This presentation is based on, and inspired by an article on success by Conan Stevens.

1. How to Succeed A Collection of Thoughts A Presentation by Rajiv Bajaj

2. What Is Success?

3. "Success is the maximum utilisation of the ability that you have" - Zig Ziglar

4. "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm“ - Winston Churchill

5. "Success.... is a result, not a goal" - Gustave Flaubert

6. "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much" - Elbert Hubbar

7. "When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through" - F. W. Nichol

8. How To Succeed

9. "80% of success is showing up" - Woody Allen

10. "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit" - Conrad Hilton

11. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it" - Goethe

13. "You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going" - Mark Victor Hansen

14. "The secret of success is constancy of purpose" - Benjamin Disraeli

15. "There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear" - David Mahoney

16. "Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed - there is so little competition" - Elbert Hubbard

17. "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unsuccessful genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan; 'press on', has solved and will solve the problems of the human race" - Calvin Coolidge

18. Can You Succeed ?

19. "The only place where you find success before work is in the dictionary" - May B. Smith

20. "Clear your mind of can't " - Samuel Johnson

21. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing" - Abraham Lincoln

22. "The man who is waiting for something to turn up might start with his shirt sleeves" - Garth Henrichs

24. Creating Your Future

25. "You don't just stumble into your future. You create your own future" - Roger Smith

26. "Knowing what you want is the first step in getting it" - Louise Hart

27. "Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything" - Napoleon Hill

28. "The future depends upon what we do in the present" - Mahatma Gandhi

29. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

30. Overcoming Obstacles

31. "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" - Henry Ford

32. "The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces" - Will Rodgers

33. “If you're going through Hell, keep going.” - Sir Winston Churchill

34. "One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks" - Jack Penn

35. "I always try to turn every disaster into an opportunity" - John D. Rockefeller

36. Defeat

37. "Mistakes are the portals of discovery" - James Joyce

38. "Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely" - Rodin

39. "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom" - General George S. Patton

40. "There is no failure except in no longer trying.” - Elbert Hubbard

41. "The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: Could have, Might have and Should have" - Louis E. Boone

42. Dealing With Negative People

43. "We must not allow others limited perceptions to define us" - Virginia Satir

44. "Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too can become great." - Mark Twain

45. Opportunity

46. "If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade" - Tom Peters

47. "Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." - Demosthenes

48. "The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." - Benjamin Disraeli

49. Hard Work Ahead ! "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

50. "As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, THINK BIG." - Donald Trump

51. How To Succeed In Life - Conan Style

52. Figure out what you want, what you really want from life - your wildest fantasies come true. Sounds simple yet most people do not know what they really want from life. What makes you excited just to think about it? If you want to succeed in life then you need to know what it is that you are aiming for.

53. The most important trait you are going to need to succeed in life is DESIRE... ... a strong overpowering desire to have the things that spell out success to you.

54. DETERMINATION. Stick at it through thick and thin. Do not worry what other people think. Do not make excuses. The only failure is giving up or not even trying.

55. ACTION. Or as Nike says - Just Do It. Get out and give it a go - starting now.

56. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. YOU CAN DO IT. You can succeed in life.

57. "Success is the freedom to do what you want, with whom you want, when you want, wherever you want." - Conan Stevens

58. Acknowledgment: This presentation is based on, and inspired by the article “How To Succeed In Life” by Conan Stevens. http://www.conanstevens.com