What Makes Successful People Different?
Everyone wants to be successful in life. Rarely would you find a person who wouldn’t want success and is happy with their life just the way it is. There is something about success and successful people that is very alluring.
Well, that might have to do with our needs as human beings. According to Abraham Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, the need to grow and realize one’s full potential is the highest level in the hierarchy of human needs. Everyone wants to be able to look back at their lives and have a sense of achievement, that their lives meant something and was not a waste.
Success is often equated with being rich but that’s only one part of it. To me, being successful means achieving your dreams and living a life that you always wished to live, even if that means living in a cabin at the edge of a lake in a forest.
Today I was watching some old episodes of Shark Tank, a popular reality TV show, which has some of the most successful people there as investors, and I noticed a lot of things different about them which are probably what makes them so successful, and I want to talk about these today.
1. They Assess The Situation Really Fast
So, one of the things that you will find common with successful people is that no matter what situation they are presented with, they are able to access the ins and outs of it really quickly.
They have a sense of clarity and their experience and knowledge help them to notice things and minute details that most people would most likely miss. This gives them a really big advantage.
Assessing the situation faster than others also give them a first mover advantage, since they can already start taking action while others are still figuring stuff out. It’s literally like a race.
2. They Grind It Out!
Hard work is another common factor that you will find in most successful people. In the world that is obsessed with instant gratification, people dream of overnight success and get demoralized when that doesn’t happen.
The fact is, there is no alternative of hard work. Most of the times you just have to grind it out and give your 150% and do things you would have never imagined yourself to be capable of, to reach that pinnacle.
Read about the stories of some of these successful people and you will realize how tough their journey has been and how much they had to sacrifice and compromise in order to be where they are today. That should also serve as a huge inspiration for you.
3. They Have Razor Sharp Focus
I can’t stress how important this quality is. You don’t need to look far and wide to realize that focused people are usually some of the most successful people out there. Just take a look at your friends circle or colleagues.
In fact, this was Steve Jobs’ advice to all the people who wanted to do something with lives. When he returned to Apple in the late 90s, he killed off most of the products that Apple was making at that time so that the company could focus on a very limited amount of products.
As we all know, that has been a huge reason for Apple’s success which was about to go bankrupt at that time. Being focused allows you to stay away from distractions which only cause delays in your journey.
4. They Are Fearless
Dreaming big is scary. And actually going out to achieve it is even scarier. But successful people (or would be successful people) are fearless. They just see the end goal and nothing else.
It doesn’t matter to them how many times they fall along the way as long as they are moving towards that end vision. It doesn’t matter if at times they are even crawling, as long as they keep moving.
Failures along the way or other people’s negative opinions don’t scare them. In their heart, they know that they will somehow reach there and they have the courage to keep going no matter what.
But most importantly: Make sure that you have the three bottom rows of Maslow’s need hierarchy fulfilled.
Oh, you are 80% of the world and even this is beyond your reach? Sucks to be you. Good luck in actualizing a banana and some rice on your plate tonight.
"Maslow studied what he called exemplary people such as Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglass rather than mentally ill or neurotic people, writing that "the study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy." Maslow studied the healthiest 1% of the college student population."
You forgot "born into poverty and grinding socioeconomic strife", Maslow.
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Of course one would need to fulfill the first rows of the hierarchy. That's why I mentioned that the need to grow was at the top most. Only by fulfilling the first ones can we reach that top one.
As you dress for success
to access your valued dream
Looking slick, thinking quick
Will help to gain you steem
working hard, a valued card
In the hand you play
razor focus. fearless not bogus.
A sharpened view I'd say.
And for some success will come
with this recipe
@sauravrungta wrote to take note
for blokes like you and me.
Another great poem by you and I am really honoured that you write these. Thank you so much man :)
Such people are just a small fraction of successful people. Most of them are just born into successful life.
Well then, consider the post for that small fraction of successful people.
Very true. Let me use the Richest man in Africa Aliko Dangote, he started very small when he borrowed about $500 from his uncle to start a business, and slowly he was expanding. He is never afraid of taking risk. He is currently building the first private modernized refinery in Nigeria and got loan from the bank.
Successful always make a move and make a quick decision when making a business deal. Very much ahead and very focus and even when they are already successful, they don't relax. They still continue working hard, harder than some of us trying to find our way to the top.
They are willingly to make sacrifice at any given time, some even use their properties and investment as collatoral and take the risk and it usually pay out for them.
Ability to try new things. I keep learning from them. Thanks for this piece
That's exactly my point. The guy started out with $500 and too as a loan and now he is the richest man in Africa. No dream is too big. We just have to have the guts to go out and do it.
Great article
> There is something about success and successful people that is very alluring.
> According to Abraham Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, the need to grow and realize one’s full potential is the highest level in the hierarchy of human needs.
Thanks!
These are some very strong qualities and characteristics for individual success. First of all, nothing worth accomplishing is going to be easy and therefore you must be prepared to work hard if you are going to be successful. At the same time, you need to understand that there is always a risk that all that hard work might result in failure and so it is imparitive that you are willing to tooughbit out and persevere. If you are afraid of every little bump in the road you are never going to have the ambition required to succeed. We are all striving to be successful and success for each of us can be vastly different but our success or failure is always going to be interconnected to our efforts.
Well said. Your thoughts resonate perfectly with my own and I couldn't agree more with everything you've said :)
Wonderful post ..thanks for sharing...Best of luck @sauravrungta ♫
Thank you :)
I would like to ask you a question that popped up in mind after reading this..Is that the reason why you are successful here on steemit?
Everything you have pointed out here rings extremely true! Let's be able to walk the talk!
I don't consider myself successful yet. As I said, for me, success happens when you achieve your dreams and I have yet to do that :)
nice infos nice post about TV and actuel thanks sir
Thanks
Buenos consejos, @sauravrungta. Trataré de ponerlos en práctica.Siempre hay que aprender de los grandes. El éxito se obtiene con el trabajo. Vivimos en sociedades que valoran la suerte y todo lo dejan a ese destino. De allí el auge que han tenido los juegos de azar, las religiones. Creemos que todo nos debe caer del cielo, sabiendo que lo único que cae del cielo es lluvia y caca de pájaros. Gracias por compartir
Seguro aprendemos de los grandes. Me alegra que te haya gustado la publicación. Muchas gracias :)