what leads to success? (adapted from richard st. john)

Created by Paul Fenton

What leads to success?

Based on a talk by Richard St. John (2005)

...success is a journey, not a destination.

7 Years...

...here are 8 tips for success.

...and 500 interviews later...

1. PASSION

“I’m driven by my passion.”Freeman Thomas, car designer, DaimlerChrysler.

DO IT FOR LOVE, NOT FOR MONEY

“Do what you love.” Paul Graham, co-founder ViaWeb.

2. WORK“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

Albert Einstein.

But don’t be a ‘workaholic’, be a ‘workafrolic’!

3. GOOD

“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with

problems longer.”Albert Einstein.

There’s no magic to getting good at something, just practice, practice, practice

4. FOCUS

“I think it all has to do with focusing yourself to one thing.”Norman Jewison, film maker.

5. PUSH

“Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you gotta’ push, push, push.”

David Gallo, marine scientist.

6. SERVE

“It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.”Sherwin Nuland, Professor of Surgery, Yale.

7. IDEAS

“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.” Pablo Picasso.

There is no magic to creativity

ListenObserve

Be curiousAsk questions

Problem solveMake Connections

8. PERSIST

“Persistence is the number one reason for our success.”Joe Kraus, co-founder, Excite.

What leads to success?

Serve

IdeasPush

Good Persist

Focus

WorkPassion

Your actions lead to success.

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer/adventurer.

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html