Personal Success Philosophy

Table of Contents

• Opportunity and Preparation
• Hard Work and Discipline
• Perception and Response to Failure
• Personal Values and Definitions of Success
• Other

Opportunity and Preparation

Opportunity plays a big role in having success

An opportunity isn’t a free pass to success. It requires courage to try and a will to succeed.

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

Successful people do not just grab opportunities that come their way, rather they identify or create one.

Many people who could not give their best because they were denied the opportunity. We must harness the capabilities of each person to encourage organizational success.” Ramesh Lohia and Pavan Lohia, Consultants, iSixSigmaKaizenPublished in Quality Quotes, Jun 7, 2016, Knowledge Center, ASQ [ AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY]

Never fool yourself, success will not come by accident – it must be deliberately planned for. If opportunities don’t come on their own, they too must be created or attracted.

But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.

We worked hard to create opportunities, then when we had opportunities, we quit working. The result is not a shock as much as the performance is a shock.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values.

What’s important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

With acceptance comes opportunities. And with opportunities come numbers and, most importantly, hope.

Hard Work and Discipline

As Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other!

Success in business means doing things better than rivals, not just doing things well.

In order to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them.

I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.

In business, your positive thoughts and lifestyle choices lead to your personal success and your career success.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Success in any field, but especially in business is about working with people, not against them.

In my experience, the skill of success breaks down into three things. The skill of marketing. The skill of sales. And the skill of leadership.

Getting an opportunity is one thing, but success is based on always trying to create value.

Success in a career sometimes comes in strange ways. You grab it in whatever way it happens.

Perception and Response to Failure

Adversity could be an advantage in the future. To be a success, take the advantage of adversity whenever possible.

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non-sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you're going to be successful in another.

Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you’re going to be successful in another.

I knew that no matter how hard I worked, no matter how good I became, it didn’t guarantee success or recognition. Other people were not going to be better – they were going to get ahead because of who they knew, because of how much money they had, or because they were willing to lie and cheat their way to recognition.

They’re capable of great things, but potential doesn’t equal success.

What’s important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

I've learned that just because you're successful in one area doesn't necessarily mean you'll be successful in another.

The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities.

When you are successful, the perception of the people around you changes. If I do a variety of work, people notice me differently, and that is what is happening. I am fortunate to get these opportunities.

Personal Values and Definitions of Success

Your success in the job market has nothing to do with the job market itself - instead it has everything to do with you.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

I like to have success experiences rather than failure experiences. So I'm more likely to compete in things I'm good at, and more likely to spend time on the things I expect to succeed at.

Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person - hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre - into an outstanding performer.

People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't want to." I know I can do it, but I don't enjoy it. Why does that have to be the definition of success?

You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be.

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.

I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of the fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality.

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non – sales selling isn’t natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

More important than succeeding at work is succeeding with your family.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.

When you're doing well and you're successful, part of being successful is that you get interviewed. But it ruins the moment.

Other

Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

As Edison is credited with saying, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” We all want to be successful, but most of us aren’t willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can’t have one without the other!

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