8 Secrets of Success -Richard St. John

1.Passion

Do it for love, money comes anyway!

Freeman Thomas says, “I’m driven by my passion”

2.Work

Work what you enjoy and enjoy what you do!

Rupert Murdoch says, “It’s all hard work. Nothing comes easy, but I have fun doing

what I do”.

3.Focus

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that are there. You have to pick carefully.I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things”.

Steve Jobs

4.Push

David Gallo says “Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you gotta push.” 

Goldie Hawn says “I always had self-doubts. I wasn’t good enough, wasn’t smart enough. I

didn’t think I’d make it.”

5.Ideas

6.Improve

It’s no magic, it’s just practice!

Alex Gardner says “To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good at it”

7.Serve

8.Persist

Persist through failure; persist through crap!

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”Benjamin Franklin

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOl0v54DaXohttps://www.ted.com/search?q=richard+st.+john

Sonika AngilinIndian Institute of Management, LucknowMBA Student