There a few traits that successful people have that you will want to succeed in life.

1. Success Secrets of the Rich and
Happy
By Troy Riggs

2. Secret #1: Choose Friends Wisely
•
Individuals are profoundly influenced
by their circle of friends. A 1994
Harvard study examined those who had
radically changed their lives in a short
amount of time.
• As one would expect, many of these
lifestyle changes were prompted by
tragic events such as an illness, but just
as many of these transformations
occurred without any great catalyst.
The researchers found that about 50%
simply changed the social group they
spent time with the most. Another
study called the Longevity Project
reported the same findings.

3. Secret #2: Never Stop Learning
•
While mediocre individuals
often have lofty goals involving
appearance or attaining social
status, the book “Nine Things
Successful People Do
Differently” points out that
successful people have goals
centered around getting better
at something.
• Instead of the goal being about
themselves, it’s about their
projects. This disassociation lets
these people turn everything in
life into a learning opportunity.

4. Secret #3: Develop Grit
•
“Drive: The Surprising Truth About
What Motivates Us” states that
researchers have found that
perseverance and passion for long
term goals is the single most
important predictor of success.
• Creativity and intelligence are
nothing without this non-cognitive
trait that researchers have dubbed
“grit.” Sticking with it when things
get hard is an essential character
trait that leads to success and
happiness in life.

5. Secret #4: Success is Planned
•
Plans bring clarity to
life, and this creates
motivation, achievement
and lasting happiness.
According to “Nine Things
Successful People Do
Differently,” one of the
most successful planning
methods is called if-then
planning. If-then plans
work incredibly well
because the brain
intuitively understands
the if-then format.

6. Resources
Learn Personal development @ Success.com
sculpt your own success at Success Sculpting
Another great example of how people can learn
to become successful, including inspiration
quotes can be found on Brian Moaddeli’s blog
at BrianMoaddeli.com