8 Keys to Succcess

What It Takes To Reach Your Potential
by Lee Johnson

#1 is PASSION
#2 is THE ABILITY TO TAKE A RISK
#3 is HIGH SELF-ESTEEM
#4 is PERSISTENCE
#5 is BEING NICE TO WORK WITH
#6 is WHO YOU KNOW
#7 is BECOME A MASTER OF YOUR TRADE

#8 is TALENT

Talent is the last thing you need. You have to have some of it, but you do not need a lot. Too much talent is often a handicap. Things come too easily and there is little incentive to push, to make use of the talent.

I know highly talented distributors who refuse to practice the daily disciplines. Distributors who are so arrogant no one wants them around, distributors whose egos are so inflated they are a pain to deal with, and others who are so impatient at getting what they want, they never master anything and, therefore, never do succeed. I prefer to surround myself with positive, successful people, people who are enthusiastic even though they have yet to find or develop what talent they may have.

A talent is the natural ability to do something extraordinary. We all can do a lot, but some people have been gifted with talents that go beyond what others can do. What are you talented at? Do you know?

Success is not a matter of being talented. Notice it is last on the list. A little bit of talent, combined with the other seven keys, will lead you to success. I know many people who are talented, but lack one or more of the other seven keys and they fail to succeed.
Do not blame your lack of success on your lack of talent. It will be your attitude that will determine your altitude, not your talent or lack thereof.