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16 traits of the world's most successful people ( Copy Right @ The Times of India)

Napoleon Hill When the young journalist Napoleon Hill interviewed the industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1908, Carnegie liked Hill so much that he decided he would share all of the strategies that turned him from a penniless immigrant into the richest man in the world. From that point forward, Hill dedicated his career to understanding the work ethics of highly successful people like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, collecting them into his own philosophy and then packaging it into articles, books, and lectures for regular people wanting to achieve more in life. His 1937 book "Think and Grow Rich" is one of the bestselling books of all time. Before he began writing books, Hill ran two magazines with articles that provided the foundation for his most famous work. In the inaugural April 1921 issue of Napoleon Hill's Magazine, Hill wrote about "The Magic Ladder to Success," an essay based on a speech he gave on a tour of the US and would later adapt int

Mental Toughness: Not Just for Navy SEALs ( Info courtesy- Linkedin, Author- John Ryan)

During a recent gathering of my organization’s board, we spent some time touring the U.S. Navy SEAL training facility in Coronado, California. If you have ever been privileged to meet any SEALs, you will probably agree that, beyond their status as elite, highly trained military personnel, they are exemplary individuals in virtually every way – from intelligence and fitness to courage and humility. It’s not an accident. To become a SEAL, you have to endure training that pushes you to the absolute limit of human endurance. Because training a SEAL requires a very significant investment of both time and tax dollars, the Navy doesn’t want to accept people who aren’t a good fit. It’s looking for two qualities in particular that all successful SEALs have – perseverance and an ability to work with a team. How do they find out who has both attributes? Just three weeks into a 24-week training program all candidates go though “Hell Week.” During this incredibly grueling five-and-a-half-