Most people think in order to succeed you need talent. And it's true that for most business and management and leadership success you do need at least some degree of talent.
But there are ways you can succeed, and succeed greatly, even if you have zero talent:
1. Believe in yourself. When you believe in yourself, you can turn every adversity into ambition and every ambition into success. When you believe in yourself and all of who you are, something inside is telling you that you are greater than any obstacles, and if you need to you will fight like hell to succeed. Psychologists for years have been telling us that we are each architects of our own reality. And they are absolutely right--when we think we can, we actually can. It's a self-fullfilling prophecy, talent or no talent.
2. Have a postive attitude. When you have a positive attitude, you can see the bright side of things and you look for the silver lining. That makes it easier to think of things that are going right instead of things that are going wrong. Optimists see opportunities and possibilities in everything that happens, positive or negative. When you look for the good in every situation and in every person, everything seems to carry a valuable lesson. You'll never experience setbacks, just new learning experiences.
3. Respect time. How we choose to spend our time defines and differentiates us as individuals. Time is indeed a precious and finite commodity, and those who respect it know how to use it wisely to achieve the greatest results.Time can be wasted, invested, or respected. It doesn't matter what your title is, your position, your role, what company you work for, where you went to school, or what continent you live on--you have 24 hours in a day--1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds--the same as everyone. How are you spending yours? If you want to do more, make more, gross more, serve more, influence more, or significantly change the level of your impact in any area, you simply must respect time.
4. Tap into passion. Passion is the fuel that ignites dreams to become realities. It's the difference between having a job you like and having a career that's successful. Connecting with your passion is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do something you love, you will always succeed.
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