25 Universal truths about success

I’ve been studying millionaires and billionaires since 2004, which is when I began my Rich Habits Study.

One of the first things I noticed is that many of these successful people share certain common traits.

In this article, I will share 25 Universal Truths about success:

1. Success takes time.
2. Emotion, good or bad, is always the trigger for those who decide to pursue success.
3. Success requires unrelenting persistence.
4. Most of the successful are beneficiaries of good luck.
5. Persistence creates good luck.

6. Success requires taking educated, calculated risks.
7. Success requires consistent daily action.
8. Success requires consistent hard work.
9. Success requires sacrificing something, particularly in the early stages — family, friends, money, recreation, etc.
10. If the pursuit of your success requires a team, the better that team, the faster your success will be and the greater your success will be.

11. Success requires consistent daily self-education.
12. Success requires a leap of faith.
13. Success requires enormous patience.
14. Success requires that you forge good daily habits and minimize bad daily habits.
15. Success requires an optimistic, positive mental outlook.

16. Success requires the development of processes that work.
17. Success is the result of adding value to the lives of others.
18. Success requires creating a herd of devoted followers — the bigger your herd, the greater your success.
19. Success requires regularly stepping outside your comfort zone, which forces you to grow.
20. Success requires laser-like focus.

21. Success requires developing expert skills or the acquisition of expert knowledge, specific to your industry.
22. Success requires you to be able to calmly handle adversity.
23. Those who succeed are able to anticipate future problems.
24. Those who succeed are able to quickly overcome problems because they had the foresight to anticipate those problems.
25. Successful people never quit — they figure out how to survive until they thrive.

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About Tom Corley Tom is a CPA, CFP and heads one of the top financial firms in New Jersey. For 5 years, Tom observed and documented the daily activities of wealthy people and people living in poverty and his research he identified over 200 daily activities that separated the “haves” from the “have nots” which culminated in his #1 bestselling book, Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Visit the website: www.richhabits.net