Keep On Moving

"if you never quit, you will never fail"

In Richard St. John's book "8 To Be Great", he talks about the 8 key characteristics of successful people, based upon his 10 years of research and 500 personal interviews.

For 2011, with great pleasure, I wish for you all to develop these characteristics found bellow, while advancing on your journey for the pursuit of happiness.

1. Passion - Successful people find what they love to do, though this may take a long time for many.

2. Work - Successful people work very hard; however, because they love their work, it’s fun.

3. Focus - Successful people focus long-term efforts on just one thing.

4. Push - Successful people overcome barriers like shyness and self-doubt and push themselves beyond normal expectations.

5. Ideas - Developing ideas to solve problems and take advantage of opportunities is a hallmark of the successful person.

6. Improve - Successful people aim to do their best by constant practice and learning from mistakes.

7. Serve - Offer others something of value, think about others, work on their behalf.

8. Persist - Success does not come instantly but comes over time and by working through failure, mistakes, criticism, rejection, and adversity.

“Generate IDEAS that SERVE others something of value and that you have PASSION for. PUSH yourself and WORK hard on your idea. PERSIST through failure, criticism, rejection, and pressure. With enough practice, you will become GOOD. Really FOCUS on this plan and you will have success!” - Wayne Gretzky

PS: If you can't be good, be GREAT;)