Everyone wants to know the secret of success. But if success came at the snap of a finger, then everyone would be billionaires and CEOs. So here is the first secret for you: triumph does not come easily and overnight.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, many people have already tasted real victories and know what it takes to get to the top. Pick one and use it as your motto for 2017.<\/p>\n
Habits of Successful People – Always Start with the Bad Things<\/p>\n
1 “My mother taught me: if you have the opportunity to speak, speak. If you have an opinion, it needs to be heard."<\/p>\n
– Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO<\/p>\n
2 "If I remembered too often that I'm a woman, it would kill me"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! CEO<\/p>\n
3 “Don't wait to be noticed. Stand out yourself"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ginny Rometty, IBM CEO<\/p>\n
4 "If the past was worth anything, the richest people would be librarians"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO<\/p>\n
5 "If you only do what leads to a guaranteed result, your company will not last long"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
6 "Always work on something impossibly uncomfortable"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Larry Page Alphabet CEO, Google Founder<\/p>\n
7 "Be Where The World Is Going"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Beth Comstock, General Electric CEO<\/p>\n
8 "Be First And Lonely"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ginny Rometty, IBM CEO<\/p>\n
The psychology of failure – why successful people are not afraid to make mistakes?<\/p>\n
9 "Your most dissatisfied customers should be your best teachers"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder<\/p>\n
10 "If you're not demolishing anything in your path, you're not moving fast enough."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
11 “Don't worry about misses. It only takes one time to get it right."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Drew Houston, Dropbox CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
12 “If you never fell face down on the asphalt, moving up the career ladder, you didn't give all the best.”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sally Krauchek, Ellewate Network Chair<\/p>\n
Meaningful work is the only way to success and development<\/p>\n
13 "By creating a back-up plan, you're admitting that you don't intend to succeed."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
14 "What would you do if you weren't afraid?"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO<\/p>\n
15 “Right now, some entrepreneur is shaking with fear and thinking, “It\u2019s not time yet.” Understand that there will be no "right" time"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kevin Plank, Under Armor CEO<\/p>\n
16 “I have learned to deal with things that I have never done before. Growth and comfort are incompatible concepts.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ginny Rometty, IBM CEO<\/p>\n
Are you an entrepreneur? Take care of yourself!<\/p>\n
17 "Now someone is sitting in the shade of a tree planted by someone many years ago"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO<\/p>\n
18 “You can't connect the dots by looking ahead. They are connected only by looking back. You have to trust that the dots drawn today will somehow connect in the future.”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Steve Jobs, former Apple CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
19 “Things won\u2019t always go your way. But you have to make an effort every day and every night.”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Michael Jordan, former NBA player<\/p>\n
Optimism or pessimism: which is better for business?<\/p>\n
20 "If you're doing something that improves people's lives, then it's really valuable."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
21 "I would like to be remembered as an innovator, professional, ethical, and ultimately changing the world for the better"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sergey Brin, GoogleX Director, Google Founder<\/p>\n
22 "Don't think about how to do something cheaper or faster: think about how to do it in the most incredible way."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder<\/p>\n
23 “The longest-lived companies are companies that go their own way”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO<\/p>\n
24 “Give more than you take. If you succeed, you will live a long wonderful life.”<\/p>\n
– Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO<\/p>\n
Psychology of success. How does the brain of winners work?<\/p>\n
25 “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO<\/p>\n
26 "If our goal was only money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and sunbathed on the beach"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Larry Page, Alphabet CEO, Google Founder<\/p>\n
27 "It's much better to buy an interesting company at the right price than the right company at an interesting price."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO<\/p>\n
28 “I have always believed that money cannot buy happiness. But it is not so"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sergey Brin, GoogleX Director, Google Founder<\/p>\n
How to start your own business without quitting your main job? 23 Secrets to Become a Successful Entrepreneur<\/p>\n
29 "There's always a choice – watch something happen or be a part of it"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO\/Founder, Tesla Motors CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n
30 "Don't predict rains, build arks"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO<\/p>\n
31 “Work smart. Get things done"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Susan Wojcicki, Youtube CEO<\/p>\n
32 "I feel more confident when I say what I think, and not what they want to hear from me"<\/p>\n
– Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO<\/p>\n
33 “Managing a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening to people.”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder<\/p>\n
34 "I won't ask anyone to do something I can't handle on my own"<\/p>\n
\u2014 Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo CEO<\/p>\n
35 "Being a leader means making people better with your presence and knowing that this effect lasts even when you are not near them."<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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