Well said and if one succeeds at becoming a man/woman of value; more than likely, they will have found the keys to Successful Characteristics which enable them on their journey to finding Success in their life. Our character speaks for ourself and in so doing, gives us the respect we need from others. There is nothing more heartbreaking, than to meet a professional who is smart, a great people person, gets the job done and promotes others, yet it seems they do not have the ability to control their addictions. What someone does outside of work should not affect the job, but when employees see this kind of behavior even after work; their respect is damaged.
When thinking about the characteristics of the Successful, we start to ponder why some people have it all. We begin to wonder why we have not been able to find the kind of togetherness (inwardly) they appear to have. As we have said before, the mind plays such an important part of our life and our success. Most Successful people have a mindset of the positive. They see things as good, they see potential when others see the negative. They have a good impression of themselves and have certain values and traits which they do not deviate from for anyone. Take Donald Trump for instance. He does not smoke or drink as those things can be damaging to the body, the mind and the soul, especially the latter when done in excess.
When looking at ourselves to see where we might need to impove I think the first place we need to look is at our ability to deal with life in general. Life in many ways is complex, we don't understand how things have such a variance from one person to the other. A stable mind will help each of us know, that we have "our" purpose. Stability in how we think, how see life and how we react to the many unknown things of life. We cannot measure ourself to others. We are not being fair to ourself when we try to explain why we are not life someone else. We are not suppose to be like anyone else. We have to find our place and our purpose, we have to control our reactions to life. We have to learn that everyone has difficulties of some kind. It doesn't matter what we see on the surface, everyone has life things to deal with that are not pleasant. Life can be hurtful sometimes, we suffer hurts and drawbacks in life, in our career, in our relationships which we do not deserve. When people hurt us without any reason, it is hard to get over. We forgive and move on. If we cannot forgive, it will damage our ability to focus on pushing forward, you can't carry around unforgiveness, it will only hurt you. We push the negative out of mind and we tell ourselves each day that we are the creation of what we were meant to be. We may not be finished yet, but we are working on our life and we will accomplish our goals.
What are Successful Characteristics? A short list:
- Respect for others
- Soft Spoken
- A positive attitude always
- Stable character
- Individuality - does not alter their position to look good for others
- Defends the right over the wrong regardless
- Accept imperfections in others and themselves
- Promotes everyone not just the "click"
- Recognizes quality in others
- Knows that there are good ideas embedded in everyone, not just himself
- Free of criticism; only when constructive and to a person face, not their back
- Integrity
- Self control
- Takes responsibility for mistakes as we all make them
- Studies to learn what they do not know
- Love and enjoyment of what they are doing
- Ability to discuss without arguring
- Does not deligate work without working themself
"He has acieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved mush; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciatio of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them teh best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.
By: Bessie Stanley (Adapted; Erroneously attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson; yet no version has been found in his writings)
