17 Traits The World Most Successful People Share

While there's no foolproof "formula" for success.The world's most successful people have been found over and over again to possess certain traits.

We all have different definitions of success.For many it's measured primarily in terms of money and wealth.However we all have different goals or aspirations,and  so success can mean  accomplishing these assumed goals.

After closely examining several top "Traits For Success" posts from around the web, I've shortlisted the top 17 core traits successful people possess. Keeping an eye on these traits can be invaluable for anyone who wants to be successful.

1.Successful people do what they are passionate about and are passionate about what they do.

"You know you are on your way to success, if you would do your job and not be paid for it"                                       -Oprah Winfrey

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when 
you find it."--Steve Jobs

2.Successful people constantly improve on themselves.

"You are either green and growing or ripe and rotting"
                    - John Addison

3.Successful people believe in their capacity to succeed.

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this     world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed"               
                   -Ray Goforth

  Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford

4.Successful people don't let failure define them.
" Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm"
                - Winston Churchill

"I have not failed.I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"

             - Thomas Edison

"I failed my way to success." - Thomas Edison

5. Successful people have definite purpose.

"The majority of  people in this world could be very successful if they would just make up their minds on how much success they want and on what terms they want to evaluate success"
      -Napoleon Hills

6.Successful people think and dream big.

"The greater danger for me,for us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short,but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark"

        -Michelangelo Buonamoti

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure... but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter" - Francis Chan

"You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream." -Michael Dell

7.Successful people are risk takers.

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk...In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks" - Mark Zuckerberg

8.Successful people have a degree of self-reliance.

"If you don't design your own life plan,chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan.And guess what they have planned for you? Not much"

       - Jim Rohn

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9.Successful people are persistent people.

"Many of life's failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" - Thomas .A. Edison

"The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting"

     - Walt Disney

"But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid." -Arianna Huffington

10.Successful people possess a strong desire to win.

"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."
- Michael Jordan

11.Successful people are both stubborn and flexible.

"If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve." -- Jeff Bezos

12.Successful people talk ideas.

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt 

13.Successful people maintain a positive attitude.

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow." -Helen Keller

14.Successful people think long term.

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." -Warren Buffett

15.Successful people are hardworking people.

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

            - Walt Disney

16.Successful people take responsibility for their failures and success.

“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” — Oprah Winfrey

17.Successful people easily let go.

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”- – Alexander Graham Bell

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