What it Means When Someone Tells You ‘There is No Secret to Success’

When you ask a successful person the secret to success, more often than not the response will be “there is no secret.” Talk about a frustrating answer… Parents, teachers, preachers, and leaders constantly tell us that God creates all men and women to be equal. Yet, success does not treat all men and women equal. […]

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Counterpoint: If You Want to be Successful Don’t Keep Your Options Open

It’s classic advice to tell someone to keep their options open. Most of the time, this is bad advice. There is only one reason why you need to keep your options open, and that’s when you don’t know what you want. Moreover, when you don’t know what you want it doesn’t matter what option you […]

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Success Formula: Find Patterns of Success Then Repeat Those Behaviors

It’s not that hard to do the research it takes to identify the behavior patterns of successful people. There are books like Peak by Anders Ericsson, Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin, and Developing Talent in Young People by Benjamin S. Bloom among others that give you enough details to start your search. From there, […]

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