TLDR: Three beliefs that successful people share are that they’re destined for more, that they’re not good enough, and that they have a personal responsibility to their commitments.
I heard this recently, and have no data to back it up, but I’m curious if you all find it to be true or not.
While there are more variables on what leads to success and more permutations of what success actually is, this person shared that ultimately “successful” people most often share three personal beliefs:
They believe they are destined for more. That is, they believe they are special in some way or that they can accomplish something others cannot. For that reason, they have bigger and bolder visions of themselves, developing high expectations for their lives
They have an inferiority complex and believe they are not good enough. They have an innate desire to prove to themselves and to others that they are in fact destined for more, and because they deeply question if that’s true themselves, they work even harder to compensate
They hold a deep sense of personal responsibility and in turn have a hard time giving up. They stay focused on something for longer than others would, and the resulting dedication to a hard thing for a long period differentiates them and enables compounding value to be realized regardless of whether or not they’re actually happy
Of course, as I said, there are other variables and characteristics we could layer on top, but as a set of common denominators, I couldn’t help but wonder if this was true.
Let me know what you think.
See you Monday.
tl;dr generated from https://app.layman.ai:
The three personal beliefs of successful people are that they believe they are destined for more, have an inferiority complex, and hold a deep sense of personal responsibility.
This is 100% true in my experience. And it’s that tension between the three that creates drive.