Do you have what it takes to be successful?

05 Mar Do you have what it takes to be successful?

A good magic trick can enthrall an audience of thousands. But once you take a peek behind the curtain and see how the trick is done, your first thought will probably be: “Well I can do that.”

Get ready to peek behind the curtain.

Being a successful business person is a combination of several seemingly unrelated but equally important personality traits. When you look at someone like Bill Gates, you may feel like you will never reach anything close to his level of success. You may think that he has some magical ability to read customers' minds and to turn software into gold.

But really, what Bill Gates has done is develop the right combination of character strengths to enable him to reach his goals. And you can do the same.

What are the traits you should work on? According to one recently published article, you should start by focusing on developing the following:

1. Tenacity
2. Passion
3. Tolerance of ambiguity
4. Vision
5. Self-belief
6. Flexibility
7. Rule-breaking

So which one will you begin with?