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8 Traits of Successful People: Richard St. John

Richard St. John shares insights from his journey sparked by a question about success, leading him to identify eight common traits among successful people. Through 500 interviews, he emphasizes the importance of curiosity and the traits of passion, work, focus, persistence, and improvement. The document highlights the transformative power of questions and the significance of small steps in pursuing answers.

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8 Traits of Successful People: Richard St. John

Richard St. John shares insights from his journey sparked by a question about success, leading him to identify eight common traits among successful people. Through 500 interviews, he emphasizes the importance of curiosity and the traits of passion, work, focus, persistence, and improvement. The document highlights the transformative power of questions and the significance of small steps in pursuing answers.

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8 traits of successful people

Richard St. John

1. Meeting one person can change your life. Here are some people I’ve met.
Which one asked me the question that changed my life?

A. Bill Gates
B. Jane Goodall
C. A girl on a plane
D. A monk on a mountain
E. Larry Page

2. When the girl on the plane asked me, "What really leads to success?" she
made me think and sparked my curiosity. That curiosity took me on an
amazing 10-year journey that changed my life. Wow, curiosity and questions
are powerful stuff! What are some questions you are curious about and want
to answer? What small steps could you take right now to start answering
those questions?

3. What was the question I asked?

A. What really needs to success?


B. What’s the meaning of life?
C. What brings happiness?
D. Why does my computer crash?
E. Do leopards see spots in front of their eyes?
8 traits of successful people
Richard St. John

4. After 500 interviews and a ton of work, I discovered the 8 traits successful
people have in common. What are they?

A. Beautiful Tall Smart Funny Charismatic Radiant Brilliant Gifted


B. Cool Confident Outgoing Popular Achiever Priviledged Intellectual Lucky
C. Passion Work Focus Push Ideas Improve Serve Persist
D. Ambitious Talented Bright Happy Rich Educated Strong Driven

5. Interviewing people was relatively quick. What was the big job that took
me years to do?

A. Finding my glasses
B. Updating my Facebook status
C. Typing with one finger
D. Analysing and sorting all the interviews
E. Correcting all my spelling mistakes

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