I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers on my iPad and have been musing over his proposition that it typically takes
really successful people about 10,000 hours to master their expertise.
It's sort of interesting how much time everyone spends reading and writing about the habits of
really successful people when I can tell you the one thing that sets them apart in one little phrase: They're not slackers.
But instead of listing out ways to be more productive or get out of work one hour earlier, I'm going to take a look at what
really successful people do instead.
A CV is perhaps one of the most important documents you will need if you want to be
a really successful person.
Not exact matches
«Entrepreneurs can sometimes talk to over 150
people before they're
really successful,» she says.
It's
really more about the way
successful people think.
In one sense, he points out, the characteristics that make
people like him
successful in business
really do translate easily to their charitable lives.
Because the Apple boss, likes lots of super
successful people, knew two things — that focus was the key to success and that all the saying no it takes to truly focus is
really,
really hard.
The wealthiest and most
successful people know that the keys to any negotiation are threefold: First, understand what the other side
really wants.
«If you take a
really talented group of
people and give them intense mentoring, you sharply increase the chances that their company will be
successful,» says Hochberg.
«I think that's one of the reasons why this product has been so
successful, because there are few things more rewarding than watching
people taste it for the first time and say: «Oh, this is
really good.»»
«What makes Ellison so
successful, even though he's a narcissist visionary and
really not very good at working with
people, is that he understands himself.»
But it's
really a
successful formula, and
people that we've shown it to have been very excited about it.
«The only
people I've ever met who are
really successful in their fields, regardless of what field that is, are
people who are deeply passionate about the work they do every day and are motivated by a sense of purpose,» Trump says.
In fact, like a lot of
people I work
really hard to build my confidence and believe that I can actually be
successful.
Most
people are
really good at setting goals, but when it comes to achieving them, they don't always know how to set themselves up to be
successful.
When you dissect any
successful person's story, it's
really rare that it was all or nothing.
I believe the most
successful people in business and life are the
people who
really pay attention to these details, who truly try to understand the motives and intentions of the
person with whom they're interacting and try to find common ground (or decide this isn't a
person they can work with).
Kim Kardashian West: It is a talent to have a brand that's
really successful off of getting
people to like you for you.
A
successful business
really comes down to the
people.
«I think one of the
really interesting things that
people are going to see today — and I think it's something that should be celebrated — is that the president has brought a lot of
people into this administration, and this White House in particular, who have been very blessed and very
successful,» said Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary.
For
people in university to be confident that Canada is a place where they can have a
successful career — that's all
really important.»
The
people who are most
successful in a group fitness class are the
people who
really put their all into it - and that means emotionally and mentally as well as just physically.
Having close access to ultra-
successful people can yield some pretty incredible information about who they
really are, what makes them tick, and, most importantly, what makes them so
successful and productive.
Successful people know that if they want to
really excel in business, school, and life, they have to go the extra mile.
The main thrusts of Rank's theory are particularly useful when counseling with
persons caught in severe independence - conformity conflicts (such as some adolescents) those who are paralyzed about finishing a project or chapter of their lives (e.g, pre-graduation anxiety attacks) and in danger of sabotaging the
successful completion of something they
really value; those who are afraid to make decisions or try something new which they want but which may mean giving up old securities; couples who are struggling to find satisfying closeness without either of them losing their identity and autonomy heir lives (e.g., pre-graduation anxiety attacks) and in danger of sabotaging the
successful completion of something they
really value; those who are afraid to make decisions or try something new which they want but which may mean giving up old securities; couples who are struggling to find satisfying closeness without either of them losing their identity and autonomy.
If these
people really want this strategy to be
successful, I recommend a 60 - day fast.
«Kanye's not
really people - friendly, but he's driven, he's talented, he's
successful.
But we've got
people who are
really ultra-rooting for us, after such a
successful (start to the) season,
people who
really want to see if we keep following through with our improvement.»
Sure, it would be nice if more
people really understood what a good game water polo is, and what went in to being
successful, but it's still fun, right?
«I think we need to cut the soundbites and
really talk more about small business, about entrepreneurialism, about
people's aspirations there, because... the general election will be very much about the economy and as a party we need to get onto the front - foot talking about how we can support some small businesses, not least because they are the backbone of the return to the
successful economy.»
«It all sounds like apple pie when you want to have a middle class tax cut and punishing the
successful people, but
really what you're doing is driving the
successful people out of the state,» Long said.
Don't accept a rejection without asking yourself why — most
people find it
really helpful to understand why they aren't
successful.
«It was
really successful; we grew the team from five
people to almost forty, with large companies as customers,» which included Novartis, Kraft, the Italian Broadcasting Television, and the Italian Stock Exchange.
Securing
really good references from these
people will send you on your way to a
successful career.
Successful creative
people know the power of NO and that rejection is
really protection.
People who are true to their purpose and are
really successful didn't always get there because they had the financial means to do so or were just...
You can expect to be
really confused when
people talk about how horrible and difficult and miserable their last detox was, because YOU get to experience a
successful and HAPPY detox from your first time.
So I'm grateful that Adam is helping me reach out to folks like you — savvy, sophisticated,
successful and clever
people who want to understand how the body
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You know a fire type, let's just go with that one for a second, you know the brilliance of the fire type is the entrepreneur, the one who just... it's almost like the Midas touch where, and this is the color yellow anyway, this is about they have an idea, they carry it through, they make it
successful, it helps
people, they feel good, there's abundance and you know maybe it's just abundance of just even ideas so that
person is
really in alignment with their fire.
I was
really happy to tell
people about what I do and explain to them how I have found an outlet to pursue my dreams and still have a
successful day job.
It's
really unfortunate that
people write and read articles that tear down
successful, empowering women simply for the dress they wore.
I spoke with dozens of
successful people in the industry to
really get a feel for what I was getting into.
People respond best if you message them back right away, so even though there are all kinds of great features, it is
really up to me to make sure I'm
successful.
Here is one of the most interesting results to come out of neuroscience in the past decade: the brains of
really successful, powerful
people are different from that of ordinary folks.
I do find that I have to work very hard after mentioning the career to convince a man that I
really am just a regular
person who is
successful because I do what I love and have the fire and passion for it.
Ardot - I've found the most
successful online dating stories often begin with two
people meeting without
really looking for each other.
You can finally meet a
person you will
really get along with and begin your
successful love story!
Online dating site wants to take
really good care of every single
person and make everyone feel safe and comfortable having the best services and new
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One could be
really astonished by this fact however the answer is simple —
people try to make
successful careers and always lack time for all those personal things.