The ppt talks about the eight traits that are heart of the success, which the speaker has picked after careful affirmation of the same by millions of diverse people.

1. 8 Secrets of Success
-Richard St. John

2. 1.Passion

3. Do it for love, money comes anyway!
Freeman Thomas says, “I’m driven by my passion”

4. 2.Work

5. Work what you enjoy and enjoy what you do!
Rupert Murdoch says, “It’s all hard work. Nothing
comes easy, but I have fun doing what I do”.

6. 3.Focus

7. “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s
not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that
are there. You have to pick carefully.
I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done.
Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things”.
Steve Jobs

8. 4.Push

9. David Gallo says “Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you
gotta push.”
Goldie Hawn says “I always had self-doubts. I wasn’t good
enough, wasn’t smart enough. I didn’t think I’d make it.”

10. 5.Ideas

11. Bill Gates says “I had an idea-founding the first micro-computer
software company”
Listen
Observe
Be curious
Ask questions
Problem solve’
Make connections

12. 6.Improve

13. It’s no magic, it’s just practice!
Alex Gardner says “To be successful, put your
nose down in something and get damn good at it”

14. 7.Serve

16. 8.Persist

17. Persist through failure; persist through crap!
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
Benjamin Franklin

18. References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOl0v54DaXo
https://www.ted.com/search?q=richard+st.+john

19. Sonika Angilin
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
MBA Student