of time and energy. When successful people feel good about something that they’ve done, they don’t let anyone’s opinions take that away from them.

“No matter what other people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain—you’re never as good or bad as they say you are.”

Persistance and Patience

There is no true overnight success.

 Persistence works hand-in-hand with patience.

 It typically takes 10 years of working toward your goal to achieve success. For example, "Steven Spielberg had the rights to 'Schindler's List' for 10 years before he felt ready to make the movie that won him the Oscar for Best Director,".

And it's important to keep in mind that failure is inevitable — whether it's making mistakes or facing blatant rejection. How you deal with it can be the deciding factor.

"Failure can be heartbreaking, and when it happens you have a choice,". "You can let it be your school or your funeral."

The right choice, of course, is using failure as a stepping stone and building off it. Once you do, it's all about relentlessly moving forward.

Always Improving

Someone who achieves great success is always improving, "whether it's their career, project, product, or service." Continuous improvement means getting good at something, then getting better, and then aiming to be our best.

The old saying goes "practice makes perfect," and repetition was a key part of legendary basketball coach John Wooden's philosophy.

It's also important to focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses. It's fine to be bad at a lot of things, -  as long as you're really good at one thing.

Successful people

Successful people are passionate about what they do.

Passion tops the list because "if you love what you're doing, it will be so much easier to develop the other seven success traits,"

He says there are two types of people: strivers and seekers. Strivers know what they want to do early and can go for it from a young age, like Tiger Woods. The majority of people, however, are seekers. They have to discover what they love.

 There's one easy question you can ask yourself to determine if you've found your passion: "Would you do it for free?" If the answer is yes, then you've likely found it.

"Do what successful people do and follow your heart, not your wallet,"
 "In the end, your wallet will be happy you did."