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Seven Traits Successful People Share

By arbutuscoaching | December 1, 2009

There are seven differences between people who create amazing success in their lives and those who don’t. The seven will be outlined over three separate blog posts: this is the first of three.

1) Take Full Responsibility
Successful people take full responsibility for everything in their lives - the things they do, the results they get and even things that happen to them that appear to be beyond their control. Unsuccessful people are masters at finding ways to blame other people or circumstances to justify their failures. Most of the time when you are telling others a story about something that happened to you, there is a 99% chance you are casting yourself as a victim. Victim or victor for you?

 2) Discipline & Delayed Gratification
Discipline is something unsuccessful people avoid at all costs. They believe they are entitled to freedom and self-indulgence without taking any responsibility for the long-term consequences of their actions. The result is total disaster. They spend money they don’t have, creating consumer debt that destroys their freedom and limits their future. They eat what they crave and spurn exercise, then suffer the pain and limitations of poor health. They live lives of irresponsibility and self-gratification, then wonder why they fail. Self-discipline, while not always pleasant, is the key to creating the life you want. All highly successful people have goals and dreams, and then intentionally live their lives in a way that takes them towards their objectives. Their engrained habits of self-discipline and delayed gratification allow them to act spontaneously at times without experiencing serious negative impact.

The next blog post will outline two more of the seven traits successful people share. 

Topics: Success, Arbutus Coaching |

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