Part 1 - The 7 Qualities of a Successful Person

I am sure you have all heard of the book the seven habits of highly effective people. Well, I have been doing a lot of reading and studying various books and authors who have written positive thinking, and self help books, and I have come up with my own 7 qualities of a successful person. Below is part 1 of my new weekly series, The Seven Qualities of a Successful Person.

Part 1 – The 7 Qualities of a Successful Person!!!

Ambition – “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” Mark Twain.

All successful people are ambitious, all self-made millionaires are ambitious. Webster’s dictionary defines ambition as a “mean strong desire for advancement”. When you do research on ambition or ambitious people, you will find a common denominator, desire.

Another online definition of ambition is “an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment.”

There you go again, desire, when we study successful people, you will find a strong desire to win. Ambitious people not only desire to win, but they have drive, and unstoppable determination.

The quality of ambition gives successful people the energy needed to hurdle obstacles and tackle the seemingly impossible tasks.
Ambition is one of the strongest forces in the human arsenal, and is often the main reason things get done. However, ambition can also be one of the most dangerous qualities a person can have, “that drive to grab the biggest slice of the pie before anyone else and sometimes even the entire pie. Julius Caesar (101-44 BC) had plenty of ambition. Early in his career he happened upon a bust of Alexander the Great. Comparing himself to the great king, Caesar lamented that he was the same age as Alexander had been when he died but that by age thirty-two Alexander had conquered a world and so far he had done practically nothing. Vowing that would change, Caesar entered the Roman political arena and the rest is history.” Steve Forbes

Zig Ziglar teaches that you cannot be successful and happy when you reach your achievements at the expense of others. If your ambition drives you to succeed no matter what, no matter who you hurt, or trample over, you may gain some money, but you will never be truly successful.

Therefore, whether you are struggling during these tough economic times, or just simply want to get a promotion, or climb the corporate ladder, you need to go out and get some ambition and desire to achieve. One of the best ways to develop ambition is to read motivation books, and to listen to tapes, and even attend personal growth seminars.

So, are you an ambitious person, do you have internal drive, and desire to achieve beyond your wildest dreams. If not, go get some, because you can achieve greater success.

Here are some quotes on ambition.
“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.” William Shakespeare
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions” Marcus Aurelius

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Greg Novak MBA
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Eagle Nationwide Mortgage Company
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