The four sure-fire traits of highly successful people.

Success comes in a variety of ways. A lucky few,
bred with the proverbial silver spoon in their
mouths, have success thrust on them by heritage.
The greater majority achieves it the
old-fashioned way, through "sweat, blood, and
tears." Ever noticed something unique about the
latter group? Observe carefully and you'll find
the following four distinctly defining traits:

Business Ownership: Most successful people have
their own business. The popular saying that you
cannot get rich working for somebody else is true
today more than ever. A recent survey puts the
proportion of authentic business ownership at
only 5%. Granted that entrepreneurial trend is
reported to have reached an unprecedented peak in
this generation, still far too many new
businesses are of the fleeting kind and the
survey refers only to abiding business ownership.
With business ownership estimated at only 5%, it
means that the rest of us are

content with our "jobs" mentality and with
faithfully enriching the already bulging coffers
of a select few. Consider this fact the next time
you hear how the economy is booming, and how many
more new jobs it has created. An outstanding 95%
of us provide the impetus for that boom.

They offer a good product/service: Find a need
and fill it, and your success is assured. One of
the greatest difficulties in starting a business
is determining a need to meet. The typical
consumer's needs run the gamut from desired
products to services of different variety. A good
product/service is one that is brimming with
customer benefits. These benefits may take the
form of saving people money and time, or helping
them stay healthy, youthful, and vibrant. It is
not hard to think of examples that fit these
categories. Why do you suppose, for instance,
that e-commerce has soared to such incredible
heights so quickly? Because it offers stress-free
shopping from the comfort of the prospect's home,
a welcome relief from our much-harried
lifestyles. What about those ubiquitous
nutritional supplements? They too, promise
something people crave ­ health, youthfulness,
and longevity. The thing to remember though, is
that promises alone are not enough to foster
success. To truly succeed, you must deliver them.

They yearn to help others succeed: Ray Kroc
revolutionized this idea and in time others
followed. I'm referring to the idea that success
is more quickly attained by helping others
succeed. Look around you today, and you'll find a
McDonalds on just about every block, because that
man hit upon the notion of setting up franchises
as a way of inviting others to share his good
fortune. Notice too, that the businesses that
succeed the most are those that have embraced
aspects, if not the whole, of Ray's model. I
recently read an interview by Tom Monaghan where
he credited precisely such a model with the bulk
of his success. Much contemporary network
marketing philosophy is an offspring of this
model. My grade school teacher used to say: "One
good turn deserves another." The evidence is
compelling.successful people have discovered the
immutable secret that one good turn does not
merely deserve another.it strides forth boldly
and invites another!

They dare to dream: The Bible's Book of Proverbs,
acknowledged by many as the repository of
profound wisdom, has this to say: "Without
vision, the people perish." Without a dream and
the insight to visualize your dream, most
business endeavors falter and success stays
elusive. As a poor young boy, Tom Monaghan's
dream was to become wealthy so he could invest
significant resources on his passion for
religion. Guess what.his dream came true, just as
he had visualized it! Not very long ago, Tom
decided he he'd had enough of the trappings of
wealth and sold his interests in Dominos Pizza,
pledging his time and vast fortunes to the
Catholic Church.

Of immense significance in making dreams come
true is faith, easily the most potent ingredient
necessary to nourish dreams. Faith is of course
the confident assurance that the ends we desire
are inevitable. Faith emboldens us to picture
those ends vividly in our minds' eyes, long
before they become real. In the absence of faith,
dreams remain a mere fantasy, a wistful, idyllic
longing for the things that can be. Faith gets a
hold of our dreams and unleashes an
action-producing force that transforms them from
fantasy to concrete reality. Throughout human
history,

various sages have emerged to point us to the
incredible power of faith.

"If you can believe, all things are possible to
him that believes."

With those words, the good master himself
attempted to launch us on a great excursion
through faith. How often have we said to
ourselves: "I will believe it when I see it?"
Motivational writer/speaker, Dwayne Dwyer says
we've got it all wrong. "You will see it", he
insists, "when you believe it!"

Want to become successful? Start your own
business. Offer a good product or service with
customer satisfaction at the core. Help others
succeed. Build a dream, and dare to believe in
that dream.

About the Author.

Dr. Benjamin Okeagu is a business consultant and
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